At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn how the main and side characters in TV series are created. The main story and side stories of the series can be identified. 2) Learn to capture the spirit and atmosphere of a story through the sequence of scenes in TV series and can apply this knowledge while writing. 3) Understand the main structure of television series by gaining in-depth observation power.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
Yes(RTS351)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
This course is designed to the conditions and requirements of script writing for a
40-50-minute television drama series.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Explaining the elements that make a TV series interesting and worth watching through exemplary TV series. What kind of topics and events in a TV series can make the plot interesting?
2nd Week
The plot and character structures of two TV series (Ethos and The Fall) will be compared.
3rd Week
The dramatic tension of the scene, characters and dialogues will be analysed.
4th Week
In-class exercices; beat sheets for pilot episodes of either Ethos or The Fall.
5th Week
How to start and end a scene? How to enter a scene late and leave early? How to arrange the dialogues on a scene? How to write concise dialogues? A study of the structure of the sequence in the script and how one scene determines another scene.
6th Week
Discussion on how to tell the story and the importance of the originality of the character structure when creating a series story.
7th Week
Midterm
8th Week
How does Writers Room work?
9th Week
Writers' Room workshop. The class will be divided into groups.
10th Week
Individual presentation- In-class exercices; The class will be divided into two groups. Two ideas will be generated and written for an episode of the TV series chosen as the final project.
11th Week
Presentations: Students will be divided into two groups and present their ideas in class.
12th Week
The two draft episodes will be discussed.
13th Week
The final check of the first and second episodes.
14th Week
Reading the final episode and discussing the weaknesses, if any. Q&A session and end of semester.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
SENARYO KİTABI / Senaryo Yazım Teknikleri ve Film Örnekleri Öktem Başol, Pana Film Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010. SENARYO VE YAPIM Mahmut Tali Öngören, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1985. SENARYO YAZARI OLMAK Feridun Akyürek, MediaCat Kitapları, İstanbul, 2004. THE ART OF DRAMATIC WRITING Lagos Egri, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1946. WRITING THE TV DRAMA SERIES. Pamela Douglas, Michael Wiese Productions, 2011. THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING: A WRITER?S GUIDE TO CRAFT AND ELEMENTS OF A SCREENPLAY. David Howard&Edward Mabley, Souvenir Press Ltd., 2011. THE NONBROADCAST TELEVISION WRITER?S HANDBOOK William Van Nonstran, Knowlwdge Industry Publications, Inc. NY, 1983. ELEMENTS OF STYLE FOR SCREENWRITERS ? The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays, Paul Argentini, IFilm Publishing, Lone Eagle Publising. Co., USA, New York, 1998. THE SCREEN-WRITER?S WORKBOOK Syd FIELD, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., USA, New York, 1984. WRITERS AT THE MOVIES ? TWENTY-SIX - CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS CELEBRATE, TWENTY ? SIX ? MEMORABLE MOVIES, Edited by Jım Shepard, Perennial An Imprint of Harper Collins Publihers, New York, 2000. SCREENWRITING Ray Frensham, Printed in Great Britain for Hodder&Stoughton Educational, a division of Hodder Headline Ltd., London, 2003. TELEVİZYON YAZARLIĞI Gerald Kelsey, Çeviren: Bahar Öcal Düzgören, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Case Study,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Practice
1
15
Attendance
1
15
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
