Screenwriting for Beginners  

Have you ever wanted to write a screenplay for a feature film or TV drama? Have you dreamed of watching famous actors speak your dialogue on the big screen? 

Screenwriting is a story told in pictures and it is very different to novel or short story writing. In six straightforward online lessons this course will help the budding screenwriter to grasp the basics of screenwriting. The course will also help them to identify the major film genres, from Romantic Comedy to Action Adventure, Horror movie, Family Film, Historical and Comedy and to understand the essential tools of the screenwriter's craft including Character Creation, Visual Writing, The Three Act Structure. Narrative Structure and Plot Points and Dialogue as well as how to write a Logline and a Treatment for your film.  

Each week's lesson will include an email lecture, Web reading recommendations and activities including scene writing assignments to be submitted for tutor review.    

At the end of this course participants who take advantage of all assignments will have created character biogs, written several key scenes from their film, developed a story structure including the major plot points and penned a treatment and logline.  

For details of the week by week course content click here. 

Course Length: 6 weeks 

Start Date: On Demand 

Tutor: Ferdia Mac Anna 

Fee: €250

To book: Complete the form below. An e-mail will be sent to Ferdia letting him know you've joined the course, and you'll be brought to the PayPal payment page. As soon as Ferdia receives your e-mail and the PayPal notification, he'll send you your first module.