Creating Great Scenes: The Key to Cinematic Drama
X32.9642
/ $385
FALL 2009
Continuing Education:
Writing and Speech
The scene--the basic unit of great film and drama--is examined as students look at its construction in classical pieces to learn what makes a work powerful. They then apply what they've learned by writing scenes and getting immediate feedback from the instructor and the class. Scene dynamics; kinds of scenes and their purposes; scene sequences; plot points, bookends, setting up characters, conflicts, and payoffs are studied as essential components of a fine screenplay. Great scenes from great films are studied.
Five-session Screenwriting elective.
This course is also scheduled for:
Related Subject Areas: Screenwriting, Writing, Dramatic Writing
Course Materials
Section 1
Monday 6:30pm-9:50pm
November 2 - November 23
4 Sessions
Instructor:
Adam Nadler
Location: Washington Square
