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Foundations of Screenwriting: Writing for Netflix & TV
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Foundations of Screenwriting: Writing for Netflix & TV

Learn the essentials for screenwriting for TV and streaming companies like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, NBC, CBS & HBOMax.
Created byIFH Courses, Geoffrey D Calhoun
Last updated 3/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • What streaming services are looking for
  • Television Script Formatting
  • One Hour Drama Structure
  • Half Hour Comedy Structure
  • How to Create a Series Bible

Course content

3 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 14m total length

  • Introduction0:56

    Learn to develop your television show from three to five seasons by outlining long-form narratives, crafting compelling characters, and formatting binge-worthy episodes before writing the pilot.

  • Concept and Logline5:00

    Explore how internal and external conflicts drive a character's want versus need, shape a show's theme, and fuel dynamic scenes and subplots through fully developed supporting characters.

  • Theme and Tone3:21

    Develop the concept by defining its theme and tone, explore world building, and subthemes like loyalty versus duty and corruption versus honor, as shown in Game of Thrones.

  • World Building6:04

    Develop convincing television worlds by layering mythology, religion, language, time period, and subcultures into your characters and environments, using visual subtext to reinforce story arcs.

  • Character: Differences Between Features and TV3:22

    Contrast how feature film arcs resolve internal and external conflicts with television’s open, ongoing cycles, where a big bad returns each season and characters have ongoing bleeding inner conflicts.

  • Conflict and Purpose5:00

    Explore how internal and external conflict drive the tv story, linking a character's want versus need to obstacles, theme, and supporting characters' own internal conflicts and roles.

  • Character: Build Layers5:49

    Build characters with layered depth by exploring agendas, conflicts, secrets, and wounds across seasons, peeling back layers to reveal evolving motivations and flawed humanity.

  • Story Pattern2:42

    The narrative story pattern shapes how the screenplay unfolds, unique to each series and carried from the pilot through every episode, using flashbacks and voice overs to elevate the story.

  • Mysteries and Open Loops4:42

    Explore how mysteries and open loops drive binge-worthy storytelling by weaving past secrets and future threats that keep viewers hooked.

  • Character: Plot Arcs6:12

    Explore how long-form tv storytelling builds from series arcs to season and episode arcs, and how character arcs drive transformational journeys through proactive choices at season finales.

  • Elevation of Conflict2:00

    Elevate screenwriting by pushing characters to the furthest extreme, broadening the world, and elevating conflict, mysteries, and stakes across seasons to keep audiences invested.

  • Pushing Your Characters: Broaden the World2:53

    Push your characters to their furthest extreme to reveal who they are. Broaden the world across seasons one to three to set up a five-season arc.

  • The A, B, and C Plots5:03

    Learn to structure tv series around the A, B, and C plots, from pilot setup to season finales with rising stakes, character arcs, and open loops.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of movies and television

Description

Join over 60,000 students learning from our courses!

Do you want to write for television and streaming companies like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, NBC, CBS or HBOMax? This course will teach you the essentials of screenwriting for top television network and streaming companies. Taught by best-selling author and screenwriter Geoffrey D. Calhoun.

We’ll cover:

  • Concept & Logline

  • Theme and Tone

  • World Building

  • Character: Differences Between Feature and TV

  • Conflict and Purpose

  • Building Layers

  • Story Patterns

  • Mysteries and Open Loops

  • Plot Arcs

  • Elevation of Conflict

  • Pushing Your Characters

  • The A, B, and C Plots

  • One Hour Drama Structure

  • Half Hour Comedy Structure

  • How to Create a Series Bible

  • Television Script Formatting

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THIS COURSE IS AMAZING!!! I'm learning SO FREAKIN MUCH from it, and it's totally blowing my mind. Thanks so much to Gil and Alex for putting this course together. I'm a director working on my first horror film, which has a bit of action in it, and this course is totally giving me rocket boots. If you have more courses from Gil, please let me know and TAKE MY MONEY! - Colby R Rice

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Instructor is clearly in command of craft and engages with questions, simple explanations and familiar examples. Video and audio are excellent. - Bill Halford

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About your instructor:

Geoffrey D. Calhoun is a multi-award-winning screenwriter and is sought out as a script consultant and a re-writer for various stages of development and production. He is the director of the Script Summit Screenplay Contest which is listed as one of the biggest Screenplay Competitions by The Script Lab.

He is known for his fast-paced thrillers but has also won awards for comedies and dramas. In 2017 Geoffrey was listed as a Top 100 Indie Writers in the World. He believes everyone is a writer at heart and has dedicated himself to help others learn the craft. His courses are designed to break down the mysteries of screenwriting by using easy to follow templates, outlines, and modern popular films as examples.

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So what are you waiting for? Whether you are fresh out of film school, a screenwriter who wants to create his/her own content or just someone who wants to make a feature film this course is for you. Join over 60,000 students that have already taken IFH filmmaking and screenwriting courses. 

If you've got the dream.

If you've got the drive.

If you've got the passion - but you're missing the knowledge and experience...this course will help you take your screenwriting dream to the next level.

Enroll NOW and learn how to writing for top television and streaming companies! Let's get started!


Who this course is for:

  • Screenwriters
  • Filmmakers
  • Television producers
  • Film Producers
  • Video Creators

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