Semester Screenwriting Course is practical, full-time, suitable for beginners and taught on our campus in Prague, the Czech Republic. This study program will teach you the basics of screenwriting techniques and includes every week screenwriting practising for short films of your classmates as well as writing script for the final high production value film. You will also be required to learn the basics of filmmaking to make you understand the entire process from pre-production to post-production, which is crucial for kick-starting your career in the film industry. The emphasis on scriptwriting specialisation is given mostly during practical classes.
During the course, you will get a chance to practice writing techniques on dozens of short films of different styles.
Write a script for high production value final film shot by your classmates on the most popular cinema cameras such as Red Monstro, Alexa Amira or Sony f55.
You will have a chance to pitch your scripts to a panel of industry professionals.
During the semester you will invest most of the time practising screenwriting on dozens of short films. At the end of the semester you will write a script for a final film of your classmates which will be of higher production value compared to average school films. Through the guidance of your tutors, you will write scripts that will be produced on the same level as professional film productions. Your movie will be shot with the professional filmmaking equipment at the value of more than 90 000 USD.
Below you can see the basic topics which you will complete on the course. You will turn into practice all theory acquired in the classroom. During practical exercises, you will equip yourself with basic key skills needed for film scriptwriting and create industry-standard scripts. The curriculum of the Semester Scriptwriting Course is identical to the first semester of the 1 Year Filmmaking Program.
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