29 courses with the subject WFTV, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
WFTV 10001Screenwriting1
60 hours CE level continuing studies course All great films begin with a great script. Screenwriting for film and TV is the art and craft of writing pictures that tell a terrific story. Through screenings, class discussions, and exercises, you’ll learn how to conceive of a story for the screen, write a detailed outline, and create a draft of a short screenplay. Workshop ideas with your classmates and turn your movie premise into a screenplay reality. This online screenwriting program will give students an introduction to the art and craft of writing for film and television. Through a study of storytelling strategies combined with a workshop experience, students will learn the fundamentals of screenwriting to create a number of exercises which will culminate in a short film script. Students will participate in two courses, a morning class - Film/TV Story Analysis where they’ll explore storytelling strategies, story structure, the power of conflict, and character development. By screening successful films and TV shows, reading scripts, and other supplemental texts, students will learn what makes a great film or television story, that they can apply to their own work. The afternoon course is a writing workshop where students will learn and practice the fundamentals of screenwriting from formatting to writing visually. Students will receive valuable feedback from their peers and instructor as they write character biographies, story outlines, and other exercises leading up to a short, 5-10 page narrative script. No previous screenwriting experience required! Pass / Fail Grading Only This course may not be audited.
WFTV 10005Introduction to Screenwriting & Character Development1
30 hours CE level continuing studies course This class is an introduction to the craft or writing for the screen with a specific focus into character development. You’ll explore the foundations of story structure, creating and finding compelling characters, writing visually, and proper formatting for film and television. As you learn the basics of screenwriting, you’ll develop characters and ideas and turn them into either a short film or series pilot. Pass / Fail Grading Only This course may not be audited.
30 hours CE level continuing studies course This class will focus on the development phase of writing your project. You’ll begin to put your ideas together through exercises, writing a treatment, creating character biographies, learning how to outline your story, and even pitching your project. Mornings will focus on lectures and activities on worldbuilding, differences in writing for TV and film, scene construction, and enhancing dialogue. This class will also include a deep dive into story analysis and the class will screen and read various films and pilots to learn how visual storytelling on screen is essential and how dramatic momentum is built with cause and effect. Afternoon sessions will revolve around writing and workshopping your project with your peers. Pass / Fail Grading Only This course may not be audited.
30 hours CE level continuing studies course Begin this class with an early draft of your script, which will be read aloud in class and receive feedback from the instructors and fellow students. The mornings are spent exploring more advanced aspects of screenwriting, looking at tone, subtext, polishing dialogue, and finessing screen direction. You’ll also learn about the professional aspects of writing for TV and film, TV writers’ rooms, show bibles, season arcs and other practices of the entertainment industry. In the afternoons you will learn how to map out a revision plan and continue to polish your script. By the end of this class, students will participate in live readings for an invited audience. Pass / Fail Grading Only This course may not be audited.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Storytelling is an introduction to narrative theory and practice. Students will explore the cultural and psychological functions of narratives as they are used across a spectrum of media, including written, pictorial, and oral. Creative exercises in a range of media help students reflect on the many ways that a narrative can be manipulated and exploited, to powerful effect, including oral presentations of stories as a conduit for feedback-conscious and subconscious-on the narrative’s structure and effectiveness. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course is an introductory exploration of what makes a character memorable. Through observation, research, and a fundamental understanding of personal backstory, psychological wants/needs, values, flaws, emotional characteristics, and personality types, students will learn how to build and reveal dynamic, intriguing, and complex memorable characters in a variety of mediums. Priority enrollment to Writing for Film/TV majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This writing course exposes students to the foundational principles of screenwriting applicable to the development of short, narrative film, and animation scripts. Storytelling strategies, structure, scene construction, action, conflict, and formatting, along with a review of character development fundamentals will be covered. Learned principles will be applied to feature-length screenplays and television pilots/episodes in more advanced courses. Prerequisites WFTV*145 Priority Enrollment for Film, Screenwriting, and Film and Animation majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course An applied writing workshop that introduces all the fundamentals of screenwriting: scene structure, dramatic beats, dialogue, story structure, character, plot, and dramatic conflict. The course begins with a series of focused scene-writing exercises. Then students develop and hour-long script idea, prepare character profiles, organize plot points, write and revise and outline, and complete a first script draft that focuses on the main story line. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Only open to WFTV, ANIM, Film/Video, FIlm/An and CW majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Second semester of an intensive introduction to the fundamentals of screenwriting. In this course, students outline a subplot to complement the main story line from the script writing the previous semester, write a new script draft that incorporates both the A and B stories, workshop their scripts, and then embark on a major revision that begins with a new outline and concludes with an extensively rewritten second draft. Prerequisites WFTV*211 or WFTV*283 This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course The vast number of theatrical and television films adapted from fictional and nonfiction sources make it essential that emerging screenwriters understand the art of adaptation. Following an introduction to the basics of adaptation, this course analyzes three movies adapted from fictional sources (novels, short stories, etc.) and three from nonfiction sources (e.g. books and magazine journalism). Creative written work from both is integrated into the course. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Priority enrollment for Creative Writing majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
67.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course In this studio workshop course, students will learn about and practice the craft of writing dramatic scripts for episodic television, as well as how the TV industry functions. Through writing exercises, discussions, and working in teams, students will create and outline season arcs, and ultimately each student will produce a ‘spec’ episode of an existing TV or streaming show for their portfolio. Prerequisites WFTV*146
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Through lectures, screenings, and readings, this course examines the reality television genre from historical, economic, and creative perspectives. Students will create two reality series proposals, one with an accompanying promotional and marketing campaign. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course introduces the narrative strategies used in serialized and episodic programming. Through screenings, script readings, and supplemental materials, students will develop an ability to critically examine and analyze the myriad of story structures used in shows so they can apply these techniques to their own television and streaming projects. Priority enrollment for Writing for Film/TV and Screenwriting majors, and Screenwriting minors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Introduces the student to the fundamental principles of script development through analysis of the full-length screenplay. The unique structure of the single-protagonist, buddy, ensemble, and non-linear 3-act formats will be examined in several film genres. Students can apply techniques of screenplay analysis to the development of their own scripted projects. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course The course examines various narrative film genres, identifying the unique and distinctive qualities of the screenwriting conventions utilized. Screenings and analyses highlight the devices employed by screenwriters to tell a good story. Each weekly screening is followed by a critical paper. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
WFTV 260Worldbuilding for Film, Games, and Animation3
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Designed for game artists, animators, filmmakers, and writers of all mediums, this course begins and supports the vast and elaborate process of speculative world-building. Students will form a fictional world that comments on a specific aspect of our existing world, and then expand that idea into a setting for a story. As they fill in the basic rules and everyday details of this fictional world, they will practice using characters to demonstrate the world’s parameters, which, by the end of the course, will lead to the logical seed of a plot.
45 hours 200 level undergraduate course Writing Comedy is a screenwriting workshop course where students will have the opportunity to explore the world of comedy writing for film, TV, streaming, and the web. Students will learn the foundations of what makes successful comedy and through exercises, improvisations, screenings, and short written projects. Students will be able to generate material and practice the craft of writing comedy in a variety of mediums, including stand up, late night, sit-coms, sketch, improvisation, parody, satire, farce, mockumentaries, slapstick, and others. Prerequisites WFTV*145 This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course focuses on the fundamental elements and process of screenwriting in a workshop setting. Though students will complete a short film script as their final project, the tools and knowledge necessary to complete a feature-length script will be the focus of study. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H Animation, Creative Writing, Film/Video, and Writing for Film+Television majors are not permitted to register this course. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
undefined hours 200 level undergraduate course Topics and studies of current interest in any aspect of screenwriting, television and related media. Students will analyze already-produced works to identify the dramatic elements necessary to generate ideas and content appropriate to the specific course. Topics will be designed according to the expertise of the faculty, and visiting artists. This course may be repeated for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
67.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course This intensive writing workshop engages students in all of the professional stages involved in the planning and writing of a feature-length film script. Students develop a concept, pitch the project, write character profiles, lay out the plot points, and write a long outline or treatment for a full-length piece. Students will begin the writing the process in this course,and continue with multiple drafts in the subsequent course, Writing the Feature Film II, the following semester. Prerequisites WFTV*146
67.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course In this advanced studio screenwriting course, students pitch ideas for original TV or streaming series, either comedy or drama, then develop series bibles and complete multiple drafts of the pilot episode. Students will also explore the television/streaming industry and the processes involved in bringing a series to fruition. Prerequisites WFTV*146
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course provides practical information and hands-on experience in the planning and management of dramatic film and television shoots. Emerging screenwriters will gain an understanding of how film professionals turn their scripts into movies and TV episodes, and filmmakers will learn about the complex apparatus of producing filmed drama, which they will find useful in either an independent setting or as part of a large-scale industry production. Prerequisites WRIT*102 or WRIT*102H This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course The course, building upon the fundamentals of structuring and formatting introduced in Screenwriting I, explores the qualities that are unique to and inherent in the conception of short form film projects. Emphasis is placed on a wide variety of narrative approaches that films employ when they are substantially shorter than a conventional feature length piece. Prerequisites WFTV 145 or WFTV*146 This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
67.5 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course is the first in a two-semester sequenced capstone course for all Writing for Film and Television majors. The focus is on producing new work as well as reconsidering and revising work from the first 3 years of study, with the goal of producing a professional-quality portfolio of finished pieces. Students may choose to write a feature-length screenplay or a dramatic series television pilot. Prerequisites WFTV*312 This course is not repeatable for credit.
67.5 hours 400 level undergraduate course This second course in a two-semester sequence is the capstone course for all Writing for Film and Television majors. The focus is on producing new work as well as reconsidering and revising work from the first three years of study, with the goal of producing a professional-quality portfolio of finished pieces. Students may choose to write a feature-length screenplay or a dramatic series television pilot. Prerequisites WFTV*411 This course is not repeatable for credit.
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Restricted to Undergraduate students. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail. This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Seniors can intern with regional or national companies to experience a real work environment in the field of media. Internships can include local network-affiliated television stations, public broadcasting stations, TV or film production companies/studios, or other media platform businesses. A paper or journal chronicling the experience is required upon completion of the internship. This course requires permission by the offering program office. Pass/fail grading only.
undefined hours 600 level graduate course Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
WFTV 699Topics: Writing for Film and Television1.5-6
undefined hours 600 level graduate course Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office.
