Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Screenwriting
Catalyst - Institute for Creative Arts and Technology GmbH
Key Information
Campus location
Berlin, Germany
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 11,750 / per year *
Application deadline
31 May 2024
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* single payment or installments
Introduction
Define your voice as a creative writer as you develop the storytelling tools and script-writing techniques required to build a rewarding career as a screenwriter for the film, television and new media industries.
Gain practical script writing experience and work on a wide range of media formats: from film, television, documentary, games and animation, to emerging media content, across different forms and genres. Learn how to develop and give life to complex characters and stories through convincing dialogues and creative narrative styles that excite and engage audiences across multiple arcs, episodes and seasons.
Immerse yourself in a true Writers’ Room environment, where you’ll learn the rules and tools of working in a creative workspace, brainstorming and developing stories together. Gain valuable experience from day one by taking on diverse roles such as head writer, executive producer, staff writer, showrunner or story editor in the creative process.
From the ideation and development of concepts and ideas through to the drafting of scripts, treatments and bibles, throughout this programme you will learn to generate original stories and deliver high-quality scripts that meet the professional and creative demands of any writing project.
Build a bank of high-quality and original scripts that will give our budding Filmmakers and Screen Actors the chance to work with professionally developed and original characters. You’ll have the opportunity to see how your stories unfold, whilst gaining a deep and comprehensive understanding of the storytelling creative process.
Through practice and more practice, learn how to deliver narratives for a wide range of audiences, formats and genres, along with the pitching skills needed to present and sell your stories to the world. Find your authentic voice and reveal your artistic signature with a final project tailored to your personal and professional ambition.
Launch yourself into the industry with a solid and rich portfolio of screenwriting work, pitch documents, treatments and finished screenplays that showcase your screenwriting and storytelling achievements.
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Career Opportunities
As well as leaving Catalyst with a brimming network of peers able to fill any role needed to progress your projects, you’ll leave with a portfolio of work that will equip you for writing jobs in the film industry. Completing the one-year HE Certificate course will put you in a position to work as a freelance screenwriter. Completing the full three-year BA (Hons) course will set you up for a huge range of career possibilities.
As well as the role of a screenwriter, you’ll be ready to take up various positions within film and TV. You could find work at entry level as a staff writer. Find a role at the early stages of a production as a story editor or later within the process as a script consultant. You could eventually work your way towards becoming a showrunner in a Writers’ Room, controlling finances as an executive producer or leading a production as a creative director for TV series and feature films. You could choose to flex your critical skills and awareness of the zeitgeist by working as a film or TV critic.
You’ll be well equipped to work in different media. You could work as a creator or writer in the world of gaming – a rapidly expanding industry with writing roles that range in size, from narrative and characters through to scenes and small interactions. Writing for audio formats, such as podcasts or radio shows, will be an option for you too. Or you may opt to explore the role of a writer for comic books and novels.