You can select any topic w ithin the boundaries set by the four follow ingissuesand corresponding questions:
The Screenplay as a Verbal Object/Text
How do you perceive and/or evaluate the screenplay as a text, especially in relation to the subsequent film production?
Screenwriting Practice
Describe and evaluate a particular practice/process of screenwriting or compare two different screenwriting approaches.
Screenwriting Theory
Discuss and evaluate/challenge a particular theory of screenwriting or screenplay narrative that we have discussed in class. Do you agree with it? Do you disagree? Why?
Screenplay Narrative
How are the various narratological elements presented and developed in the screenplay text?
Within these four general issuesand broad questions above, hereare someexamples of topics/questions that you may wish to explore and attempt to answer specifically:
What is the relationship between the screenplay and the film on screen?
Howis the narrative of a specific screenplay constructed on the page?How does a specific screenwriter describe and develop plot or story or characteror setting, etc.on the page?
How is character/plot/setting,etc.described and developed in a specific film genre ?
What writing techniques does a screenwriter use in a specific screenplay or across many of his/her screenplays?
How does character change in a specific script?
How do a screenwriter’s practices and/or narrative construction compare to the screenwriting manuals rules?
How do screenwriting practices differ in different social and industrial contexts
How does a specific screenplay compare to a screenwriting theory
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