Writing the Feature Film Treatment

Short course

In Bournemouth

£ 850 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    Bournemouth

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This Build your own MA (BYOMA) short course is ideal for anyone with any screenwriting experience wanting to enhance their prospects of professional advancement in the current market. If you dream of making your name as a screenwriter with projects in the UK, Europe or Hollywood, then this is the course for you. It’s the chance to refocus your screenwriting career, to broaden your range to become responsible for the work of others or to gain confidence to launch a project of your own.
The course will be centred on developing, generating and writing feature film treatments, and will draw on your own experiences in the working environment. The specific content of each course will be influenced by those attending and will develop according to your own needs.
You will develop an in-depth critical understanding of the film industry in the context of current practice, the ability to critically appraise creative work and to analyse and reflect upon the impact of audience and genre on your creative work.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bournemouth (Dorset)
Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, BH12 5BB

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Confidence Training
  • Market
  • Hollywood
  • Media
  • Art
  • Screenwriting
  • Industry
  • Writing

Course programme

Course details Integral to our courses is the belief that people improve their professional practice by taking time out to reflect on and reassess what they currently do in the workplace and by sharing their real life experiences with the other like minded professionals. As a result each course is unique and geared to the experiences of the individuals that are participating, which may result in the course content altering slightly from course to course. This short course will examine topics such as: Generating ideas - identifying what makes for a compelling narrative and how to find the universal elements of your story, tapping into an abundance of ideas and how to develop them creatively Writing - the art of bringing your writing to life, engaging emotions, evolving a personal style and maintaining pace and rhythm Editing - the importance of structure, the need to think visually and the redrafting process The industry - who to approach in the industry, polishing your pitch and preparation for meetings. As well as: Packaging the idea Story structures Re-writing Programme Specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. View the programme specification for Build Your Own MA (BYOMA) - Media Short Course Framework. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.

Writing the Feature Film Treatment

£ 850 + VAT