STUDY PROGRAMME
Film & Animation

AFAM CODE
ABPC67

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Methodologies and techniques of communication

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Creative writing

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course has a workshop-based approach, aimed at the students to develop audiovisual writing skills. The research starts with an in-depth analysis of the story structure, to develop a concept (pilot) for a series or film. The didactic path will investigate the strong links between screenwriting and staging, guiding the students through the fundamental steps of writing fiction.

This course is made of a single module of 6 CFA credits = 6 ECTS

• SCREENWRITING

Successful students will be able to:

Identify and analyse the contribution of all the structural elements to the cinematographic storytelling

• Develop personal storytelling based on technological and multimedia contexts

• Analyse the link between textual and audiovisual language

• Develop complex scripts that meet the needs of the audience and the market

• Design the staging starting from a script

• Assess the feasibility of a script

• Carry out a short fictional audio-visual production

• Design of characters in serial stories

• Point of view in the storytelling

• Dialogues

• Text and subtext

• Main narrative structures

• Presentation of a story and a script

This is a theoretical/project-based course.

During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual study or research

Assessment criteria may include:

Writing a paper

Graded exercises with a final oral exam

Further details on the specific tests will be given by each professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

1. Aimeri, L. (2012) Manuale di sceneggiatura cinematografica, UTET Università.

2. Douglas, P. (2011) Scrivere le grandi serie tv, Dino Audino.

3. Gotham Writer’s Workshop, Lezioni di scrittura creativa, Dino Audino.

4. King, S. (2001) On writing, Splerling paperback.

5. Mamet, D. (2010) I tre usi del coltello, Minimum Fax.

6. Mckee, R. (2010) Story, Contenuti, struttura, stile, principi per la sceneggiatura e per l’arte di scrivere storie, Omero.

7. Snyder, B. (2005) Save the cat, Michael Wiese Film Productions.

8. Truby, J. (2008) The anatomy of story, Faber and Faber.

9. Wood, J. (2011) Come funzionano i romanzi, Mondadori

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Books and other recommended or required resources will be specified by the professor.