A final exam, based on the textbook as well as class discussions, is given. Writing Drama for Film and Television. This course is designed to introduce students to dramatic scriptwriting for film and television. In addition, short exercises in character development, dialogue, plot design and creative visualization will be assigned. Class time will be divided between lecture, critical discussion of dramatic theatrical film and television programming, and in-class evaluation of student work.
Attendance is thus important and required.
Open to senior concentrators. May be repeated for credit. This seminar will examine the interrelationships of women and the mass media as professional employees, as subject matter, and as audience. It will draw on the theories and research from mass communication and women's studies. It will review the past two decades of feminist criticism of the media.