Industry Insider: From Showrunner to Final Cut

Two masterclasses over two separate weeks will be taught over the course of the term. 
Written in Disappearing Ink: Writing for the Screen(s)
In this week-long class we will consider the art, craft, business and history of writing for the moving image or better yet, writing for the screen(s).  We will cover the script building process itself from concept or assignment, to story construction, outline and drafts, rewriting and the kind of ‘rewriting’ that is entailed by the production and post-production processes themselves. While of course discussing feature film writing, we will focus much on writing for Television, and look at the ways television drama is in the process of reshaping in turn the way feature films too are written
Understanding How A Film Gets Made
There is an old Hollywood adage that to make a successful film you must make five films successfully. There is the film you script, there is the film you cast, there is the film you shoot, there is the film you edit and there is the film you release. The course will examine in detail a number of films from this perspective considering each stage of the filmmaking and how they are articulated together.