2017-2018 / ASPE0004-3

Screenplay writing workshop

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in performing arts (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Conceived like a workshop, this course proposes a panorama of the methods and the questions about writing for screen.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Teaching to students the basis of scenaristic writing.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General knowledge of cinema history.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Various exercises of writing during and between the meetings of the workshop. Moreover, it will be requested from the students to conclude over the workshop some projects.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires

Recommended or required readings

- Basic bibliography:

  • Jean-Claude CARRIERE et Pascal BONITZER, Exercice du scénario, Paris, FEMIS, 1990.
  • Michel CHION, Ecrire un scénario (éd. Définitive), Paris, Cahiers du cinéma / INA, 2015.
  • Raphaël BARONI, La Tension narrative, Paris, Seuil, 2007.

Assessment methods and criteria

Personal work is used as a basis for the final evaluation.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

"Qu'on écrive un roman ou un scénario, on organise des rencontres, on vit avec des personnages ; c'est le même plaisir, le même travail, on intensifie la vie." François Truffaut

Contacts

Dick Tomasovic
Théorie et pratique des arts du spectacle Département des Arts et sciences de la Communication Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres Université de Liège Place du XX août, 7 4000 Liège Belgique 32 4 366 32 88 ou 3279 (secrétariat) dick.tomasovic@ulg.ac.be