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- Develop your understanding of the basics of the craft and art of screenwriting<\/li>\r\n
- Give you everything you need to start writing your first script<\/li>\r\n
- Help you to understand \u201cwhat makes a good script\u201d!<\/li>\r\n
- Encourage you to develop a critical self-awareness and an enquiring, analytical and creative approach to your work<\/li>\r\n
- Give you a framework to develop your screenwriting practice<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is Introduction to Screenwriting – Online Course aimed at?<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This course is aimed at writers who want to learn the art of screenwriting and filmmakers who want to develop their writing skills (or skills for collaborating with writers). If you haven\u2019t done any creative writing whatsoever (whether amateur or professional), or don\u2019t have any filmmaking skills, then you are unlikely to be able to benefit from this course fully. (See below for what you can do next).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Once you have taken this beginners course you can take our follow-up New Screenwriters – Interactive online workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n
Note: For the Summer term, we run this online course ; for the Autumn & Winter terms, we run a classroom version<\/a> at Film Oxford in Oxford, UK.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Your tutor \u2013 Michelle Duffy<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
![\"Michelle](\"https:\/\/www.filmoxford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Michelle-Duffy-LI.png\")
<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMichelle Duffy is a screenwriter, comedy creator, soap storyliner and author. She is currently developing projects with production companies in the UK and Ireland and is a regular storyliner on the Irish soap Fair City.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Introduction to Screenwriting outline:<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Day 1:<\/strong> 10.00am-4.30pm (with lunch and breaks)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Developing Ideas<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Where do ideas and inspiration come from?<\/li>\r\n
- Why is it important to keep generating new ideas?<\/li>\r\n
- How do you decide which idea is a Short Film idea?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Theme, Story, Plot & Narrative<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- How to define the Premise of the film (what it\u2019s about) from the Theme (what it\u2019s really <\/em>about)<\/li>\r\n
- Cleaving Story, Plot and Narrative apart and examining how they inform choices in a scene<\/li>\r\n
- Identifying POV, non-linear structure and other narrative devices<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Genre<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Writing from and for Genre<\/li>\r\n
- Audience expectations<\/li>\r\n
- Short Film Genre<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Film Story Structures<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Classical 3-act Structure and other theories<\/li>\r\n
- Freedom within structure<\/li>\r\n
- Alternative short film structures<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Day 2:<\/strong> 10.00am-4.30pm (with lunch and breaks)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Form, Formatting and Software<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Professional formatting conventions and why they exist<\/li>\r\n
- Software options (including some free ones)<\/li>\r\n
- Evolving industry conventions<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Character &\u00a0Characterisation<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Character development<\/li>\r\n
- The Character Arc – internal and external<\/li>\r\n
- How do you reveal character in film?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Evocative Style<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- What do you write when you\u2019re not writing dialogue?<\/li>\r\n
- Developing your own Evocative Style<\/li>\r\n
- Binning Screenwriting \u2018Rules\u2019<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Pitching and Feedback<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- How and Why to verbally pitch your screenplay<\/li>\r\n
- Giving and receiving constructive feedback<\/li>\r\n
- Developing pitching documents<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Dialogue<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Creating authentic character voice<\/li>\r\n
- Dialogue dos and don\u2019ts.<\/li>\r\n
- Subtext in dialogue<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Round up and next steps<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Opportunities, Networking and Next Steps<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Early booking discount & concessions<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Early Booking \u2013 Book early to get 10% reduction on the full price course fee (usually two weeks before the course start date, but may vary).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Concessions eligibility for online courses \u2013 UK-based Students, NHS workers and people on some means-tested benefits. Evidence is required, such as a student card, NHS staff card or benefits letter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Means-tested benefits: JSA, Income Support; Working Tax Credit (not child tax credit); Council Tax Benefit (not student\/single person\/reduction due to disability); Housing Benefit; Pension Credit (guarantee); Unwaged Dependent of these benefits & Universal Credit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Follow-up to this Introductory courses is New Screenwriters – Interactive online workshop<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking – online course<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Opportunities, Networking and Next Steps<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- How to define the Premise of the film (what it\u2019s about) from the Theme (what it\u2019s really <\/em>about)<\/li>\r\n