Drama
For more information about a particular course, including the time, location, and cost, contact the person or department listed after the description for that course. All activities are held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, unless otherwise noted.
The Director’s POV: The Screenplay
Oct 7–28 (Wednesday evenings); The Friday Center
Attendance: 20
This course looks at the craft of screenwriting from a different point of view (POV); it explores how directors read scripts and how they find a film in them. Students learn what goes into a film’s preparation, production, and post-production through an examination of Chinatown, Robert Towne’s Oscar-winning original screenplay, which was directed by Roman Polanski. Part of the Community Classroom Series.
Contact Friday Center Professional Development and Enrichment Programs, 800-845-8640, 919-962-2643, conradj@email.unc.edu.
Major Films of the Great Greta Garbo
Oct 13–Nov 3 (Tuesday evenings); The Friday Center
Attendance: 30
This course is a biography of film actor Greta Garbo and looks at film clips from Love (1927), Anna Christie (1930), Mata Hari (1931), Grand Hotel (1931), Queen Christine (1933), Camille (1936), Ninotchka (1939), and Two-Faced Woman (1941). It examines what Garbo meant to the film industry, to American culture, and to the modern preoccupation with physical beauty. Part of the Community Classroom Series.
Contact Friday Center Professional Development and Enrichment Programs, 800-845-8640, 919-962-2643, conradj@email.unc.edu.