Beginning Feature Film Writing: Complete Course

DONALD H HEWITT

Beginning Feature Film Writing: Complete Course

DONALD H HEWITT

$499.99

02/13/2025 - 05/08/2025

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Whether you are a writer looking to understand the fundamentals of writing for film or a television writer looking to expand your skillset, Beginning Feature Film Writing has invaluable information to offer you. With new and more intense tests and assignments, this course has everything you need to succeed as a feature film writer. Using detailed analyses of successful scripts, you will discover how film writers maximize the impact of their work using compelling characters and scenes.

This 12-week course guides students through the process of building a feature film script, starting with an outline and continuing through all the acts of your screenplay. The writing critiques in this course are tailored to develop specific skills needed to succeed as a feature film writer. You will get expert guidance on your writing along the way, and helpful self-tests allow you to reinforce your mastery of the lecture content.

$499.99

02/13/2025 - 05/08/2025

Enroll Now

Whether you are a writer looking to understand the fundamentals of writing for film or a television writer looking to expand your skillset, Beginning Feature Film Writing has invaluable information to offer you. With new and more intense tests and assignments, this course has everything you need to succeed as a feature film writer. Using detailed analyses of successful scripts, you will discover how film writers maximize the impact of their work using compelling characters and scenes.

This 12-week course guides students through the process of building a feature film script, starting with an outline and continuing through all the acts of your screenplay. The writing critiques in this course are tailored to develop specific skills needed to succeed as a feature film writer. You will get expert guidance on your writing along the way, and helpful self-tests allow you to reinforce your mastery of the lecture content.

Course outline

Course outline

Each session includes a written lecture, a self test to reinforce your learning, creative exercises to take the lesson further, and a writing assignment to turn in for personalized feedback from your instructor.


Meet the instructor

Donald H Hewitt

Donald H Hewitt is a working screenwriter and WGA member with 20 years of industry experience. His feature film credits include the English-language screenplay for the Oscar-winning film Spirited Away, as well as My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle. Mr. Hewitt has written for Pixar, Working Title, Miramax, New Line, ABC Family, Disney and Fox Animation. He is currently writing the upcoming feature Gods of Mars.

Over the last 10 years, Donald has also been a passionate and dedicated screenwriting instructor using his extensive experience to guide students to success. Not only do Donald's students consistently place highly in contests (including winner Johan Ingler, whose script Frankie & Chair is now in production), but many of them have gone on to sell their projects. In fact, just this year 4 students have sold 5 projects. Donald has also had the privilege of working with some of the top producers in the industry, such as: David Heyman, John Lasseter, Peter Chernin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Charles Roven and Alex Gartner.

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