Screenwriting

Okasha Rajpoot

Get an in depth learning regarding screenwriting. Learn the technical details of writing a scene in a film and theatre, understanding how character development is done in film. Along with with that get a practical approach towards screenwriting and turn your ideas into short films at the end of the diploma program.

First Quarter (1-3 months)

  • Introduction to Story
  • Introduction to Screen writing
  • Introduction to character
  • Developing short scenes
  • Understanding of how to develop a short film idea in 3 act structure
  • Film watch and Discussion
  • Writing exercises
  • Final Assessment after the end of 3 months, watching the progress and grading

Second Quarter (3-6 months)

  • Structuring a screenplay
  • Exploring different genre in screenwriting
  • Understand Linear and Non Linear Structure in writing
  • Pitching a story
  • Understanding Beats in a screenplay
  • Mixing different genres
  • Film watch and discussion
  • Writing Exercises and Assessments
  • Final assessments at end of six months and watching progress with grading

Third Quarter (6-9 months)

  • Writing dialogues
  • Writing a scene without dialogues
  • How to do subtitling of your story
  • Learning how to write within a budget
  • Writing Assessments
  • Developing your final short films into a 15 min film
  • Final assessment updating your drafts and showing the progress every week

Final Quarter (9-12 months)

  • Pitching and locking the final script
  • Selecting the final script and team
  • Discussion of final script and revision of drafts
  • Selection of the final selected 2 short that will be made
  • Redrafting of the lock drafts
  • Meeting and auditioning actors for your scripts
  • Rehearsals with actors
  • Getting a full grip of the entire team on the locked script