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Personal Experience and Screenwriting (5 cr)

Code: 2E00EW69-3004

General information


Enrolment period

08.12.2023 - 08.02.2024

Timing

15.01.2024 - 31.05.2024

Credits

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Online learning

Unit

Media

Campus

TAMK Mediapolis

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 20

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Media

Teachers

  • Teppo Nuutinen
  • Arto Koskinen

Person in charge

Arto Koskinen

Groups

  • 22MA
    Medianomi (AMK) 2022

Objectives (course unit)

The students are able to use their own observations in scriptwriting regardless of the topic or the genre. They know the demands of different genres in the scriptwriting process and their differences. The students are aware of the alternative scriptwriting models enabled by the three act model. They are able to structure their scripts into acts, chapters and scenes and to define their dramaturgical significance. The students are able to use different methods in structuring a script and to pinpoint possible problem areas.

Content (course unit)

Scene and analysis exercises. Designing, writing and re-writing a short film script.

Assessment scale

0-5