Master in International Screenwriting and Production

Master in International Screenwriting and Production

Entertainment: an industry that can be your future

The audiovisual entertainment business is among the leading industries worldwide, being one of the main sources of national income not only in the USA, but also in other developed countries in the world. It is an industry that places creativity at the heart of its business strategy.
Cinema, TV, theatre, advertising, publishing and videogames are only a few of the areas of the entertainment arena.

Following the digital revolution, new scenarios and new opportunities have been emerging every day, making the entertainment business one of the most dynamic and appealing sectors for new bright graduates of top Universities around the world.

The audiovisual sector is a wide-ranging area that combines cultural and economic value, generating numerous and various professional opportunities, many of which are often little known. Some of the most sought after professions are:

• Film and TV screenwriters;
• Creators of TV formats;
• Advertising copywriters;
• Writers of video games, webseries and comic books;
• Story editors and fiction editors;
• Acquisition and programming managers;
• Producers, showrunners and film directors;
• Professionals working in physical production (production assistants, assistant directors, location managers, etc.);

• Professionals working in film distribution, product placement and talent agencies.

Career opportunities

Graduates from the MISP are exposed to a wide range of career opportunities. They have both the theoretical knowledge and the methodological tools suited to pursue professional and managerial careers as:

• Screenwriters or creative producers of television series and feature films;
• Authors of TV entertainment programs and documentaries, copywriters, creators of video games and webseries, writers of comic books and novels and fiction editors in publishing companies;
• Story editors and script consultants;
• Supervisors of evaluation, acquisition and programming of TV shows and TV series;
• Professionals working in the different areas of the television and film industry (physical production, distribution, acquisition, product placement, talent agencies, etc.)

The course will be divided into 12 intensive modules for a total of around 80 days of class, of 6 hours each

• Screenwriting theory
• Market and distribution, programming
• Writing the short film (practical)
• Writing and development of a treatment (practical)
• The analysis of a screenplay
• Writing different genres (biopic, comedy, romance, TV miniseries, TV series, etc.)
• Adaptation from literature and from true events
• Analysis of TV series
• Nonfiction genres and other formats: web series, branded entertainment, documentary, reality shows, advertising, live shows, transmedia projects, etc.
• Production
• From treatment to script; writing a scene; writing the dialogue (practical)
• Case histories and testimonies
• Writing and production for animation

Some students will also have the possibility of attending some specific collateral seminars:

• Cinema distribution (Disney Theatrical Distribution Italy)
• Writing TV sit-com (Renata Avidano and Maurizio Sangalli)
• Writing comics (Silvia Martinoli, Disney)
• Writing the Musical (Philip LaZebnnk, Pippa Cleary, Ronald Kruschak)

Three months before the end of classes, participants in the MISP will choose one of the two following career tracks: screenwriting or production, and invest their time after the end of the classes on their final project or on their internship.

• Aula internazionale
• Docenti internazionali

Frequentare questo corso ha un costo di € 9900 Esente IVA.

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