The course explores the art and craft of writing a feature-length narrative screenplay. Participants begin with a detailed outline of a narrative script and a portion of the script in proper form and develop it into a completed screenplay. The focus is on rewriting, with regular presentations of scenes to fellow writers. Participants also write short scripts and explore alternative story structure. The emphasis is on characterization, scene structure, visual story telling, dialogue, and creating a unified script. The class culminates with reading of completed scripts.

In this advanced screenwriting workshop each student develops a feature length narrative screenplay, or a pilot script.

Writers present their material on a regular basis and revise their outlines/scenes based on feedback from their fellow writers. Lectures/discussions include story structure, scene work, dialogue, subtext and script cohesion.

Prerequisites: Either Film 180, Film 182 or equivalent classes. Priority is given to qualified Film & Media seniors. Interested students should fill out this application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuTMsXbZqhAs4SOLripddohUkICicvp5et5gbIfMEn5-AhyQ/viewform

The deadline to apply is Friday, Dec 5th. Applicants will be notified of enrollment by Friday, December 19th. Due to the limited space in the class, all students who apply should enroll in a backup course.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.