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Overview
What you will study
Throughout the Screenwriting - First Steps course offered by City, University of London , you will analyse filmscripts and clips across a range of genres and be given practical exercises to test your knowledge. You will prepare a pitch for a script idea and write and present a 1,200- 1,500 script treatment and a sample script.
The main focus is on screenwriting for the UK market but the US and European markets are also explored.
City’s Scriptwriting evening course is taught by a prize winning screenwriter and film director, with the experience to mentor you for a successful career in the filmmaking industry.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- learning to write visually
- analysing and learning screenplay structure
- creating memorable characters
- film treatment - what is it?
- creatine standout dialogue
- writing powerful scenes
- building strong but surprising narrative
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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- The nominal deadline is the Wednesday before the start of term, for 10 week courses, but it will be shown on the course page for each enrollable date.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Creative Writing View 81 other Short Courses in Creative Writing in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- We do not ask for any formal qualifications to enrol on the Screenwriting short course but if would be beneficial to have some knowledge of filmmaking or a keen interest in film.
- You should be proficient in written and spoken English.
Tuition Fee
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460 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 460 GBP for the full programme during 2 months.
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