DV Scriptwriting

In intensive writing workshops, students individually write screenplays for short digital video films. Activities include learning key screenwriting concepts, reading and discussing existing scripts, viewing scenes from films for analysis from a writer's perspective, and writing and revising drafts of students' own scripts.

Teachers work with each student to provide detailed suggestions for improvement of story, structure, plot, characters, dialog, mechanics, and grammar. Students learn standard screenwriting formatting using Final Draft, a leading word processing program for scriptwriting.

Final scripts are read aloud to the class so students can hear their work and visualize the final production. Scripts are then considered for production by the DV Production class.