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Online Writing for Film Course

Online Writing for Film Course

City Academy’s Online Writing for Film Course provides serious film buffs with all the essentials for screen writing. It is a comprehensive course that takes you from your initial idea to final draft. You will explore the fundamentals of screenwriting from approaching the story, through developing characters and dialogue to structuring your ideas into a fully-fledged screenplay. You'll analyse film clips to explore what makes them tick and work on practical writing exercises throughout the course. Also provided is advice about next steps from writing treatments to pitching your work.

Like all of our online writing lessons, you’ll receive friendly, constructive feedback from your teacher throughout the course. The opportunity to discuss and share your ideas with a group of fellow writers can be an incredibly useful part of the creative process, helping you develop the style and scope of your writing.

In these virtual classes you will

  • Learn how to tell a story cinematically
  • Explore ways to build your narrative with structural analysis
  • Breakdown stories using clips from existing films
  • Develop your characters, dialogue and subtext
  • Script doctoring for existing story ideas
  • Understand how to format your screenplay

You will need

  • A device with a camera and microphone
  • A desk, table or flat surface on which to write
  • Paper or notebook; Pen or pencil

Please note: fluency in English is essential for this course. If you have any special requirements please inform our Customer Services Team prior to your course start date so we can ensure we cater for these needs. You can call us on 0207 042 8833 or email info@city-academy.com .

A note on participation: Enhancing these skills requires practical and active participation. As this is an interactive, group class all students will be required to have their videos turned on.

Register your interest

We will be publishing new class dates soon - please register your interest and we will be in touch with more information.

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PAYMENT OPTIONS

ONLINE & PHONE PAYMENTS

Online – To book a selected class/course online, simply click Book Now next to your chosen class/course.

Phone – We would be happy to take your booking over the phone, please call us on 020 7042 8833.

CANCELLATIONS POLICY

We offer a full credit or refund of the paid value of your original course if you cancel at least 72 hours before the start of your booking. Any refund will only be made to the original payment card.

We do not offer any refund if you cancel less than 72 hours before the start of your booking, or if you do not attend. For more information please see our full Terms and Conditions at the bottom of this page.

10% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE

If you book 2 or more different classes/courses at a time we can offer you a 10% discount. If you wish to take advantage of this offer please enter 2ORMORE in the promotional code box when booking online or quote code when booking over the phone. Please note that this offer cannot be applied when you are booking two or more places on the same class or course.

Register your interest

We will be publishing new class dates soon - please register your interest and we will be in touch with more information.

First Name*
Last Name*
Email Address*
Phone Number*

PAYMENT OPTIONS

ONLINE & PHONE PAYMENTS

Online – To book a selected class/course online, simply click Book Now next to your chosen class/course.

Phone – We would be happy to take your booking over the phone, please call us on 020 7042 8833.

CANCELLATIONS POLICY

We offer a full credit or refund of the paid value of your original course if you cancel at least 72 hours before the start of your booking. Any refund will only be made to the original payment card.

We do not offer any refund if you cancel less than 72 hours before the start of your booking, or if you do not attend. For more information please see our full Terms and Conditions at the bottom of this page.

10% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE

If you book 2 or more different classes/courses at a time we can offer you a 10% discount. If you wish to take advantage of this offer please enter 2ORMORE in the promotional code box when booking online or quote code when booking over the phone. Please note that this offer cannot be applied when you are booking two or more places on the same class or course.

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All City Academy tutors are experienced professionals from theatre, film/TV and performance industries. So whilst they're training you they may also be rehearsing for a West End show or working on a movie. We like that and we do believe it makes a difference in class.

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