One-Hour TV V: Rewrite

SCRIPT X 422.10

Improve your existing script draft until it's a story that demands the reader's attention and gets you noticed

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In-Person
Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Review the standards for a strong, professional pilot or an effective spec
  • Analyze your script drafts to identity areas of strength and opportunities for improvement
  • Engage in focused rewriting as part of a larger revision plan
  • Hone your premise and further develop characters, conflicts, and craft elements like dialogue and scenework

About this course:

Whether you've written a pilot or a spec of an existing 1-hour drama, your goal is the same: to dig deeper, raise the stakes higher, stretch your characters further to make your script one that will leave an indelible mark on its readers. If you're writing a pilot, have you introduced us to characters and situations that we want to come back to week after week? If you're writing a spec of an existing show, have you been true to the characters and situations as we know them, and still told a story that is somehow new? In this course, you review the choices your characters make, the consequences of those choices, and how to make those consequences more dramatic. You look at your actions, your pacing, your tension and your stakes, among other things. The goal: to improve your script until it's a story that demands the reader's attention.
Prerequisites
SCRIPT X 422.4 One-Hour TV IV, SCRIPT X 422.4N One-Hour TV Intensive IV, or SCRIPT X 422.8 Dramedy TV IV, or department approval.

Winter 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
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Saturday 10:00AM - 1:00PM PT
Available
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Instructor: Mollie St. John
395499
Fee:
$720.00
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Location: UCLA
ENROLL BY: Jan 13, 2024
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Notes

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

This course meets in person at the designated class meeting time and location. 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
No refunds after January 27, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Sat Jan 13, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Jan 20, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Jan 27, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Feb 3, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Feb 10, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Feb 17, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Feb 24, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Mar 2, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Mar 9, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264
Discussion
Sat Mar 16, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA
School of Public Affairs Bldg. 1264

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