CLASS: Introduction to Screenwriting

In this course, you will learn what ideas make captivating movies and how to develop your idea into a compelling narrative, and how to structure and outline a script. This includes writing and building tension and conflict within scenes as well as creating fascinating characters and dialogue that attracts movie stars. We will screen and discuss film excerpts, read and discuss screenplays, and you will begin writing on day one. The class will be taught b Claire V. Riley, screenwriter of the indie-film The Perfect Family, which had its NY/Long Island premiere at The Plaza in May 2012.