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Click here to register The film industry in Nigeria has attracted a lot of attention in the last two years due to its phenomenal growth. Latest figures from UNESCO place Nigeria second in global film production, ahead of Hollywood but behind Bollywood. The films produced in Nigeria are low budget films made in video format and are produced at the rate of about 1,000 a year.
However, Nollywood, as the Nigerian film industry is called, has received some negative criticism because of the poor technical quality of many films and the excessive focus on such themes as voodoo and witchcraft. A lot of the poor quality of the films is traceable to the screenplay, with poorly developed stories, week storylines, shallow characterisation, and dependence on over-blown effects.
This screen writing course, focusing on the Nollywood, is intended to fill a vacuum and is a direct response to industry needs. The inclusion of screenwriting for television is aimed at broadening the skill sets of participants, leading to greater versatility on the part of the scriptwriters who are otherwise dedicated to writing for film and video.
Objective
To provide training in screenwriting for film, video and television. It aims above all to optimize the skills of practitioners in the craft of writing original scripts with coherent dialogue and narrative structure.
Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants should: - Have a knowledge of script writing especially as regards key aspects such as format, structure, character, dialogue, exposition
- Be able to develop an original script with a convincing storyline
- Have acquired the ability to generate and develop ideas
- Present a completed original screen play for either the cinema or television.
Structure and format
The course will have the structure of a workshop. Classroom work will consist of lectures, discussions and practical tasks of writing. Participants will be expected to watch certain films for analysis in class. They will also be expected to produce original personal work which will be discussed in class.
Modules
- An Introduction to Creative Writing
- Introduction to the Elements of Story-telling
- Plot development
- Character development
- Dialogue
- Narrative forms
- Principles of Dramatic Writing
- Screenplay structure
- Screenwriting for Television
- Scripts and production practice
- Self-Management and Ethics
For Whom:
Production editors;
TV/film producers & directors;
Those passionate about the quality of film/TV scripts;
Practising and aspiring screenwriters, etc.
Duration:
20 days spread accross four months Date:
April 19 - June 26, 2010 Course Fee:
N100,000 per participant Click here to register |