Screenwriting II: Adaptation
PSW-2000-43598
Purchase College
- Semester
- Fall 2025
- Instructor
- Susan Kouguell
- Start Date
- 08-25-2025
- Total Credits
- 4
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Using an existing short piece of fiction, students delineate the elements of the story, experiencing their importance and power; translate the short story into a screenplay for a narrative film; and complete two drafts of a 25-page screenplay. In the process, they learn the techniques of adaptation for the screen and a deeper level of dramatic story structure. Emphasis is on discovering the dramatic character when evaluating the merits of a particular adaptation, which extends to evaluating one’s own ideas for a screenplay; introducing genre and story types; and research as a dramatist’s fundamental tool. NOTE: Course is offered through synchronous instruction.
Prerequisites:
PSW1010-Screenwriting I
Course Area: Speech/Theater and Media
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 08-25-2025 - 12-12-2025
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