Writing the Situation Comedy

Catalog description

Advanced level scriptwriting course teaches the skills needed to write the most popular form in television today, the situation comedy. The class will require the students to write two half-hour comedies, one based on an existing prime-time television series, the other based on an original pilot concept. The scripts will be read and reviewed, step by step, in a classic writer's table story conference procedure. In addition, there will be lectures on the writing of both the established sitcom as well as the original pilot episode.