Fall enrollment starts July 28, and closes September 28. Check out the Academic Term Calendar for more information.

Creating Powerful Scenes and Sequences

SCRIPT X 463.1E

Focus on your script writing at the scene level to enhance conflict, subtext, characterization, dialogue, and imagery and strengthen your project.

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Fall
Spring
Live Online
Starting at $720.00
As few as 11 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Analyze successful scenes and sequences to identify effective techniques
  • Read and respond to work of other writers in class
  • Complete writing exercises that enhance your scene-writing skills
  • Identify emotional context, narrative intensity, and pacing and escalation

About this course:

The writing of powerfully constructed scenes featuring compelling characters is the key to any screenplay or dramatic teleplay's success. This intensive workshop gets you writing and rewriting your own scenes, and arms you with a specific skill set that enables you to improve and elevate your work. Drawing on great scenes and sequences from memorable movies and cable shows throughout the course, you learn to identify the essential building blocks for the creation of dynamic scenes; work with conflict, subtext, characterization, dialogue, and imagery, get feedback that will up your game; and make significant headway in creating an eminently marketable screenplay or pilot.
Prerequisites
SCRIPT X 410.1 Feature Film I and SCRIPT X 410.2 Feature Film II, or department approval.

Fall 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Thursday 5:00PM - 8:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 28, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
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405155
Fee:
$720.00
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Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

No meeting November 27.

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation. Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.

Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from July 28, 2025 to October 05, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Online
Thu Sep 25, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Oct 2, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Oct 9, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Oct 16, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Oct 23, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Oct 30, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Nov 6, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Nov 13, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Nov 20, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Dec 4, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom

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