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It usually goes like this: the pilot is all that network
execs are really interested in at first. That's because the pilot
demonstrates basic writing and gives them a sense of where things will
go (the season's "map" is built into any good pilot). But
once they've decided they like a pilot, then they want to see more—your
series bible, particularly the first season's sketch.
A strong series bible is a crucial sales tool for your
series. This workshop will help you get your TV series ready for an
executive by developing your series premise, honing your pilot, and
writing your series bible.
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- The top tools for
selling a TV series
- What a TV series needs
before it can get off the ground
- How to write a series bible
- The key elements of a pilot that can launch a
series
- and much
more!
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- Writers developing a TV showy
- Writers looking for tools to generate ideas for
new episodes
- Writers who want to understand how to develop
series long story arcs
- Writers wanting to put together a sales kit for
their TV series
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- "Amazing. Fountain
of information."
- "This was a
fantastic course and I enjoyed every bit of it."
- "Valuable course
for anyone creating a series bible. Reference materials and
instructor feedback extremely helpful."
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Course Starts This Week!
October 8 -
November 5, 2020
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Instructor:
Lynn Grant Beck
Lynn is a Professor of Screenwriting in the MFA graduate
program at Pepperdine University and has also taught Writing the
Television Pilot at Santa Monica College. She founded the independent
theater company, The Chelsea Players, and wrote and produced many
successful Off-off Broadway plays, including Restaurant A, Magic Soup, Platform 8, The Game. and The Case of the Stolen Identity.
Her feature screenplay, Dead
Wrong, won an award in the WIF/MORE Screenplay contest and
was optioned by the director, John Rhode. Her one hour pilot, The House that Jackie Built,
reached the second round of the Austin Film Festival and was optioned
by the director, Allen Martinez. At Interscope she traveled to
Australia where she was an assistant producer on Pitch Black with Vin
Diesel.
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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:
Scriptreading Certificate Program
Instructor:
Brian O'Malley
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.
Get your certification and start making money!
Fitting
Writing Into Your Life Intensive: Becoming a Productive Screenwriter
Instructor:
Jenna Avery
If you aren't making progress on your
screenplay, or you feel blocked every time you sit down to write, it's
time to break the chains of unproductive writing. Get all of the tools
to develop an effective strategy and a schedule that you can stick to.
At the end of just one week, you will have a fail-proof strategy for
the most productive writing of your life.
Creating
the Viral Web Series
Instructor:
Rebecca Norris
In recent years, the Internet has created space for an entirely new
storytelling format: the web series. Cheap to make and easily
accessible for viewers, a web series can be the perfect way for you to
get started as a filmmaker and be noticed for your talent. By the end
of the course, you’ll have your pilot in hand — and a plan for where
you want to take your series in subsequent episodes.
Writing
the Series Bible: Developing Your TV Series
Instructor:
Lynn Grant Beck
A strong series bible is a crucial sales tool for your series. This
workshop will help you get your TV series ready for an executive by
developing your series premise, honing your pilot, and writing your
series bible.
Story
Development and Outlining
Instructor:
George Yanok
Do you have a great core idea for your story, but find yourself
struggling to add depth, structure, and arc to your concept? Developing
your premise is no easy task, but once you have the essential elements
pieced together, your story can truly come together. In this course,
you'll learn how to take your screenplay from the early stages of
building an idea to a fully developed story.
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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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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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