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  The Arts

  Passion, Creativity and the Arts: Writing for Motion Pictures

Featuring: David Foster, Chuck Jones and George Lucas

Description: This Achievement Television program discusses the creative process of writing and making films. Students from across the country join this national dialogue on the arts, as guests share the experiences of their failures and successes.

The act of writing can be more than just a means of self-expression. It can provide a wonderful learning experience by activating the creative process, and by utilizing natural inclinations to imagine, to invent, and to pretend.

Writing for motion pictures can be a particularly exciting prospect for many students. Opportunities for talented writers in this industry abound . . . from the novelist, to the scriptwriter, the music/lyrics composer, the director, to the critic and many, many individuals in-between. Each writer in the motion picture-making field brings a unique blend and perspective to the overall creative process.

PROGRAM FOCUS:
What role does the written word play in the development, promotion, presentation and evaluation of a visual medium, motion pictures?

Category: The Arts

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Additional Recommended Curriculum

Teachers, we've also developed materials for you to integrate portions of Achievement.org into your curriculum through our Achieve*NET Curriculum series.

You might also like these Achieve*Net curriculum:

Passion for Music
Media & the Arts
Architecture
From Dance to Drama
The Power of Words
The Novel
Poets and Poetry
So, You Want to Be a Writer

View more in our section for teachers.