Master's Programme in Film and Media - Scriptwriting for Film and Television

A scriptwriter writes for film and television. This can be both original ideas and adaptions of literary works. Writing scripts is about portraying ideas by finding stories and giving them a dramaturgical structure. Creating characters and conflicts and writing dialogue. The work requires knowledge of cinematic storytelling. Sometimes it is performed on its own, but often in collaboration with the director and producer or with other scriptwriters. The scriptwriter has a great responsibility when creating a story, but must have the courage to let go a little and let the rest of the team take over and give the story its final form.

The Master's Programme in Film and Media, with specialisation in Sciptwriting for Film and Television

The Master's Programme in Film and Media is a programme for going more indepth that is also research preparatory and has a common programme structure for all specialisations. In the programme’s theory courses, students are introduced to different perspectives on knowledge, theory, reflection and artistic research methods.

The specialisation in film and television scriptwriting is one of the team specialisations in the master's programme that forms film teams and collaborations. The students work together on joint lab courses where they explore different forms of film, television and new media. Here, you can get the experience of writing for different types of film – for different platforms and in shorter and longer formats. You discuss and exchange ideas with others and gain an in-depth knowledge of film making as a process from script to finished film.

The programme also has methodology courses specific to the specialisation. As a master student in scriptwriting for film and TV, you get to exercise your imagination and deepen your ability to develop ideas and perform different forms of writing exercises. You write both your own stories and those of others, as well as exploring your own way of writing. The insights and knowledge that you acquire in the specific courses in the specialisation are applied in the lab courses and film exercises, which are carried out in teams.

During the programme you will have many opportunities for interactions across traditional professional boundaries, for example through elective courses that are common to the university’s departments. Here, each student identifies his or her need for further knowledge.

The programme leads to gaining specialist knowledge that prepares for research and for being able to work as a scriptwriter.

Language of instruction

Please note! The language of instruction for this programme is Swedish. Please go to the programme's page on our Swedish website for more information.