Screenwriting
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Number
2048
Career
Undergraduate
Units
3 units
Grading
Graded Alpha
Description
This course introduces students to the process of writing for the screen. Through exercises and analysis of structure and storytelling fundamentals, students will develop a working sense of the art of crafting a screenplay, learning how to build a script, step by step, from an original and compelling idea.

Prerequisites: COMM 202.

Outcomes: Extensive writing requirements cover all aspects of screenwriting, from creating a treatment and character bios to writing action and dialogue, culminating in the development of a detailed step outline and polished first act of a feature-length script (20+ pages); Students are required to bring an original movie idea to the first class.
Enrollment Requirements
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher Prerequisite: COMM 202
Requirement Designation
Writing Intensive
Class Attributes
Film & Digital Media Studies
International Film & Media Studies
Class Notes
This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll.
Class Actions
Class Details
Instructor(s)
Miguel Silveira
Meets
TuTh 2:30PM - 3:45PM
Dates
01/13/2025 - 04/26/2025
Room
School of COMM - Room 010
Instruction Mode
In person
Campus
Water Tower Campus
Location
Water Tower Campus
Components
Lecture Required
Class Availability
Status
Open
Seats Taken
18
Seats Open
1
Class Capacity
19
Wait List Total
0
Wait List Capacity
0