Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of what a motion picture or television “treatment” is and why “treatments” are important.
• Verbally “pitch” an idea to the class and “sell the class” on the idea, citing project cost, target audience, and why the project would be a success.
• Explain the “mythic structure” of both a story and a screenplay
• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between a symbol and an archetype, and show what they represent in a particular character or idea within a story/screenplay.
• Explain the difference between a “digital” or multimedia script and a script for so-called “linear” media.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of Aristotle’s six elements of drama for playwrights and how those ideas pertain to today’s media.
• Present a rough interactive multimedia prototype.
• Understand and demonstrate the use of a back-story for leading characters.