Script Writing Full Course 1.2

Screenwriting, also known as script writing, is the art and craft of crafting scripts for various mass media outlets, including feature films, television productions, and video games. This profession often involves freelance work.

Screenwriters play a vital role in researching stories, developing narratives, writing scripts, dialogues, and presenting them in the required format to development executives. Their influence over the creative direction and emotional impact of the screenplay, as well as the final film, cannot be understated. They pitch original ideas to producers or are commissioned to create screenplays based on existing concepts, true stories, literary works like novels, poems, plays, comic books, or short stories.

This script writing course offers valuable insights into successful script writing by exploring proven strategies and approaches within different screenwriting domains such as movie script writing, spec script writing, TV screenwriting, and more. Here are 14 informative lessons:

• Types of Script Writing: Screenwriting encompasses various forms across the entertainment industry. Throughout their careers, screenwriters may undertake a wide range of roles. Some common types of screenwriting jobs include:
  • Spec script writing
  • Commissioned screenplay
  • Feature assignment writing
  • Rewriting and script doctoring
  • Television writing
  • Video game writing
• Approaches and Strategies of Writing a Screenplay: Screenwriters often follow main theories that provide structure and techniques for approaching scriptwriting. Common theories include the Three-Act Structure, The Hero's Journey, Syd Field's Paradigm, and The Sequence Approach.
• Dialogue and Description: Explore key aspects of screenwriting such as Imagery, Dialogue, and Plot.
• Screenwriting Schools Comparison: Gain insights into different schools of thought within the field of screenwriting.