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Short course - Storytelling for Filmmaking …

Bachelor's degree

In London ()

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

Before embarking on the challenging process of scriptwriting, it's vital to know where your ideas come from and where they're going. On this ten week short course, you'll learn how… Media and Communications Curating & the Arts Short courses

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  • IT
  • Communications
  • Writing
  • Media
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Before embarking on the challenging process of scriptwriting, it's vital to know where your ideas come from and where they're going. On this ten week short course, you'll learn how to form characters and stories, giving you the knowledge, understanding and a template from which you can write and structure your script.

This short course is suitable for anyone who is engaged or interested in scriptwriting for drama or documentary films. The course works on the premise that before a writer begins to write a film, he or she must have a solid understanding of the characters and storyline they wish to write about. These are essential skills for a scriptwriter and can be considered the first big steps towards writing a successful script

Why study this course at Goldsmiths?

This course is taught in the Department of Media and Communications. Because industry professionals teach practice on our courses, you’ll get an insight into fields such as TV, film, journalism, radio and animation and develop skills you can take straight into your career. You’ll also be part of a department that’s setting the standard – we’re home to the Goldsmiths Skillset Media Academy endorsed by Skillset, the UK's body for monitoring media industry skills and training.

What will I learn on this short course?

Upon successful completion of this course, participants can expect:

  1. A greater awareness of archetypes and character transformation in storytelling and film.
  2. Experience of shared authorship and ideas development.
  3. An appreciation of both theoretical and intuitive analysis of storytelling and film.
  4. An ability to produce work that corresponds with the greater canon of storytelling and film.

At the end of the course, we intend for you to have greater confidence and to be well prepared for writing the first draft of a screenplay or documentary treatment.

How is the course taught/assessed?

Assessment:

  1. A story pitch to the course group with written feedback and discussion.
  2. A course logbook collating the evolution and process of story development.
  3. A written story of no more than one page along with analysis of how key elements correspond with those introduced during the course.

At the end of term, each participant will pitch their own story or a story produced collaboratively. Peer and tutor feedback will aim to short circuit logical analysis and intuitive, emotional responses to story telling.

Who teaches this short course?

This course is taught by Mark Aitken from the Department of Media and Communications.

Mark has worked in film production and education since 1990. In 2005, Mark directed and produced the documentary Until when you die – a film about a Vietnamese woman living in the UK who returned home to surprise friends and family that she was still alive. The film was nominated at IDFA for a Silver Cub Award and screened internationally. This was followed in 2010 by Forest of Crocodiles, a documentary about how white South Africans deal with their fears. The film was picked up by numerous broadcasters including BBC World and distributed to over 60 countries. In 2015, he released Dead when I got here, a feature doc about a man reunited with his family when they discover him in a Mexican mental asylum run by its own patients.

In 2006, Mark joined Goldsmiths as an Associate Lecturer on the M.A. Film Making course. Since 2010, Mark has run the 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate Film Fiction courses. In 2014, he began facilitating the undergraduate Television course.

Mark also facilitates short writing and production courses at Central St Martins School of Art and works in primary and secondary schools on special film projects. He has also hosted and programmed film festivals, sat on international juries in Berlin, Hamburg, Poland and the UK.

Mark has published fiction in Aesthetica Magazine and is a long time programme contributor to arts radio station Resonance fm – currently with a show on sounds inspired by photography.

How to Apply

Please click on the date of the course you'd like to attend below. You’ll be taken to Eventbrite, which is our booking system:

  • 4 Oct - 13 Dec 2016
  • 17 Jan - 28 Mar 2017

Additional information

Storytelling for Filmmaking

  • Fees

    £260

  • Number of weeks

    10 weeks

  • Day & time

    Tuesdays at 6.30-8.30pm

Short course - Storytelling for Filmmaking …

Price on request