Study how great scripts are crafted with relationships that drive the story
Engage in table reads of your works in progress
Develop a toolbox of skills you can use in future projects
Respond to deadlines to help keep your writing on track
About this course:
In Relationship Driven Screenwriting I, you studied the concept of a “core relationship” and spent ten weeks developing your original idea guided by that approach. With a full story outline and thirty pages completed, this second part in the series will offer you the tools, inspiration and deadlines to push through and finish your script. Through lectures, exercises and discussions, we continue to study how great scripts and movies are crafted, always focused on the relationships that drive them. We apply these lessons to your own material, cranking out pages and engaging in table reads to put them to the test. Along the way, you build up a toolbox of skills that works on your current scripts, as well as everything you write in the future.
Prerequisites
SCRIPT X 415.10 Relationship Driven Screenwriting I or consent of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted.
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 April 26, 2023
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
(Optional)
Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
by Venis, Linda, ed.
Gotham
ISBN 10-1592408109
(Optional)
Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder
Michael Wiese Productions
ISBN 10-1932907009
Schedule
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Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Wed Apr 12, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed Apr 19, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed Apr 26, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed May 3, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed May 10, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed May 17, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed May 24, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed May 31, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed Jun 7, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
Discussion
Wed Jun 14, 2023
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLASchool of Public Affairs Bldg. 1270
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