Image Thinking Theory-Oriented Screenwriting Pedagogy in the AI Era

Content creation and education are being fundamentally transformed by AI.This paper examines how image thinking can facilitate the reconstruction of screenwriting pedagogy in the AI era, proposing a three-stage teaching pathway: multimodal input triggering, perceptual construction, and narrative output.This pathway transitions from linear language-based construction to multi-channel narrative guidance driven by image thinking, effectively stimulating students' audiovisual imagination and emotional narrative potential.From both theoretical and practical perspectives, it provides guidance for multi-level integration of psychological cognition and narrative expression.The conclusion extends the application of this pathway to dimensions such as creative writing and identifies opportunities for progressive refinement of human-AI collaborative creation mechanisms.