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Course Overview

The Screenwriting & Narrative Design program educates students on the challenge of writing a well-structured story within linear and nonlinear contexts. The elements of character, dialogue, scene, setting, texture, style and tone are rigorously explored. Students master the subtle variances of language employed through structured and open-world storytelling as they create memorable stories and scripts for film, TV, games and interactive media. Opportunities will be provided to work with fellow students (directors, actors and designers) on student-led projects as well as potential research projects.

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Produce linear and non-linear narrative content to industry standards using current and relevant software.
  2. Create content employing traditional and non‐traditional dramatic narratives with an advanced application for entertainment writing within linear and non‐linear mediums.
  3. Articulate the differences between the varying mediums’ production processes and how the writer integrates into each process.
  4. Investigate the varying guilds, associations, agencies and groups and how they interact with relevance to the different industries.
  5. Differentiate the history of film, television, video game and interactive media from other media as well as the intersections between them.
  6. Analyze the evolving landscapes for production, distribution and content creation in order to anticipate challenges and opportunities arising from technological change and consumer demand.
  7. Prepare for employment in the field by evaluating the present business climate of the relevant film, television, video game, online, mobile and interactive industries, and using interview and presentation skills, resume writing skills, proposal and pitch development skills, and portfolio preparation.
  8. Conduct research using a variety of relevant research methods, including online and library resources to do effective world-building and character creation.
  9. Engage and invoke an emotional response from an audience, recognizing and using relevant style and narrative structures including plot analysis, characterization, setting, dialogue, point of view, structure, length and originality.
  10. Evaluate personal and recognized works of entertainment writing for traditional composition techniques including “unity of effect” as these apply to both traditional rhetorical structures and narratives with branching structures and/or multiple narratively coherent conclusions.

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree, two- or three-year Diploma, or Graduate Certificate (postgraduate studies)
  • Resume
  • Writing samples*
  • Online Interview** OR
  • Demonstrated competence through related work experience (minimum 3 years of experience in the entertainment industry or performing arts)
  • Resume
  • Writing samples*
  • Online Interview**

* Further details on the writing samples will be provided to the applicant via a letter and/or email, once the applicant meets the academic and/or work experience requirements.

** An online interview will be offered to select applicants upon review of writing samples.

English Language Requirements:

  DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE
PROGRAMS
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS AND FAST-TRACK/ BRIDGES** GBC DEGREE PROGRAMS*
George Brown English for Academic (EAP) Program Level 8 Level 9 Level 9
IELTS (Academic) 6.0, minimum 5.5 in each skill band 6.5, minimum 6.0 in each skill band 6.5, minimum 6.0 in each skill band
TOEFL 80 (online) minimum 20 in each skill band 88 (online) minimum 22 in each skill band 84 (online) minimum 21 in each skill band
MELAB 80 85 85
PTE (Academic) 54, overall minimum
50 in each skill band
60, overall minimum
55 in each skill band
60, overall minimum
55 in each skill band
CAEL 60 (overall) 70 overall (writing 60) 70 overall (writing 60)
Cambridge English Exams (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency) 169 or more (with no individual skill below 162) 176 or more (with no individual skill below 169) 176 or more (with no individual skill below 169)
George Brown Admissions Test (Mature applicants only) Available Available Not Available

Fees

Base Tuition Fee:

  1. $14600 for 2 semesters (2020-2021 Programs)
  2. $21900 for 3 semesters (2020-2021 Programs)
  3. Incidental Fees (student ID student association membership etc): $2000

This information was accurate on : 10/04/2021
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