WSQ Write a Documentary Script
About this course
Scottish documentarian John Grierson was believed to have coined the word “documentary”. He believed that a new art form could be created by exploiting cinema’s potential for observing life. Documentaries have also been called factual films that are dramatic. How does one write a script for life? A well-written script should be able to capture the imagination of the audience and help them visualise the overall experience on the screen.
In this unit (WSQ Write a Documentary Script), participants will get a clear understanding of the various documentary modes and formats, learn how to conceptualise a compelling documentary, conduct research, devise a plot structure for the script and write the documentary script.
What you will learn
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Develop the subject and/or focus of the documentary to provide a perspective which is of interest to the audience
- Conduct research for selected subject and focus to facilitate the writing of the script
- Determine the format and style appropriate for the documentary to meet the expectations of the producer, distributor and audience
- Write the documentary script to meet the format and style defined for the documentary
Course Staff
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Trainer's Name Biography Please input In addition ... he has written 270 research papers on subjects ranging from ageing to addiction, along with 23 books on psychiatry, dementia, depression, and stress. He leads the NUS Age Well Everyday (AWE) programme that has now been extended to six community centres in Queenstown, Eunos, Tampines Changkat, Bishan North, Hougang and Chong Pang. A member of the WHO Research Team for the Global Study of Dementia, he was previously Head, Department of Psychological Medicine at NUS, and CEO and Medical Director at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. He is Editor-in-Chief (with Professor Norman Sartorius) of a new series of textbooks on 'Mental Health and Illness Worldwide' to be published by Springer Nature 2017.
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