Screenwriting For Filmmakers

Write scripts that are made into movies.

What you'll learn

How to write a screenplay that audiences will love when it becomes a movie.

How to overcome writer's block and keep moving forward.

How to have fun writing a screenplay that tells your story.

How and when to pace your screenplay action to keep your audience engaged.

Explanation of all the major film genres and what is required to satisfy audience expectations.

Detailed analysis of the main characters in the film to make your screenplay soar.

Step-by-step method for writing your screenplay from beginning to conclusion.

Requirements

No screenwriting software needed to take this course and write an amazing script. You will need a word processing program, such as OpenOffice or Word. I actually discourage using any of the screenwriting software.

Description

We are going to write THE script for the movie. The real script. The script that will become the movie, that everyone on the cast and crew will use to film the movie. We're not writing a speculative script.Speculative scripts are what I call wannabes. People write speculative scripts because they wannabe screenwriters. They want someone to recognize them and hire them to write other movies. They use a lot of colorful language to describe the scenery and they create an easy to read fantasy movie. But they have to be rewritten in order to actually be made into movies. We're skipping the wannabe movie and going straight to the real thing.This course was requested by many students on Udemy who enrolled in the Udemy course Filmmaking: Write, Direct and Distribute Your Feature Film.My forty years of experience writing and producing films taught me how to write movies people love. In this course I'm sharing what I've learned with you. I approach screenwriting with a lot of joy and excitement for adventure.  This is a fun course. I walk you through the entire screenwriting process, from development to finished production script. This course also provides many tools to overcome writer's block. At the end of the course, if you do all the exercises, you will have a finished screenplay that you and your team will turn into a feature film.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Shopping

Section 2: Getting Started

Lecture 3 The Purpose of Your Screenplay

Lecture 4 Screenplay Synopsis

Lecture 5 First Stumbling Block

Lecture 6 Clear Your Mind

Lecture 7 Movie Title

Lecture 8 Target Audience

Lecture 9 Brain Download

Section 3: Genres

Lecture 10 Genres Overview

Lecture 11 Action Adventure

Lecture 12 Comedy

Lecture 13 Thriller

Lecture 14 Horror

Lecture 15 Drama

Lecture 16 Romantic Comedy

Lecture 17 Romance

Lecture 18 Musical

Lecture 19 Science Fiction and Fantasy

Lecture 20 Mystery

Lecture 21 Western

Lecture 22 Road Movie

Lecture 23 Novel Adaptation

Lecture 24 Fan Film

Lecture 25 Improvised Script

Lecture 26 Brain Download

Lecture 27 What If You Don't Know

Section 4: Research

Lecture 28 High Concept/Low Concept

Lecture 29 Research

Lecture 30 What to Tell Your Friends

Section 5: Main Characters

Lecture 31 Hero

Lecture 32 Consult the Planets

Lecture 33 Tell It Like It Is

Lecture 34 Your Hero's Best Friend

Lecture 35 Nemesis

Section 6: Plot and Structure

Lecture 36 The Plot

Lecture 37 Story Structures

Section 7: Script Formatting

Lecture 38 Screenplay Formatting

Lecture 39 Begin Your Screenplay

Section 8: Plot Details

Lecture 40 The Basics of Plot

Lecture 41 Movie as a Road Trip

Lecture 42 Reality

Lecture 43 Specifics on Plot Points

Lecture 44 First Crisis

Lecture 45 In Between Worlds

Section 9: Rescue Operations

Lecture 46 What If You're Stuck

Lecture 47 Ideas for Movie Trailer

Lecture 48 Make Life Easier

Section 10: Characters

Lecture 49 Movie Friends

Lecture 50 Archetypye Characters

Lecture 51 Tips

Section 11: Dialogue

Lecture 52 Dialogue

Lecture 53 Writer's Secret

Section 12: New Approach

Lecture 54 Start at the End

Lecture 55 House Cleaning

Lecture 56 Future Stories

Lecture 57 Scene Work

Section 13: Dialects and Silence

Lecture 58 Unique Dialogue

Lecture 59 No Dialogue

Lecture 60 Dialogue Exercise

Lecture 61 Cut

Section 14: The Whole Screenplay

Lecture 62 Opening Scene

Lecture 63 Time to Play Games

Lecture 64 Pages 10 thru 30

Lecture 65 Pages 30 thru 56

Lecture 66 Pages 56 thru 60

Lecture 67 Pages 60 thru 75

Lecture 68 Pages 75 thru 90

Lecture 69 Pages 90 to The End

Lecture 70 Write What Must Be Filmed

Lecture 71 Segues

Section 15: More Organization

Lecture 72 Scenes for the Movie Trailer

Lecture 73 Archive Older Script Versions

Section 16: Revisions

Lecture 74 Scene Descriptions

Lecture 75 Breaking Through Writer's Block

Lecture 76 Scene Enhancements

Lecture 77 Rewrite

Lecture 78 Formatting

Section 17: Launching Your Screenplay Into the World

Lecture 79 Audience Test

Lecture 80 Understanding Audience Opinion

Lecture 81 Copyright

Lecture 82 Selling Your Script

Lecture 83 Film Festivals and Competitions

Lecture 84 Producing Your Movie

Filmmakers who are writing their own scripts.,Beginners who want to make a movie and just need the right information to get it done.,Experienced film directors and actors who want to write a better screenplay for their next project.