Learning Screenwriting

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Roger S.H. Schulman

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01 - Introduction

01 - Welcome to screenwriting.mp4

01:42

02 - 1. Ideate

01 - What makes a good story.mp4

02:47

02 - Harness the power of the brainstorm.mp4

02:42

03 - Make your audience care.mp4

02:23

03 - 2. Characterize

01 - Bring your story to life.mp4

02:45

02 - Create compelling characters.mp4

02:46

04 - 3. Plot

01 - Story beats Time to pile it on.mp4

02:33

02 - Writing the beat sheet.mp4

02:41

05 - 4. Structure

01 - Scenes The movies within your movie.mp4

02:46

02 - Writing the outline.mp4

02:44

06 - 5. Draft

01 - Sequences Your movie's heartbeat.mp4

02:30

02 - Dialog A beautiful noise.mp4

02:41

03 - Writing the screenplay.mp4

02:55

07 - 6. Sell

01 - Writing the treatment.mp4

02:36

02 - Delivering the pitch.mp4

02:04

03 - Next steps.mp4

02:49

Description

Ever been so swept up in a great story that you forgot you were watching a movie? Ever wonder how those stories get written, and want to try it for yourself? In this course, screenwriting veteran Roger S. H. Schulman walks you through the pro’s methods of getting your story ideas out of your head and onto the page. Roger begins by explaining what screenwriting actually is—and isn’t—and what it takes to do it well. Then he pinpoints the key elements that go into every good screen story. Roger shows you how to harness the power of brainstorming and how to make your audience care about your story. He covers techniques to bring your story to life with compelling characters, muscular story beats, and lively dialog. Roger steps through structuring scenes, sequences, and the outline, as well as drafting the actual screenplay. As a bonus, he dives into writing the “treatment,” and delivering a potent pitch to sell your screenplay.

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Roger S.H. Schulman

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Roger S.H. Schulman has been a working screenwriter for the past 30 years. He cowrote the animated feature Shrek, for which he won the British Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). He previously cowrote the animated feature Balto for executive producer Steven Spielberg, as well wrote the direct-to-video projects Mulan II and The Jungle Book 2 for Disney. Roger has also worked extensively as a producer and writer for television. He co-created the Disney Channel series JONAS, for which he was nominated for an EMMY, and was executive producer of 2gether for MTV and Living Single with Queen Latifah. He's currently cowriting a pilot for HBO with Tom Hanks. Roger teaches feature and television writing at the University of Southern California. He started out as a science and technology journalist for such noted outlets as Newsweek and Businessweek. He's long nurtured a love of all things tech. When he's not writing, Roger records introductions for a popular podcast about the Golden Age of radio.

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