Communication 445 - Screenwriting
Fall
2026
01
3.00
Bruce Geisler
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
11882
Integ. Learning Center N345
geisler@comm.umass.edu
An examination of the art, craft, and business of screenwriting from theoretical and practical perspectives. Topics include screenplay format and structure, story, plot and character development, dialog and scene description, visual storytelling, pace and rhythm, analysis of professional and student scripts and films.
Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. This course was formerly numbered as COMM 497FS. If you have already taken COMM 497FS you cannot take this course.