Course Introduction
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of storytelling in different media contexts, with a particular focus on its application to film. We will cover the key elements of storytelling – narrative structure, characters, and setting – and how they interact to create compelling stories that engage and evoke appropriate emotional responses from audiences. We will also explore how conventions of storytelling have developed, and how these conventions can be utilised and subverted creatively. This course will be useful to students not only in writing their own stories, but also for bringing them to life in creative practice, whether onstage, through song, or as filmmakers.
