Course info

Film writing workshop
Anne Brouillet

 

Presentation:

This seminar, evolving on a mixt field (), will offer students to support them in the design, in group or alone, of a preparatory dossier for the shooting of a short film. Thus, the course will thke the form of a writting workshop with an introductory course on dramaturgy, the two approaches building on each other as the script is written, the centrepiece of which will be the screenplay.

 

Content:

In its theorical part, the seminar will raise this question: how make history? To respond, it will develop points of classical dramaturgy chosen for their direct usefulness in the writing process (characters, structure, point of view, ...). The aim is to understand how  they can provide practical help in developing a story. These points will be discussed from the experience of the spectator or author and supported by the example: each course will offer the analysis of a long or short film's sequence related to the question of the day. The practical side of the seminar will take the form of a workshop and will have to accompany students in their written process from their first impulsion to the dialogued version, through all the intermediate steps of screenwritting (pitch, synopsis). A collective and caring discussion will join each step. And beyond the screenplay, thought will have to be given to the overall shape of the film projects by thinking about staging from the very first stage of writing. A moodboard and a director's statement will therefore have to complete the dossier to demonstrate this reflection, students will be encouraged to do casting and location scouting to expand it further.

 

Evaluation modalities:

It will on the implication in both parts of the course: collective reflection for the theorical part, advances in the design of the dossier for the practical part, taking of everyone into account (). It is also expected that every student participate to the reflection on screenplays and dossiers of the other sudents, the part of the course allowing discussions around the development of these documents.

Course language: French