Narrative Structure and Form

Narrative Structure and Form
Course open to MFA1 Film Directing students only,
by Permission of Instructor only.

This course is an examination of narrative film
structure and form. The course examines the
construction of narrative works ranging from
dramatic narrative to epic, episodic and
anecdotal forms. These lectures will draw on the
practical ideas introduced in your production
classes, and ask you to interrogate your
assumptions about construction of events in time,
and the making of images and meaning. It is
meant to question such basic assumptions as
cinema and narrative, while developing an
understanding of the material and language of
both. Assignments will include analysis, writing
and shooting assignments.