Course: CTVA 681. Storytelling and Script Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: ACCT 685 and CTVA 680. This course provides students with the essential tools needed to analyze screenplays, pilot scripts, treatments, show bibles, and pitches to assess viability in the entertainment marketplace. Students will learn the narrative aesthetics of film and television, basic structures of feature film, television short and long format, and reality TV. Students will learn to identify the core elements of successful content. By the end of the course, students will know the fundamentals of creating a polished pitch for an original film or program.