Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: identify the principles of visual and dramatic storytelling, the dramatic components of a protagonist, an antagonist, the creation of conflict on an inner, personal and social level in the dramaturgy of their stories; recognize scenes that are composed of dramatic beats, a turning point, and a dramatic arc; discriminate the principles of 3-Act Story Structure: how to design a precipitating event, an inciting incident, escalation, complications, turning points, crisis decisions, climax and plot resolutions; identify and discuss proper screenplay format with regards to scene slugs, description, character name, dialogue, title page, and the use of margins; recognize characterizations versus true/inner character in protagonists and identify cast design functions; differentiate the properties of a short story versus a feature length story, evaluate the dramatic construction of a scene, and generate story ideas, step-outlines, treatments, and drafts of a script; define the elements of classical design, minimalism, and expressionism in their story-telling approach; assess effective dialogue; discern the difference between text and subtext in a scene and script; execute the twelve steps of the Hero's Journey as it relates to storytelling in feature length films.