Course Catalog Information (24-25)
F/TV 7
Script Analysis
Course Description
Students in this course will learn how to analyze feature films and screenplays with an emphasis on the development of professional screenwriters' vocabulary and tools. This course will emphasize critical analysis of foundational elements of screenwriting, including character, tension, structure, and theme. Works will be contextualized within the cultural conditions of the times in which they were created.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Define the screenwriter’s role in the creation of film, video, and electronic media production.
- Demonstrate knowledge of historical, cultural, critical, theoretical and emergent aspects of the screenplay in media arts, including diverse perspectives and contributions in the discipline.
- Apply a critical methodology based on advanced elements of narrative fiction writing to analyze the fundamental components and aesthetics of audio-visual storytelling, using the vocabulary and language of professional screenwriters.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5 F/TV 6A
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
- .