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Adaptation (2002)

 

   

September
Screenwriting Essentials
Taught by James Breckenridge, MFA
Founder and Director, The PlayCrafters Group

Have you ever left a movie feeling queasy? Perhaps the plot was stale, some awkward lines of dialogue were repeating or the main character wasn’t sitting well. You were probably thinking, “I could do better than that.” Well now’s your chance!

Learn the crucial elements you’ll need to start your own screenplay in this course geared to the beginning screenwriter as well as those more experienced writers who may have lost their way. It covers screenwriting from first idea to well-structured screenplay, making stops at premise, story arc, scene building and character development along the way.

In addition to learning critical techniques and the building blocks of the form, students use the essential principles of dramatic writing to examine two films.

In screenwriting, there is a lot of ground to cover between being inspired and being done. This course gets you moving on that journey.

This class is not currently scheduled.

 

Course Offerings: Currently Scheduled:


Cracking Wise and Falling in Love (Again): The Screwball Comedy

Femmes Fatales and Hard Boiled Patsies: Film Noir and Beyond


Mr. Strangelove: Peter Sellers On Screen and Off


Screenwriting Essentials

Singin' on the Screen: The Musical

The Language of Film


Quiet Beauty: Silent Film



January 2006

December 2005

March 2006

Not currently scheduled

February 2006

Not currently scheduled

Not currently scheduled