FMS 281: Course Application Form

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Whether on the festival circuit or online, the short form remains a key medium to building a sustainable career in the entertainment industries. Short form screenwriting develops voice, hones craft, and showcases talent. This course will approach this calling-card medium through a ‘classical’ story perspective within a workshop structure. Through assigned readings, in-class exercises, and assignments we will explore the foundations of storytelling – including character, plot-structures and theme. In-class exercises will include table reads as well as improvisational and collaborative writing techniques. In the first half of the course, students will write three short screenplays (3-10 pages). In the second half they will develop and re-write one of them with an eye towards a producible portfolio piece (under 20 pages). Above all, this course will be a workshop-based exploration of the art of screenwriting in a collaborative and supportive environment that we will build together.

Please note that your application will be accessible to all FMS faculty and administrative staff, as faculty collaborate on forming course rosters and administrative staff help manage applications.

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Are you a Film & Media Studies major or minor? *

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Besides FMS, are you declared in or planning on other major(s) / minor(s)? If so, note them here: *

In what semester did you take Introduction to Film and Media Studies (FMS 150) or its equivalent on another campus? (if you took an equivalent, tell us what course)
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Why do you want to take this course? What would you like to accomplish in it?
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Have you taken any film or video production or digital art classes? Do you have experience with video production outside of a college class?

Have you taken any other Film & Media Studies classes? Please list them.

What types of filmmaking interest you the most?
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In this course, we will write ~30 pages of a screenplay within the narrative, documentary, and experimental/hybrid modes. Please write a brief, general description of a project you might like to develop in the course. *

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