This is an introductory course on screenwriting for would-be screenwriters and directors. Students will learn and practise the art of cinematic narration in the writing of screenplay. As a solid and well-written script always provides a strong creative base for a director to construct or compose his/her cinematic work, the understanding of drama and the mastery of screenwriting technique is of utmost importance. To be an ‘auteur’ (writer/director as one) enables one to be more in control of one’s creative work, and in a better position to realize one’s personal vision. One films what one writes. But one has first to be able to ‘write’ in sounds and images before one can ‘create’ with sounds and images. This course therefore, other than teaching the basic concepts of drama, narration or story-telling, will focus on the imaginative use of film language in screenwriting, and teach students to create in cinematic terms rather than ‘literary’ images.