Writing the One-Hour Pilot I

SCRIPT X 422.3

Develop the world, characters, tone, and story engine for an original TV series before developing an outline and your script's first act.

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What you can learn.

Turn your pilot idea into a solid one-hour series with potential for many episodes
Develop a cast of compelling characters that viewers will follow
Write a full beat outline for the series's pilot episode
Begin writing your original pilot script

About this course:

Anyone who wants to work as a professional television writer has to be able to submit top-notch original material to agents and showrunners. In this fast-paced course, you take your idea for a one-hour TV series and turn it into an outline, write intensively, and get feedback from the instructor and fellow participants every week. Throughout this process; you learn how to envision the world of your show; create characters and conflict; build a storytelling engine; and nail down your show's structure, tone, story, and act breaks. By the end of the course, you have strong act breaks, a full beat outline, and a critique of the first 10 pages of your original one-hour pilot script.

Prerequisites

SCRIPT X 421.3 Beginning Writing for the One-Hour Spec I and SCRIPT X 421.4 Beginning Writing for the One-Hour Spec II, or equivalent, or department approval.

Spring 2020 Schedule

Available Format(s):

Online

Remote Instruction

These courses are fully online and have no regular meeting times.

Available

April 1, 2020 - June 9, 2020

This section has no set meeting times.

Instructor: Laurence Walsh-Hodson

373152

Fee:

$695.00

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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students.

Refund Deadline

No refunds after April 15, 2020

Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

These courses meet regularly and are fully online. Click “See Details” below for more information.

Canceled

March 31, 2020 - June 2, 2020

Tuesday 7:00PM PDT - 10:00PM PDT

Location: UCLA

Instructor: Cynthia Hsiung

373151

Fee:

$665.00

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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students.

Please note: Due to adjustments made to the Spring quarter, this course is now scheduled to be delivered in a synchronous online format. Classes will be delivered weekly in an online forum at the scheduled time assigned to the course. Further adjustments may be made by the instructor in order to best serve the course material. Please check Canvas regularly for updates.

Refund Deadline

No refunds after April 14, 2020

Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

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Tue Mar 31, 2020

7:00PM PDT - 10:00PM PDT