(Cross-listed with DST_VS 2810:01)

In this course students will learn about storytelling across media, including definitions and fundamentals of narrative storytelling, theories of narrative and its cultural functions, and basic narrative analysis. The course will also pursue a close study and practice of structure, narration, character, plot, action, dialogue, and other narrative elements, with a wide variety of examples and prompts. Throughout the course, students practice the development of their own stories in multiple versions and formats, with attention to the ways that formal structures affect their storytelling strategies. By the end of the course, students will produce a short shooting script or equivalent project ready for production.  Thus, the course functions as preparation for audio-visual production courses in Film Studies, Media Studies, Film and Media Arts, and Digital Storytelling degree programs.