Script Analysis

Overview

Subject area

MEDST

Catalog Number

267

Course Title

Script Analysis

Department(s)

Description

In-depth analysis of the televisual screenplay’s structure, storylines, characters, dialogue, and themes. Explore a wide range of narrative techniques and storytelling styles, from Hollywood to independent and alternative. Students read screenplays and view films critically to explore story elements are communicated through visual means, how dramatic momentum is built and how characters are made credible and complex. Students will apply lessons to their own screenwriting.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

035731

Course Schedule