Short Film and Webisode Screenwriting for Beginners
What you'll learn
- Writing screenplays for short films and web series formats.
- For short films, this class is useful in simplifying your story to the most crucial scenes and character development in a tight 3-act structure.
- For web series, you will be able to understand how to formulate story and keeping the audience engaged over the course of several episodes..
- Character Arcs.
Requirements
- Either Final Draft or CeltX are the most highly recommended materials for this course.
Description
Writing screenplays for short films and web series formats.
Class is for aspiring novice screenwriters who have that great idea that they want to make themselves or to pitch to producers, investors, networks, and executives.
For short films, this class is useful in simplifying your story to the most crucial scenes and character development in a tight 3-act structure. For web series, you will be able to understand how to formulate story and character arcs that take place over the course of several episodes while keeping the audience engaged.
Either Final Draft or CeltX are the most highly recommended materials for this course.
About the teacher: Staten Island, NY native Andre´ Joseph graduated Magna Cum Laude from Emerson College in 2006 where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Film. In 2008, Andre´ formed his own New York-based independent film production company, AJ Epyx Productions, LLC. His feature film, Vendetta Games, won the award for "Best Urban Action Film" at the 2017 Urban Action Showcase sponsored by Cinemax as well as additional accolades at the Atlantic City Cinefest, the American Filmatic Arts Awards, and the World Music & Independent Film Festival. His latest short film, Dismissal Time won "Best Human Rights" award at the 2022 New York True Venture Film Festival. Additionally, Andre´ has freelanced as a videographer, editor and production assistant for companies such as MTV Networks, TVOne, Vintage NYC Magazine and NBC Entertainment.
Who this course is for:
- Class is for aspiring novice screenwriters who have that great idea that they want to make themselves or to pitch to producers, investors, networks, and executives.
Instructor
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Award winning NYC-based filmmaker and educator Andre´ Joseph had a love for movies from an early age. He began his career making short films with family and friends on home video. Andre´ attended the New York Film Academy summer program in 2001 where he first gained experience working with 16-millimeter film and later graduated Magna Cum Laude from Emerson College in 2006 where he received a bachelor’s degree in Film.
In 2008, Andre´ formed his own indie film production company, AJ Epyx Productions. Since then, the company produced three professionally made feature film projects as well as four award winning short films. Among the company’s most successful projects include the crime thriller VENDETTA GAMES (Winner for “Best Urban Action Film” at the Cinemax-sponsored 2017 Urban Action Showcase and now streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi) and the dramatic short film THE SAXOPHONIST (Winner for “Best Film” at the 2018 NY Jazz Film Festival and now streaming on The BeBop Channel app). Andre´recently released the short film, DISMISSAL TIME, an anti-bullying tale loosely based on a high school incident. In addition to film projects, Andre´ has also freelanced as a videographer and editor for companies such as Vintage NYC Magazine and NBC Entertainment.
Andre´ is also highly active in educating aspiring young filmmakers who seek to produce their own movies someday. He produced three online video courses on film production and screenwriting at the learning website, Skillshare. In 2021, Andre´ taught a 6-week summer film and video program to students at IDEA Center for the Arts in Camden, NJ. He has also served as a guest lecturer at various institutions including Wesleyan University, Essex County College, Brooklyn High School for the Arts, and Emerson College.