BA Screenwriting
Entry requirements
A level: BBC
About this course
BA (Hons) in English with Creative Writing, focused on screenwriting for film, television and radio. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The final project requires a full-length feature film screenplay or a television pilot script with series outline. Short film scripts may be put forward for production by Digital Film Production students.
Modules
- Foundations of Screenwriting: Character Development, Story Structure and Film Analysis
- Foundations of Screenwriting: Character and Screen Idea Development, and Representation in Film
- Radio, Television and Film Genre and History
- Film Genre and Introduction to Writing Television Drama
- Developing Television Pilots and Film Shorts
- Writing Television Pilots and Film Shorts
- Research Methods, Advanced Screenwriting Skills, and Developing Feature Films
- Advanced Screenwriting Skills and Writing for Feature Films
- Development and Research
- Professional Practice Skills
- Development and Story Design
- Final Project and Professional Practice