2023-2024 / 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

Schedule

Schedule online

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, hybrid learning)

Face to face.

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.
  • Isabelle RAYNAULD, Lire et écrire un scénario, Paris, Armand Colin, 2e éd., 2019.

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

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

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

"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
Département Médias, Culture et Communication Théories et pratiques du spectacle Esthétique du cinéma et des arts audiovisuels Université de Liège Place du XX Août, 7 4000 Liège Belgique 32 4 366 32 88 ou 32 79 (secrétariat) dick.tomasovic@uliege.be

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