Exclusively designed for Film Production Graduate Students, an introduction to principles of drama, screenplay structure, characterization, screenplay description and dialogue through study or produced short screenplays. Some time spent studying the feature-length screenplay, preparing/writing the documentary and Fair Use practices. Student's begin with exercises, then write outlines/treatments in preparation for completing and rewriting two short films, one 5-7 pages , another 7-15 pages. Student screenplays will be discussed in workshop format.