Ideas for Successful Scriptwriting Short Course

About this course

The course uses a 14-step process to help participants connect story ideas with meaningful themes and develop templates for conveying them. Activities include critical analysis of films, creative writing and the use of other art forms to stimulate connected concepts. Attention is given to the relationship between thematic detail, story and character. Participants work towards developing at least one substantial story that could potentially be taken into production.

What you'll learn

• Analyse films to identify themes and storytelling ideas.
• Develop creative writing templates for shaping story concepts.
• Apply thematic thinking to story and character details.
• Develop a substantial story with potential for production.

Is this course right for you?

This course is intended as an upskilling course for people working with storytelling across writing, advertising, film, television, painting or photography. It is suitable for learners at all levels, and previous scriptwriting experience is not required. Good English is required.

• Suitable for people from a range of creative fields.
• No previous scriptwriting experience is required.
• Requires good English.