Journalism, Writing, & Creative Writing

FILM TV X 478.39 – Writing Coverage: Story Analysis for Film

Designed for both aspiring story analysts and screenwriters who want to accelerate their careers, this course helps you master the methods used by story analysts who evaluate submissions to production companies, agencies, and studios. You learn how to do an in-depth analysis of the three-act structure, as well as dramatic and comic scene construction. You also learn the precise terminology used in story sessions, the foundations for great dialogue, and how to find original approaches to established genres. These and other principles become synthesized into coverage written to the highest professional standards, in preparation for a job as either a story analyst or screenwriter who needs to critique his or her own scripts effectively.

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