TLÜ ÕIS

Storytelling

Course code

BFM6123.FK

old course code

BFM6123

Course title in Estonian

Dramaturgia alused

Course title in English

Storytelling

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To write different assignments in order to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of storytelling.

Brief description of the course

In the course, students will reflect on what a story is. The course begins with comparative analysis of stories and narratives in order to determine what they have in common, and what is needed to tell a story and what’s not a story.
Some sessions will be focused on incidents, types of incidents and how they work in order to create dramatic suspense. From plot we move to character: what is a character and what means identity, how to analyze and create one.
We will discuss, premise, structure, theme, emotion, cliché and genre.
The course uses film analysis, and creative exercises, to help students gain an understanding of how stories work.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- acquires basic knowledge and creative tools on storytelling in preparation for a more specialized course on screenwriting.

Teacher

Miguel Llansó

The course is a prerequisite

Psychology in Film (BFM6205.FK)
Screenwriting (BFR6027.FK)
Writing for Transmedia (BFR6017.FK)

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