Introduction to Scriptwriting
Online Short Course: 5 weeks
Certification
SAE South Africa short course certificate
Duration
6 hours
Introduction to Scriptwriting
Course Duration
6 hours
Effort
2 hours per week
Start Date
Daily
Software Required
None
Tuition Fee
R9 500
Your Career to Scriptwriting Begins Now
Introduction
This course explores the art of storytelling. Students will learn methods for writing an engaging and riveting script as well as how to format this into a successful screenplay. Students discover how to produce a solid script from a structural point of view, and then move on to building and creating characters that will capture an audience.
What Will I Learn?
Describe storytelling in history.
Identify the basic storytelling plots.
Define and create the protagonist of a story.
Define and create the antagonist of a story.
Build a layered character with a complete backstory.
Differentiate between story and plot.
Identify and utilise the three-act structure.
Understand front-page editing.
Understand the paragraphs and heading of the script.
Know the difference between an overwritten and a correct scene description.
Be able to write and edit with ease.
Make use of beats within a script to direct the reader.