Script to Small Screen: Start Writing Your First TV Drama.

This is a one-day class for new screenwriters who are looking to develop and write their first TV Drama. 

The workshop will be comprehensive and medium-specific, covering all aspects of structure, concept, and story development for TV Drama with a focus on 6x1-hour series. It will help writers better understand the elementary tenets of writing for TV and getting a series to market.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Why TV Drama?

• Establishing the Concept & Expanding it into a Plot

• Theme & Tone

• Identifying the Key Characters and Their Goals – Hero and Villain – and how they are represented on screen

• Introduction to Episodic Pacing & Structure

• Introduction to Character Development through Action and Dialogue

• How many episode scripts are needed?

• What is a pilot screenplay?

• Why is a pilot so important?

• What goes into the pilot screenplay?

• What is a synopsis and why is it so important?

• What is a treatment and what is it used for?

• What goes into a treatment and how is a treatment structured?

• What is a series bible and how does it differ from a treatment?

• What is a Pitch-Deck and what is it used for?

• Other Documents and Their Uses.

• Availing of Funding within the Industry

• Working and Collaborating with Creative Communities

• Approaching Production Companies / Working with Producers

• Collaborating with Directors

• Selling TV Dramas to Broadcasters and Streamers

By the end of the course, an emerging writer will have the competence and confidence to create a TV story, write the pilot, other scripts and other materials, as well as to approach producers, commissioners and funding bodies.