Describe and evaluate a particular practice/process of screen writing or compare two different screenwriting approaches(e.g. writing for TV, writing within a Hollywood industrial context, writing within an UK independent context, writing the specscript, etc.)
Discuss and evaluate/challenge a particular theory of screenwriting or screenplay narrative that we have discussed in class. Do you agree with it? Do you disagree? Why?
How are the various narratological elements (story/characters/theme/plot/setting, etc.) presented and developed in the screenplay text?Within these four general issues and broad questions above, here are some examples of topics/questions that you may wish to explore and attempt to answers specifically:
What is the relationship between the screenplay and the film on screen?
Howis the narrative of a specific screenplay constructed on the page?
How does a specific screenwriter describe and develop plot or story or characteror setting, etc.on the page?
How is character/plot/setting,etc.described and developed in a specific film genre (e.g. horror, musical, etc.)?
What writing techniques (e.g. imagery, dialogue, action, etc.) does a screenwriter use in a specific screenplay or across many of his/her screenplays?
How does character change in a specific script?
How do a screenwriter’s practicesand/ornarrative constructioncompare to the screenwriting manuals rules?
How do screenwriting practices differ in different social and industrial contexts(e.g. screenwriting in Hollywood vs. screenwriting in the UK, or writing for TV vs. writing for film, etc.)?
How does a specific screenplay compare to a screenwriting theory (i.e. Steven Price’s distinction between screenplay and novelistic character)?
