The Business of Screenwriting

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Course instructs students how the inner workings of the film industry directly affect their ambitions as writers for cinema and television. They will understand that there is much more to being a scriptwriter than writing the script alone. Course will give the students a working knowledge of finding an agent, researching producers for their material, dealing with studios, understanding different types of contracts, copyright law and the Writers Guild of America. Students will also have a chance to take their scripts through a professional submission process to the agent or production company of their choice.