Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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MDIA 2200 - Script Analysis and Production Planning
Using standard screenwriting procedures as a litmus test, students learn how to analyze narrative scripts for their production potential. Selected scripts are used as examples to teach students how to budget and preproduce scripts for production, while simultaneously developing marketing and distribution plans.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to discuss the written works of various professional screenwriters, analyzing: plot structure, character arc, dialogue and description, comparison of primary and secondary characters, and motifs and metaphors.
- Students will demonstrate an ability to create realistic budgets, pre-production planning strategies, marketing strategies, and distribution plans for short form and/or long form narrative projects.
- Students will demonstrate an ability to write and read industry standard scripts.
- Students will demonstrate synthesis between the creative aspect of writing a script and the practical aspects of producing and distributing the script as entertainment.
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