TELE 274 Writing for Genre I

The course is an advanced level writing class with much time devoted to the development of analytic skills. The class will be broken up into two parts. The first will be an investigation of a variety of analytic methods. The second half will be spent examining a variety of genres and writing a series of outlines and script excerpts. The topics would include action/adventure, melodrama, drama, comedy, mystery, and science fiction. Each would be examined with examples drawn from both current and past television programming and cinema.

Repeatable: N
Formerly TELE 327
Prerequisites CINE 245 Scriptwriting II: The Feature Film or CINE 247 The Story Bible and Worldbuilding or TELE 212 Television Arts: Writing or TELE 246 Scriptwriting II: The Television Program or TELE 310 Writing for Television
Requirements Sophomore Standing or Above
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3