Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course introduces students to scriptwriting for film and episodic television, including script format, story structure, character development, tension, conflict, and themes. Students workshop their original ideas to develop a completed short screenplay. This writing course builds upon existing knowledge of film art and skills in English composition to create effective screenplays.