Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18

MDIA 3201 - Screenwriting: the Adaptation


Professor leads students through the process of researching and pitching script ideas for screenplays based on pre-existing material such as short stories, plays, news articles, etc. Students then learn the proper business procedure required to obtain legal permission to adapt the work before writing, critiquing and rewriting a screenplay based on the work. This is a writing intensive course.

Requisites: (MDIA 2200 or 2201 or 2202 or FILM 3430) and completion of Tier I English
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 1JE
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I


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