Topics in Media Writing (360-0-22)

Topic

Idea Workshop

Instructors

Erik Gernand

Meeting Info

Annie May Swift Hall G14: Tues 3:00PM - 5:50PM
Helmerich Auditorium: Thurs 3:00PM - 5:50PM

Overview of class

Sometimes just coming up with the right idea is the hardest part. Idea Workshop is a course to help students solve that. Through screenings, readings, and discussion, students will research cinematic genres then utilize them to develop original ideas for future screenplays they might later write and produce during their tenure in Radio-TV-Film and beyond. Every week, students will generate multiple feature-length and short film concepts based on weekly prompts given in class. Each student will leave the course with an idea book filled with 30+ ideas for future projects that they have workshopped in class and revised.

Class Materials (Required)

All materials will be posted on Canvas

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for RTVF Majors with the RTVF 260-0 prerequisite or students in Writing: MFA or Documentary Media: MFA programs until the end of preregistration, after which time enrollment will be open to everyone with the prerequisite.” Undergraduate students must have completed RTVF 260-0 in order to register for this course (concurrent registration is not allowed). Writing: MFA or Documentary Media: MFA students may register for this course.