STUDY PROGRAMME
Creative Technologies

AFAM CODE
ABTEC38

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Digital applications for visual arts

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Multimedia dramaturgy

CREDITS
8

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

Two are the main goals of this course: providing the basic elements of the audio-visual language through an accurate analysis of narrative techniques and strategies in the contemporary audio-visual production, and developing theoretical-practical skills in order to produce scripts based on logics and forms of audio-visual narration. A further goal of this course is to introduce the students into production dynamics and teach them to meet deadlines and keep up to the work pace.

• The programme grants 8 credits, divided as follows:

• STORYTELLING: 4 CFA

• SCREENWRITING FOUNDATIONS: 4 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

• Explain the basic structure of a story

• Analyse the basic elements of a story

• Create an original story based on a given brief

• Use the codes that are typical of audio-visual art direction

• Write a script using the right format

• Conceive efficient dialogues and story elements

STORYTELLING:

• Cultural structures at the basis of the narrative world

• Element and structures of stories

• Storytelling

• From novel to movie to series

SCREENWRITING FOUNDATIONS:

• Audio-visual language codes

• Character creation

• Writing techniques

• From concept to screenplay

• Setup/payoff

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the development of different projects:

• Classroom lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Graded exercises

• Completion of a project

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

The final grade will result from the weighted average of the programme modules.

RECOMMENDED:

• Field, S. (2005) Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, Delta.

• McKee, R. (1999) Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, Methuen Publishing.

• Vogler, C. (2007) The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, Michael Wiese Productions.

Many of the recommended sources, together with additional material, are also available online on MyNaba, in the Library section.

More books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.