Film and Media

Script and Screenwriting

LoveBath, Love Scriptwriting - Saturday

The LoveBath film competition has become a new and exciting addition to the array of influential festivals and contests which exist for film-makers. This workshop reveals the basic aspects, from initial idea to the finished draft, required in writing a script for that potentially award winning short film.

Saturday 10:00 - 16:00, 12/05/2012 - 12/05/2012, 1 day, £35, Q0LBL1-MP01

Screenwriting - Part 1

This eight-week course introduces you to the developmental sections of screenwriting, such as format, structure, character and plot, culminating at the point where you are ready to begin writing your own full-length feature film.

Tuesday 18:00 - 21:00, 27/09/2011 - 22/11/2011, 8 weeks, £89, Q8SCW1-MP11

Screenwriting - Part 2

This eight-week course follows on from part one and takes you through the writing of a full-length feature film, including outline, treatment and scene breakdown.

Tuesday 18:00 - 21:00, 17/01/2012 - 13/03/2012, 8 weeks, £89, Q8SCW1-MP12

Screenwriting - Part 3 - Group Workshop

The third part of this course continues over three evenings in the summer. Students who have completed parts one and two return on 17th April, 15th May and 12th June to discuss progress and development of their screenplays.

Tuesday 18:00 - 21:00, 17/04/2012 - 12/06/2012, 3 weeks, £49, Q8SCW1-MP13

Seriously Funny: Writing TV Sitcom - Saturday

This workshop looks at the serious business of writing television situation comedy, one of the most lucrative areas in all of the television-based genres. Topics covered include finding the situation, creating successful comedic characters, generating storyline ideas and exploring the differences between UK and US sitcom.

Saturday 10:00 - 16:00, 10/03/2012 - 10/03/2012, 1 day, £35, Q0SFW1-MP01

Writing TV Crime Drama - Saturday

This workshop will look at the creation, development and writing of one of the most sought after genres on television - the crime series. Topics covered will include finding the situation, creating successful characters, generating storyline ideas and exploring the differences between UK and US drama series.

Saturday 10:00 - 16:00, 10/09/2011 - 10/09/2011, 1 day, £35, Q8DED1-MP01

For further information

If you need help or answers to specific questions please contact the Student Advice Centre on 01225 312191 ext 715/716 or email info@citybathcoll.ac.uk  

To enrol

You can enrol on this course
by telephone call 01225 328720,
by post, download this Part-time Enrolment Form and send to Student Advice Centre, City Bath College, Avon Street, Bath BA1 1UP
in person, visit the Student Advice Centre in the main Macaulay Building, accessed from St James Street West or Avon Street.
Please see how to enrol for more detailed information.

Please note

To avoid disappointment, please make sure you enrol on your chosen course early.
Decisions regarding running or cancelling a course are made one week prior to the start of the course. If a course is cancelled, you will be informed and refunded in full.

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