SMAD 253. The Shooting Script: The Process of Script to Screen

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 014226 Grading Basis GRD

In this course, students will polish screenplays and develop them into a shooting script for video production. The work in this class involves creating a screenplay that the students will actually shoot and produce. This is a different process than simply writing a script. For example, if the script contains a scene at a swimming pool, but they do not have access to a pool as a location, students must rework the scene to make it work with available locations. The course will only be offered as part of the JMU/SVA summer study abroad program in New York. The class will satisfy the digital video and cinema concentration writing requirement and satisfy the prerequisite for SMAD 340. Advanced Screenplay Writing. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the SMAD major and admission to the JMU/SVA summer study abroad program in New York.