Screenwriting MasterClass: Movie Writing
What you'll learn
- Screenwriting from a professional Screenwriter who’s written over 35 films, has over 25 IMDb credits, and has sold and produced screenplays.
- Master the essential story elements needed for a SCREENPLAY THAT SELLS and gets PRODUCED!
- Scriptwriting, filmmaking, and Creative Writing plans of attack to meet your deadlines.
- Discover Producers, Directors, Production Companies, Agents, and Managers who are interested in your script.
- Storytelling techniques, movie writing methods, and filmmaking strategies to get your script in the marketplace.
- Learn how to sell a script to producers, directors, and production companies. Get your finished screenplay to buyers.
- Study ICONIC CHARACTERS including heroes and villains from Cinema such as Rocky, Tony Stark, Ellen Ripley, Diana Prince, and John McClane.
- Find a Producer and Production Company that wants to buy your screenplay and know how to take a meeting with producers.
- How to land an Agent or Manager after your screenplay is finished.
- Acquire the knowledge, skills, and tactics used to sell a screenplay.
- Find out the SCREENWRITING SERVICES out there that can help market your screenplay.
- Set Deadlines and get the story out of your head and onto paper.
- Know the Pass, Consider, and Recommend system that managers and agents use.
- Know the biggest and most common mistakes in screenplays so you don’t have them when you submit your screenplay.
- Learn how to Inspire inspiration (don't get distracted and don't get Writer's Block, just get inspired)!
- You will learn everything you need to know about writing an Excellent and Awesome Story!
- Make Money from your screenwriting and learn about residuals, contracts, and what to look out for so you can make passive income from your script.
Requirements
- No previous screenwriting experience necessary. This course is great for total beginners or those who want to know more how to write and sell screenplays.
Description
This Screenwriting MasterClass is a combination of several other screenwriting courses I’ve developed. Learn the screenplay structure, scriptwriting steps, and storytelling principles needed to write a mind-blowing movie!
Become successful at Screenwriting with a produced screenwriter who has sold screenplays and has produced movies. This scriptwriting course will first break down the 3 act structure used in every great movie and script. Followed by screenwriting advice from Blockbuster screenwriters. Then it'll show you the steps needed to sell your screenplay!
Jordan Imiola is a prolific screenwriter with over 25 produced credits, and he's written dozens of movies. Some companies he's worked for include Fox, Disney, and Untitled Entertainment. He's also had screenplays land at 3 Arts, Netflix, and HBO Max He's sold and optioned several screenplays and he also created and co-hosts "The Deadline Junkies Screenwriting Podcast" where he and his two funny friends interview TV Writers, Showrunners, and Successful Screenwriters.
This screenwriting class uses examples from "Iron Man," "Home Alone," "Dodgeball," "Die Hard," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Hunger Games," "Wonder Woman," "Meet the Parents," "Jaws," & many successful films. Study critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies and learn how to write a phenomenal film. If you have a film idea you've always wanted to write but haven't dived in, then take this screenwriting class!
By the end of this screenwriting course, you will have everything needed to:
Complete a feature film screenplay from concept to finished script.
Learn screenplay and movie structure.
Master the essential story elements needed for a SCREENPLAY THAT SELLS and gets PRODUCED!
Learn how to Inspire inspiration (don't get distracted and don't get Writer's Block, just get inspired)!
Have accountability and make your deadlines.
Learn how to plot scenes and develop strong, interesting characters with flaws!
Set Deadlines and get the story out of your head and onto paper.
Know the Storytelling techniques, movie writing methods, and filmmaking strategies to get your script in the marketplace.
Find Producers, Directors, Production Companies, Agents, and Managers who are interested in your script.
Know how to land an Agent or Manager after your screenplay is finished.
Acquire the knowledge, skills, and tactics used to sell a screenplay.
Find the SCREENWRITING SERVICES out there that can help market your screenplay.
Know the biggest and most common mistakes in screenplays so you don’t have them when you submit your screenplay.
Find Production Companies that want to buy your screenplay and know how to take a meeting with producers.
Know the Pass, Consider, and Recommend system that managers and agents use.
Make Money from your screenwriting and learn about residuals, contracts, and what to look out for so you can make passive income from your script.
In this screenwriting class, Jordan Imiola teaches film structure, character, and essential story principles that will guide you to write and finish your screenplay. Then goes the process of selling a screenplay. After each lesson, write down ideas in a notebook (a notebook dedicated to your movie) and work on your script every day. Or type your script after each lesson. Now stop reading, begin watching, and start writing.
Who this course is for:
- This screenwriting course is for beginner screenwriters, experienced screenwriters, and those want to sharpen their screenwriting skills and learn how to write and sell a screenplay.
Instructor
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 1,480 Reviews
- 5,587 Students
- 19 Courses
Jordan Imiola is a published writer and produced screenwriter with award-winning movies, TV shows, web series, and more. Jordan has over 25 IMDb Writing credits and has a track record of selling and optioning scripts. He's worked at 20th Century Fox, Disney, NBCUniversal, Marvista Entertainment, Untitled Entertainment, and Funny Buffalo Films and has ghostwritten several screenplays.
Find his two screenwriting podcasts on Spotify! Including SCREENWRITERS TALK SCREENWRITING and THE DEADLINE JUNKIES SCREENWRITING PODCAST.
During his junior year at Buffalo State University, he was the first student to be nominated for the WGA Michael Collyer Fellowship. Jordan is also the creator and showrunner of several successful comedy series, including "Monster Therapy," "Romantically Hopeless," and "Sports TV," which stars "Workaholics" Eric Griffin.
In 2020, Jordan wrote and directed the feature film, cult classic Zoom comedy, "Christmas Staycation." (Now streaming on Tubi and on DVD everywhere). He's also the creator of "The Deadline Junkies Screenwriting Podcast," where he and his two funny friends interview TV showrunners, staff writers, and successful blockbuster screenwriters.
He can write in any genre but specializes in comedy, family films, Christmas movies, action, and horror. He has written sketches and performed improv at Second City.
Noteworthy Achievements:
- Sold screenplays to producers, production companies, and directors
- Has produced award-winning feature films
- Has produced TV series and online series
- Has over 25 produced IMDb credits
- Nominated for the WGA Michael Collyer Fellowship
- Grand Prize Winner of the Screenplay Search Competition
- Showrunner and co-host of the Deadline Junkies Screenwriting Podcast