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PAPER I : THEORY - 1      


·        Adaptation of a short story for a film/television.

·        Interpretation of a novel for a film.

·        Theory and practices of writing a fiction – Time, place, dramatic structure, characters and building a narrative.

·        Fundamentals of writing a Documentaries.

·        Writing for a Docudrama.


PAPER II : THEORY - 2      


·        Television & Society.

·        Concepts of Anthropology.

·        Writing for Advertising and Corporate Communications.

·        Theoretical aspect of Script Writing for:

        1        Television serials.

        2   Feature films.


PAPER III : PRACTICAL-1  


·        Writing of a screenplay for a full length feature film to be done in six sections (without dialogues).


PAPER IV : PRACTICAL-2


 ·        Script writing for any one:

      1        A Drama.

      2   A TV Serial. 


PAPER V DAILY ASSIGNMENT/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS


·        Adaptation of a novel into film.

·        Salient features of English literature focused on Prose, Poetry, short stories & novel.

·        Indian modern society and influence of west.

·        Analysis of famous dramas and work of renowned writers i.e. Munshi Premchand, Jai shankar Prasad, Mahadevi verma, William Shakespeare, T.S.Elliot and others.

·        Storyboarding for Animation.

·        Professional skills of scriptwriters.

·        Television Genres and their business formula.

·        Effects, Audiences and the Media.

·        Indian Film: National Cinema & Beyond.

·        Introduction to Screenwriting software.

·        Film Appreciation.

·        Scriptwriter and visual images.

·        Introduction to elements of  Frame & movement.

·        Concepts of sound and editing for film & Television.


PAPER VI PROJECT WORK


·        To write for a short programme of total 20 min. of duration with all the details:

Writing the idea, location scouting, writing the treatment & writing the script etc.