40-3237 Writing for Internet and Mobile TV

This course will focus on telling one story using multiple creative and distribution platforms. The primary or origin form will be a scripted multiple episode dramatic or comedic web series. Each series will also have 3 extension platforms: social media and open source creative platforms that will tell a different part of the story. Students will pitch, develop, write and using a smart-phone, laptop or tablet will create ‘in character’ extension content on YouTube, Facebook, Vine, Instagram, Tumblr, BitStrips, etc. The final project will consist of a completed 6-9 episode written web series with transmedia extension content for a deeper exploration of character and story.

2 Credits
PREREQUISITES: 40-2100 Television Arts: Writing or 40-3202 Writing for Television or 24-1710 Screenwriting I: Writing the Short Film