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Content Creation for TV - Fiction
Since 1992 Indian television channels have been mushrooming on screen changing the way we experience entertainment forever. As we speak, there are more than 100 TV channels that cover all the different vernacular languages of India and broadcasting multiple formats of programming.
Content as they say is King and in Television the King hence is the Writer. Traditionally termed as the writer's medium, the television writer takes on a lot of responsibility in television. Unlike feature films where a project is green lighted mostly when a star is signed on, in Television the projects get green lighted by a concept developed by a writer. In the television industry today there is a need for good exciting concepts. But there aren't enough trained writers to deliver the goods. Hence the need for a Program which can not only train students in the basic nitty-gritty's of writing and so as to say teach the nuts and bolts of writing for today's television but also to take on the rigors of writing day in day out for the TV industry.
There is therefore a need for content, ideas and creativity that we would like to address with the course in Writing for TV –Learning The Basics.
Course Name : Writing for TV –Learning the Basics
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Course code
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SCRW 101
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Credit Points
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1
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Award
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Certificate in Writing for TV – Learning The Basics
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Duration
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40 Hours
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Wednesday, Saturday
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Overview
Television Soap Writing, with focus on content creation. During the course, participants will go through the complete process of creating a daily soap show, starting with the germ of an idea, or ideation, expanding the idea to a story, plotting it over 260 episodes (1 Yr) and writing a week's screenplays and finally leading to a pilot episode..
Learning Objectives
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To understand the craft of writing for TV
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To understand how an idea for a Tv show gets developed into a full fledged soap.
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To learn basics of plotting for Tv, mile stoning stories & its difference from film writing.
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To learn the basic principles of screenplay writing in Tv & the importance of the Pilot Episode.
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Course Content
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Creating a High End idea (the winning concept)
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Developing the idea to a concept & then to a story
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Mile stoning the story into monthly and weekly stories.
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Basics of Screenplay Writing. The journey from Step out line to Scene creation.
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The importance of Scene. Scene as a Unit of Screenplay.
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Creating Memorable Characters. Tv Shows are remembered for Characters.
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Writing is a Creative Process in that it can't be taught but it definitely can be learnt. The workshop is designed in such a way that there will be minimal lecturing and more of writing under supervision.
Download Application Form
For enquiries email shortcourseunit@whistlingwoods.net or call +91 22 30916002/ +91 22 30916003/ +91 22 30916000.
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