37039 - Elements of Scriptwriting (1) (2nd cycle)

Learning outcomes

The course, with its practical approach, has the aim to provide theoretical tools and useful basics to the construction of a screenplay. At the end of the course students will have methodological tools to face the writing process and evaluate the quality of their own work.

Course contents

The course is divided in two parts:

1. Theories and methodologies for writing a screenplay: 

in this preparatory part students will acquire not "pure" theories but operative and concrete instruments that are employed in the writing process.

2. Practice:

this part will absorb most of the course. It consists of collective simulations of "creating a story" and other practical exercises, where students will have the possibility to test their own ability and competence in the application of the theoretical tools learned in the part 1.

The course will also provide evidences on what does it mean being a screenwriter today in Italy and on his work.

 

Readings/Bibliography

For students who attend the course:

- McKee Robert, Story, Contenuti, struttura, stile, principi della sceneggiatura per il cinema e la fiction tv, International Forum Edizioni, Roma 2000

- Seger Linda, Come scrivere una grande sceneggiatura, Dino Audino, Roma 1997.

- Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 retrievable from the blog www.bonifacci.it (in italian)

 

For students who don't attend the course:

-McKee Robert, Story, Contenuti, struttura, stile, principi della sceneggiatura per il cinema e la fiction tv, International Forum Edizioni, Roma, 2000.

- Seger Linda, Come scrivere una grande sceneggiatura, Dino Audino, Roma, 1997.

- Lavandier Yves, L’Abc Della drammaturgia (volume I and volume II), Dino Audino Editore, Roma, 2001.

-Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 retrievable from the blog www.bonifacci.it (in italian).

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

The Assessment is via oral examination.

during the exam, the candidate have to demonstrate his proficiency in the "theoretical" elements he has learned either by attending the course, either by reading the texts in the bibliography.

It may also be asked to apply the theoretical tools in a practical exercise to be held orally.

The exam serves to verify that the candidate has been achieved the following learning objectives:

- the capacity to expose, with adequate language and conceptual skills, the content of the books in the bibliography.

- the capacity to re-elaborate theories and methodologies in a practical application.

Office hours

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