Film MFA: Elements of Dramatic Narrative

  A lecture and discussion course on the basics of feature-length screenwriting.   Using written texts and films screened for class, the course explores  the nature of storytelling in the feature-length film and the ways in which it is an extension and an evolution of other dramatic and narrative forms.  A basic part of Film’s first year program, the course guides students in developing the plot, characters, conflict and theme of a feature-length story that they will write, as a treatment, by the end of the semester.