Writing An Original Television Pilot

Catalog description

This is an introduction to television writing. Students will learn the fundamentals of television writing and gain a comprehensive understanding of how to structure and write a revised pilot script. This class offers a set of tools for students to utilize throughout a writing career, including the dogged pursuit of story driven by well-drawn characters, as well as the more technical tools of story docs and outlines. Students will choose the style and content of their own pilot, engage in comprehensive writing workshops for generating television content, and complete a revised TV pilot script. By the end of the course, students will have completed a first and second draft of an original pilot. We will view pilots together in class discussing structure, style, tone, how stories work in TV, and the students' individual preferences. Readings will include various TV pilots such as *Getting On, Atlanta, ER*, and *Sort Of*.