BA (Hons) Screenwriting Bachelor's degree at the University of Suffolk

This module introduces you to character development, narrative structure, screenplay conventions, and film analysis. The fundamentals of character development and its centrality within the screenwriting process as a whole will be examined through critical, theoretical and practical work. You will critically engage with produced feature-length scripts, analysing how a screenwriter has brought a character to life and considering whether any of these methods may be appropriate for your own creative

The critical engagement with scripts from the Foundations of Screenwriting: Character Development, Story Structure and Film Analysis module will inform your creative work developed over the course of the module. You will complete a portfolio of character development work, including biographies, profiles, monologues, speeches, character environment, and short script exercises. In addition, the film industry development process for fiction will be introduced, and across the module, you will write

You will develop your knowledge and understanding of how film genres evolve and of the debates surrounding genre classification. You will develop in-depth knowledge of three to four key film genres and the codes and conventions associated with them through the critical analysis of a number of feature-length films and/or scripts. The genres studied may include, for example, horror, thriller, romantic comedy, western, or science fiction. The differences in script conventions and dramatic principle

This module reinforces and builds on key screenwriting knowledge and skills learnt in the Radio, Television and Film Genre and History module, further enhances your understanding of film genres and radio and television drama. You will consider how genre can be used to reach a specific target audience and develop a writer's voice and style. The critical study of genre from the Radio, Television and Film Genre and History module will inform your creative work, developed through workshops on a rang

In the first half of the module, the focus will be primarily on textual study of three key genres (drama, sitcom and soap opera) in contemporary television and a range of short films. Each of these televisual categories will be examined in terms of your format, generic conventions and narrative structures. This will underpin the practical television writing you will undertake across the second half of this module and the Writing Television Pilots and Film Shorts module. A diverse range of short

The module is designed as two intensive writing workshops, where you will have the opportunity to write a ten-minute short film in one and develop work for a sitcom, soap, or drama series/serial in the other. You will learn industry-standard practices, techniques, and methods involved in writing for each of the forms and formats through your own creative work and the group critique of peers' work. By the end of the module, you will have produced a number of drafts of a short film script and an e

This module is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of theoretical and critical approaches to the study of film texts and consolidate your dramaturgical knowledge and screenwriting skills, particularly in relation to writing in the longer form. The module prepares you for more rigorous independent research for your level-six dissertation and for developing longer-form film ideas for your final projects. Focusing on a range of film theories, approaches and methods that have been i

This module builds on the Research Methods, Advanced Screenwriting Skills, and Developing Feature Films module and is designed as an intensive writing workshop to introduce you to writing in the longer form and advance your page-writing skills. You will turn (the first act) of your feature-film outlines and treatments from the Research Methods, Advanced Screenwriting Skills, and Developing Feature Films module into script pages. Although you will not take these ideas through to fruition during t