Students will learn to develop, outline, and learn professional formatting of screenwriting. During the course, students will learn why and how screenwriting form came into being, as they develop their own original stories and write the first scenes of a feature film or short. Using clips and provided screenplays as reference materials, students will also examine how audience expectations can inform and inspire stories that they want to tell for the screen. Students will be asked to screen an assigned film and screenplay in advance of the first class meeting.
Required Materials/Utilities: a laptop computer, hi-speed internet and wifi; screenwriting software, which can be obtained for free online.
This class is suitable for beginning screenwriters.
Tim Kirkman’s debut feature DEAR JESSE, received Emmy, Gotham, GLAAD and Spirit Award nominations and was named Best Documentary by the Boston Society of Film Critics. He wrote and directed the Sundance hit LOGGERHEADS; and LAZY EYE (Netflix); He also directed the features THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME and 2ND SERVE, and produced Joanna Gleason’s THE GROTTO. Recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Award, Tim’s script BLESS YOUR HEART was named one of the “Ten Best Unproduced Pilots of the Year” by OutLoud and was an official selection of the NY Television Festival. He has taught film at the University of Southern California (USC), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Hunter College, Sessions College, and the Kentucky College of Art and Design (KyCAD).
CANCELLATION POLICY:
The Carnegie Center reserves the right to cancel a class if minimum enrollment is not met. It is best to register early to help our instructors prepare and to ensure the class does not get cancelled. We evaluate registration numbers 6–2 business days before a class starts to decide whether we can hold the class. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be cancelled six–two business days prior to the first class meeting. All participants will be notified by email and will receive full refunds.
