FILM-205: Writing: Adventures in Shorts

This intensive workshop focuses on writing short narrative films with emotional impact that are both ends in themselves and calling cards for the feature and television and streaming community. Students begin by creating a compelling premise with artistic and/or commercial promise. They develop the premise into an outline. They develop the outline into a screenplay. They rewrite the screenplay until the film is ready to shoot, while acquiring or enhancing skills essential to writing in longer forms. Required software: Final Draft.