| Course ID: | EMST 4130/6130. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Writing for Television |
Course
Description: | An advanced writing course. Students utilize the fundamentals of dramatic criteria learned in Writing for Entertainment Media to develop and pitch an original TV series. Students are required to write a TV pilot and accompanying series summary. |
| Oasis Title: | Writing for Television |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | EMST 3210 and EMST 3320 and permission of department |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The course is product-oriented. Students will be required to turn in an original TV pilot—either a 30-minute dramedy or a 1-hour drama—in the proper format, as well as an accompanying series summary. |
| Topical Outline: | - Writing TV scripts
- Narrative strategies
- Pitching story ideas
- Writing treatments
- Character construction and development
- Writing dialogue
- Peer review and critiquing practices
- Rewriting and polishing |