This course is designed to give students the opportunity to understand, analyze, examine, read and practice writing scripts for film, television, stage and new media. Students will read scripts and view scenes from films, television and new media paying particular attention to the major elements of this genre: structure, inciting incident, characterization, back story, dialogue, stage and screen directions, setting, the importance of the central question, climax, denouement. The differences of the major genres will be explored; Television, Film, Theater and new media. As well, the different genres of story: Comedy, Drama, Dramady, Farce, Satire, Thriller, Action, Horror, Romantic Comedy and Dramatic Biography. This is a writing course and the majority of the final grade will be based on the practice of writing and re-writing, either short pieces or full lengths. Prerequisite: ENG 100- College Composition or permission of the instructor. 3 cr. 3 Lec.