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There are few feelings more exciting than sitting in the
back of a dark theatre watching live actors perform your words, while
an audience laughs and cries or even shifts uncomfortably in their
seats — and eventually bursts into applause. It’s like watching a
chemical reaction that produces an incredible energy, an energy unique
to the live stage. An energy that all begins with the playwright.
Whether you’ve never written anything before, you’re experienced in
another kind of writing, or you’re a playwright looking to sharpen your
skills, “Introduction
to Playwriting” offers clear, step-by-step guidance in the
basics: character, conflict and structure, setting, dialogue and
formatting. But that’s not all. Need to make that good script great?
We’ll study more than a dozen elements you can use in the rewriting
process to move your script up a level and then discuss what to do next
in the development and submission process. And since many of the
principles of playwriting apply to all forms of dramatic writing,
taking “Introduction to Playwriting” is a great idea for screenwriters
too. Not only will you come back to your screenwriting with fresh
insight, but you might find that you like writing plays too.
"This course was very informative and very
insightful. I gained a lot of knowledge not only about content but also
about format. I learned how to write better, how to interpret my
writing better and how to rewrite better. The instructor was very clear
yet very patient and helped me become a better writer." -Former
Student
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- The different types of
stages and how to account for them in your writing
- A guideline of events
that occur in a play’s beginning, middle, and ending
- The three “levels” of dialogue and how to use
it to improve your story
- How to format a play correctly
- What to do next after you’ve finished writing a
play
- and much
more!
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Course Starts Thursday!
October 1 -
October 29, 2020
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Instructor: Paul Peditto
Paul Peditto is an award-winning screenwriter and
director. His low-budget film Jane Doe starring Calista Flockhart won
Best Feature at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival.
Over the past decade, Mr. Peditto has consulted with over 1,000
screenwriting students around the world. He has appeared on National
Public Radio and WGN radio, and reviewed in the Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Sun-Times, L.A. Times, and the New York Times. Peditto is an
adjunct professor of screenwriting at Columbia College.
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Whether you're completely new to writing screenplays or
you're an experienced screenwriter looking to add a new skill, Script
University has a course for you, all from the comfort of your home!
Click
here to view
the full course schedule >>
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Courses
Starting This Week:
Introduction to Playwriting
Instructor:
Paul Peditto
There are few feelings more exciting
than sitting in the back of a dark theatre watching live actors perform
your words, while an audience laughs and cries or even shifts
uncomfortably in their seats. Whether you’ve never written anything
before, you’re experienced in another kind of writing, or you’re a
playwright looking to sharpen your skills, this course offers clear,
step-by-step guidance in the basics.
Proper
Formatting Technique: Script Format Made Easy
Instructor:
Dave Trottier
It's extremely important that your
screenplay is formatted correctly, or professionals won't take you
seriously. Let Dave Trottier (Dr. Format himself) show you the
necessary techniques and currently accepted standards that will set
your script apart from the heap. Not only will he teach you the rules
of script formatting, he will show you when and how to break them.
21 Days
to Your Screenplay Treatment
Instructor:
George Yanok
Let this course show you, step-by-step, how to create an electrifying
treatment! We’ve made the anxiety-producing process of treatment
writing simple with our ground-breaking approach to the form. By the
end of this workshop, you will have a strong treatment and a solid log
line for your screenplay that has been vetted by an industry
professional.
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Upcoming
Webinars:
Loglines: How to Sell Your Script in One Sentence
with Jon James
Miller
Thursday, October 15, 1:00 PM PDT
Loglines are more art than science. They
are a promise to the reader that a script is not only worth their time
but going to change their life. Because if successful, a logline will
stick in a reader’s mind and motivate them to read and become a
champion of our work. This webinar demystifies the process of creating
an exciting and utterly irresistible logline.
Ha! Aaah! The Painful Relationship Between Humor
and Horror
with David
Misch
Thursday, October 29, 1:00 PM PDT
From 1920’s “Haunted Spooks” to “Zombieland,” the genre of
horror-comedy has never really, you should excuse the expression, died.
Using video clips and examples ranging from Freud & Kant to Abbott
& Costello, David Misch explores how horror and humor share a
mordant view of our relationship to pain; an obsession with the human
body and its multifarious fluids; and a subtext of death and
transcendence underlying the eviscerated flesh and fart jokes.
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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This course will show you, step-by-step, how to write
script coverage. We will cover key elements of screenwriting coverage,
including analysis of structure, plot, characters, dialogue and genre
through the eyes of a film executive. Whether you want to become a
script reader, a story analyst, or just want to polish up your own
script, a solid understanding of format and script structure will be
essential. Writers put on a different hat after a script is written:
revising a script is a different skill set than creating one.
Gain firsthand insight into what story analysts must
look for when reading a script and specifics as to what will prompt
them to reject or consider a project for production. You will also
learn what movie executives’ demand in a winning screenplay and how the
story analyst’s role fits into this scenario. By the end of this
workshop, you will receive a certification of completion of this course
to assist you in getting work as a story analyst.
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- Industry Standard Formatting Rules
- How to analyze a script and write a synopsis
- How to find work as a reader
- And more...
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- Those looking to write script coverage
- Writers who want to become script readers or
story analysts
- Screenwriters who are looking to polish up
their script
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October 8 - December 3, 2020
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Instructor:
Brian O'Malley
B. O'Malley started reading scripts in 1994, at the
literary agency Media Artists Group. In 1997, he went to work as for
legendary B-movie maverick Roger Corman (Little Shop of Horrors, Death
Race 2000, Rock and Roll High School), and in 1999 assembled a team of
top-notch script readers and filmmakers to launch the script coverage
service Screenplay Readers.
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Loglines are more art than science. They are a promise
to the reader that a script is not only worth their time but going to
change their life. If successful, a logline will stick in a reader’s
mind and motivate them to read and become a champion of your work.
Great loglines create a question in the reader’s mind that can only be
answered by reading the script it defines. Whether a character piece, a
genre-busting drama, or a dark comedy – a successful logline will
entice a reader to take a chance and believe in your vision.
This
webinar demystifies the process of creating an exciting and
utterly irresistible logline. Both successful and unsuccessful loglines
will be deconstructed to illustrate the working parts, hierarchy, and
transformative elements necessary to grab hold of your reader’s
attention, no matter what the genre, budget or medium.
Jon has written several award-winning screenplays and
assisted dozens of other screenwriters in getting their loglines ready
for prime time. He has been a professional reader for studio
executives, having written coverage for hundreds of original spec
scripts, and knows a great logline when he sees one. Jon will help you
find your voice and teach how a logline should be treated as the very
first line of a story.
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- How to structure a
logline to get your screenplay read
- How to include
character, genre, plot, setting, and the stakes in a 25 – 35 word
logline
- How to write a logline that actors, directors,
and producers will remember
- and much
more!
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