Instructor: Musa Syeed
Tuesdays, 12-2:45 pm | Location: Barker 018
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students.
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This course will focus on non-fiction writing for film, with a primary focus on the documentary treatment. We will discuss various aspects of the craft, including interviewing techniques, research, varying formal approaches, and story structure, as well as ethical concerns in documentary filmmaking. We will examine produced treatments and screen a wide array of documentaries. Students will be expected to perform research, primarily in the field, and identify their own documentary subjects, about whom they will develop a film treatment as a final project.
Supplemental Application Information: Please submit a 3-5 page writing sample. Screenplays are preferred, but fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and plays are acceptable as well. Also, please write a short note to introduce yourself. Include a couple films/filmmakers that have inspired you, your goals for the class, as well as any themes/subject matter/ideas you might be interested in exploring in your writing for film.
Apply via Submittable (by 11:59pm on 9/3, no exceptions)