PLANNING FOR GROWTH IN YEARS OF RESTRICTED RESOURCES

Sept 9TV commercial due. Discuss documentaries, instructional, corporate,marketing videos and VNRs. (Out-of-class graded assignment: Write a fiveminuteinstructional video)Sept 11 Test on Willis/D’Arienzo Chapters 1-9Sept 16 (Out-of-class graded assignment: Write a two-minute VNR) Do “40 Rules forWriting Good (sic)” exercise. 20 points extra credit if you make no mistakes.One point penalty for each error.Sept 18 Instructional video script due. Seinfeld episode handout distributed, to be readand studied before next class. Lecture on WGA screenplay writing style andbrief orientation to Final Draft screenwriting software. You are responsiblefor taking the tutorials for both kinds of Final Draft software on your own.Sept 23 Viewing and analysis of a Seinfeld episode to analyze teaser, plot, theme,action breakdown by acts, climax, epilog, and amount of time for eachelement.Sept 25 (Out-of-class graded assignment: analysis of a TV program and anepisode) Screenwriting lecture #1.Sept 30 VNR due. Screenwriting lecture #2.Oct 2Oct 7Oct 9The treatment/story outline. (Out-of-class graded assignment: A ten-pagedouble-spaced treatment for a new episode of the series used for your TVprogram analysis.) Pass out copies of next test.TV episode program analysis due. Another session on active vs. passive voiceand contractions, if necessary. WGA screenwriting style.Test on Willis/D’Arienzo, Chapters 10-end.Oct 14 Treatment due. Each student makes a 3-4 minute “pitch” of their story.Oct 16 We hold conferences on these treatments in my office for the first eightpersons on the roll sheet. Everyone drops by my office today to pick up theirgraded program analyses. (Out-of-class graded assignment: A 30-minute scriptfor the TV series that you selected for your program analysis at the start of thesemester.)Oct 21 Conferences on script treatments in my office for the remainder of the sstudents on my roll sheet.BEA—Educating tomorrow’s electronic media professionals 28