Introduction to Screenwriting for Film and Television

Do you have a story to tell that you would like to make into a movie or a TV series? Or maybe you are searching for a story idea that could be made into a film. Perhaps you started to write a screenplay years ago and got stuck on page 30, and you could use a brush-up on the basics. If you fit into any of these situations or categories, or you just like movies and you are curious about how a screenplay is developed, this course is designed for you. We will explore story ideas, create loglines and outlines, learn screenplay structure and formatting for film and TV, and investigate the business of screenwriting and how readers in Hollywood judge scripts. Discussion of these topics will be supplemented by review of a few scenes from classic films.