Curriculum

This first term gives you a foundational sense of story structure, character, form, and genre, and provides the basic tools and resources you need for the year. You begin to develop your portfolio by writing a short script for a 10-minute film, develop characters for your first feature script, and brainstorm ideas for your TV Spec script.

As you continue to strengthen your storytelling skills, you will begin building the foundations of your first feature script and continue to write your TV Spec script. You also hone your dialogue skills and focus on the first act of screenplay structure. You may also choose to take your first elective in writing for animation.

In this term you apply your foundational understanding of story, character, and dialogue to three major projects: a feature script, a portfolio of comedy sketches, and your produced short film, also known as your portfolio short.

In term 4, you decide what you will focus on for your final project - either Feature Films or Television. Students are streamed into one or the other but also have the option of taking electives as well as certain classes from the other stream.

As you move into the final terms of the program, you continue to narrow the focus of your writing. You may choose to take electives on writing for comics, video games, or writing for commercials as you begin to write either a second feature or TV pilot for your final project.

In the final term, students finish up their final projects, and may take courses in entertainment journalism and video game writing to help with employability after leaving the program. To help you make the transition to writing professionally, the end of the term is devoted to learning the business of writing including promotional skills and dealing with agents, managers, and producers.