15-Week Online Screenplay Story & Structure Workshop

Overview

In this 15-week online course, students learn the basics of feature screenwriting and feature screenplay story structure — from format and framework to how to write specific types of scenes (like phone calls, montages and dreams). In-depth writing tools are investigated, like screenplay structure, story, and use of subtext and exposition in dialogue. Students also study how to generate and develop stories. Where do stories come from? How do we find them in the world around us? What is the difference between a good idea and a good story? Students learn how to structure a screenplay and write a film treatment, detailing the feel and flow of a story for a feature film. They will plot a feature film idea and create a treatment that they will then break into a detailed beat sheet. Lastly, they will begin work on the script, writing the first sequence to get the feel of the script before either writing it after the class ends or taking it into Screenplay Workshop.