Mar 29, 2024  
2013-2014 Course Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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40-3221 Writing the Situation Comedy


Advanced level scriptwriting course teaches the skills needed to write the most popular form in television today, the situation comedy. The class will require the students to write two half-hour comedies, one based on an existing prime-time television series, the other based on an original pilot concept. The scripts will be read and reviewed, step by step, in a classic writer’s table story conference procedure. In addition, there will be lectures on the writing of both the established sitcom as well as the original pilot episode.

3 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 40-3202 Writing for Television  or 24-1710 Scrnwriting I: Writing the Short Film 



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