Screenwriting Essentials: Create, Write, and Develop for TV
Introduction to Structure
A course by HaJ , Screenwriter, Producer, Director, and Performer
About the video: Introduction to Structure
Overview
“Build on your understanding of the beginning, middle, and end of a story in order to learn how to structure your TV show. Learn the difference between a half-hour comedy television show structure and a one-hour drama television show structure. ”
In this video lesson HaJ addresses the topic: Introduction to Structure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Screenwriting Essentials: Create, Write, and Develop for TV. Learn to write thought-provoking scripts with an authentic voice, strong characters, and exciting conflicts.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction to Structure In this lesson, you're gonna learn more about structure. In television, there's generally two types of shows, half hour and hour long. Let me tell you more about it. There are generally two kinds of TV shows, half hours, 30 minutes, which are generally considered comedies, and one hour, 60 minutes, which are generally considered drama. In television, one page is roughly about one minute, which means that if you're writing a half hour, you'll write about 30 pages, and if you're working on an hour show, you'll roughly wright about 60 pages. Depending on what kind of ...”
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Course summary for: Screenwriting Essentials: Create, Write, and Develop for TV
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HaJ
A course by HaJ
HaJ is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, director, performer, and part-time rapper from Brooklyn. Growing up in a creative household meant she was exposed to storytelling from a young age, something which she explored through her studies at LaGuardia Performing Arts High School in New York. During that time, she was nominated for a 1995 Emmy Award for a project she worked on to raise awareness around voting and gun violence. She later went on to hone her acting and storytelling skills at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
HaJ has created, written, produced, licensed, and sold content to networks and studios including ABC, CBS, VH1, and Disney. Her work has appeared in festivals including The New York Television Festival, IFP Film Week, and SeriesFest. She also created and starred in an Off-Broadway show that won her a ‘Best Writer’ Award and has had her work recognized by The New York Times, NPR, and Rolling Out.
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