MOT 3261 Collaborative Screenwriting

3 Hours

Prerequisites: MOT 3170

The focus of this class will be on teams of student screenwriters working together to complete a feature film screenplay. Groups o students will create the premise for a screenplay, build character arcs, outline the story, develop their creative process together, and write the scenes. Each group will rewrite collaboratively, edit, retool, and polish the final screenplay. Upon completion of the scripts, students will read and write “script coverage” (analyze and peer review) another group’s screenplay.