Michigan State University - Write A Feature Length Screenplay For Film Or Television
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Write A Feature Length Screenplay For Film Or Television at Coursera Overview
Duration | 93 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Write A Feature Length Screenplay For Film Or Television at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level No experience necessary. Just a passionate desire to write a movie script.
- Approx. 93 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Write A Feature Length Screenplay For Film Or Television at Coursera Course details
- Write a Full Length Feature Film Script
- In this course, you will write a complete, feature-length screenplay for film or television, be it a serious drama or romantic comedy or anything in between. You?ll learn to break down the creative process into components, and you?ll discover a structured process that allows you to produce a polished and pitch-ready script by the end of the course. Completing this project will increase your confidence in your ideas and abilities, and you?ll feel prepared to pitch your first script and get started on your next. This is a course designed to tap into your creativity and is based in "Active Learning". Most of the actual learning takes place within your own activities - that is, writing! You will learn by doing.
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- Learner review: "Love the approach Professor Wheeler takes towards this course. It's to the point, easy to follow, and very informative! Would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in taking a Screenplay Writing course!
- The course curriculum is simple: We will adopt a professional writers room process in which you?ll write, post your work for peer review, share feedback with your peers and revise your work with the feedback you receive from your peers. That's how we do it in the real world. You will feel as if you were in a professional writers room yet no prior experience as a writer is required. I'm a proponent of Experiential Learning (Active Learning). My lectures are short (sometimes just two minutes long) and to the point, designed in a step-by-step process essential to your success as a script writer. I will guide you but I won?t "show" you how to write. I firmly believe that the only way to become a writer is to write, write, write.
- Learner Review: "I would like to thank this course instructor. It's an amazing course"
- What you?ll need to get started: As mentioned above, no prior script writing experience is required. To begin with, any basic word processor will do. During week two, you can choose to download some free scriptwriting software such as Celtx or Trelby or you may choose to purchase Final Draft, the industry standard, or you can continue to use your word processor and do your own script formatting.
- Learner Review: "Now I am a writer!"
- If you have any concerns regarding the protection of your original work, Coursera's privacy policy protects the learner's IP and you are indeed the sole owners of your work.
Write A Feature Length Screenplay For Film Or Television at Coursera Curriculum
Week One - Creating The Idea
Creating The Idea For Your Feature Film
Week Two: Logline and Dramatic Question
Create a Logline
Create the Dramatic Question
Week Three Create your character profile(s)
Create your character profiles
Week Four: The Three Act Story Arc
The Three Act Story Arc of a Feature Length Screenplay
Outline Act One
Outline your First Ten Pages
Week Five: Screenplay Formatting and Software
Screenplay Format and Grammar
Becoming Familiar with the Software
Practice with your screenplay software of choice.
Week Six: Begin your screenplay
Action and Dialogue
Writing the First Ten Pages of your Screenplay
Week Seven: The middle section of Act One
Outline the middle section of Act One
Write pages 11-20
Week Eight: Write the final section of Act One
Write pages 21-30
Week Nine: Table read Act One
Table read Act One
Table read Act One
Week Ten: Begin Act Two
Act Two - Write pages 31-40
Week Eleven: Write pages 41-50
Write pages 41-50
Week Twelve: Write pages 51-60
Write pages 51-60
Week Thirteen: Write pages 61-70
Write pages 61-70
Week Fourteen: Write pages 71-80
Write pages 71-80
Week Fifteen: Table read Acts One and Two
Table Read Acts One and Two
Table Read Acts One and Two
Week Sixteen: Write pages 81-90
Act Three - Write pages 81-90
Week Seventeen: Write pages 91-100
Write page 90-100
Week Eighteen: Finish Act Three
Write Pages 100-110
Week Nineteen: Table read your entire script
Table Read Acts One, Two and Three
Table Read Acts One, Two and Three
Week Twenty: Finishing things up.
Write a Cold Open
Write a Synopsis
Thank You and Congratulations
Final course reflection
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