In addition to lectures and discussions, our class functions as a writer’s workshop where students share story ideas, outlines, treatments and drafts as they work towards scripting films they are excited to produce.

As students gain mastery over writing and story structure, they are challenged to test different approaches to developing their ideas. The goal is to deepen the student’s understanding of film language in order to create material that inspires and motivates them. In addition to scriptwriting, students delve into how to write scripts that serve as blueprints for the other filmmaking departments of cinematography, editing, sound, and art design. My classroom strives to be a safe, creative workshop where students feel free to push the boundaries of the visual medium as they develop their voices and define themselves as filmmakers in the most of collaborative of arts.