About my subject

Hey again!

This time I will tell you about the subject I'm about to study: screenwriting and visual expression. (I'm not sure whether the correct translation is "screenwriting" or "script writing". I think both are so close to each other, that it makes no difference. But I'll use the former from now on, for the sake of consistency)
As my lessons have barely started, this will be but a brief overview.
Thus, the following is mostly based on what I'm told and what I've read. Details (and possible corrections) will follow someday.
So... "SWAVE" is vast in it's core. It's about creative process. From it's earliest forms (conception and script) to it's very last (publishing and marketing). And everything between.
Art form that will receive most of the attention (and will be studied more than others) is video and its close relatives. Worry not, there'll also be some focus on both print- and web media. In both artistic and commercial point of view.
I find the name a bit misleading, as screenwriting is a just one part of a long process. But we all will write several scripts during our studies, and the best will be filmed.
The first year will be mostly "just" theory (dramaturgy, history and so forth), but still we'll do at least one short film from ground up, assist in several others and not to forget all the practice works and our own personal projects, to which we are encouraged to.
But yeah. This ain't just filmin'. There are some language studies involved and economical math. But by studying 'em we know how much money we dare to ask in several languages!
We'll also found our own cooperative during our sophomore year and work sometime somewhere to get some valuable/real life experience in our industry.
There's a possibility to study and/or work abroad. I won't miss that chance!

However, SWAVE is just one half of a bigger picture. There's also parallel group that studies "digital sound and commercial music".
The whole point of this segregation is to have future professionals of both industries under the same roof and to learn to work with each other. To unleash the most of our potential and to get the best results. We share some lessons, to my belief, but the true extent of cooperation is a mystery for now.

Anyway, I'm excited and can't wait 'til we start for real, as now we're just learning our school's policy, different operating systems and getting acquainted.

See ya

J.

Let's continue with Sigur Rós:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaDCx5a_xPE