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RTS321

SCRIPT WRITING

Course Code
RTS321
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Learn what is script in cinema and television.
  2. Understand the function and importance of script in a production.
  3. Know the processes of a script and by learning script writing rules, put these learnings into practice.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionWithin this course, it is aimed to teach authentic formal features and rules of a audiovisual production by learning contextual-formal stages of a script while scripting for a television production, a motion picture or a commercial video. For that purpose, there will be exercices about all elements of visual language - such as being able to use imagination in accordance wtih cinema and television's structure that is capable of using space and time as a plastic material and perpetuate the dramatical structure - from the stage of finding a idea to the stage of writing and visualisation.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to Script.
2nd Week Key Elements of a Script.
3rd Week The Structure of Narrative and Story.
4th Week Traditional Dramatical Structure / Conflict - Complication - Resolution.
5th Week Basic Concept of Story and Basic Applications of Story Design.
6th Week Applications of Finding Different Story Structures, Basic Stories and Conflicts Starting the Story.
7th Week Main Components of a Script and Points to Consider While Script Writing.
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Formal and Contextual Working Stages of a Script, Writing Cinematographic Subject/ Synopsis and Treatment.
10th Week Continuity / Sequence and Stage Study.
11th Week Preparation of Shooting Script and Story Board.
12th Week Working on Sample Shoting Scripts Prepared for Television.
13th Week Working on Sample Shoting Scripts Prepared for Cinema.
14th Week Demonstrating the Process of Visualisation by Comparative Viewing of a Film with its Script.
Recommended or Required ReadingSENARYO VE YAPIM
Mahmut Tali Öngören, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1985.

SENARYO YAZARI OLMAK
Feridun Akyürek, MediaCat Kitapları, İstanbul, 2004.

THE NONBROADCAST TELEVISION WRITER'S HANDBOOK
William Van Nonstran, Knowlwdge Industry Publications, Inc. NY, 1983.

ELEMENTS OF STYLE FOR SCREENWRITERS The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays, Paul Argentini, IFilm Publishing, Lone Eagle Publising. Co., USA, New York, 1998.

THE SCREEN-WRITER?S WORKBOOK
Syd FIELD, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., USA, New York, 1984.

WRITERS AT THE MOVIES ? TWENTY-SIX - CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS CELEBRATE, TWENTY SIX MEMORABLE MOVIES, Edited by Jım Shepard, Perennial An Imprint of Harper Collins Publihers, New York, 2000.

SCREENWRITING
Ray Frensham, Printed in Great Britain for Hodder&Stoughton Educational, a division of Hodder Headline Ltd., London, 2003.

OYUN VE SENARYO YAZMA TEKNİĞİ
Turgut Özakman, Bilgi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1998.

SENARYO KURAMI
Semir Aslanyürek, Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998.

TELEVİZYON YAZARLIĞI
Gerald Kelsey, Çeviren: Bahar Öcal Düzgören, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.

BİR SENARYO YAZMAK
Michael Chion, Çeviren. Nedret Tanyolaç, Afa Sinema Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.

SENARYO YAZIMI DERS NOTLARI
H. Hale KÜNÜÇEN, Gazi Üniversitesi ve Başkent Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi (1994 - 2013).
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 2 2
Total Work Load158
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.26
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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