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FILM 346 Television and Seriality Units: 3.00
This course examines various forms of televisual seriality, from historical and theoretical perspectives. The course shall examine it emergence as the dominant form of the soap opera, to contemporary web television platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Crave.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Assess the work of their peers and formulate constructive feedback.
- Demonstrate advanced screenwriting skills through group work in simulated writer's rooms.
- Develop an original series concept, a series bible, and a series pitch that can service students beyond graduation.
- Gain an overview of the historical development of the episodic form.
- Identify elements of scene craft, character development, and narrative structure of serial content.