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Screenplays 101 - Part 2: Basic Formatting

Created by Nicholas Pappas

9 modules 1 hours, 34 minutes 3 Credit Hours playwriting screenplays

This course is a Part 2. In a Screenplays 101 course, screenwriter Nick Pappas covers both Structure and Formatting. Here in Part 2 we'll cover Basic Formatting. If you have not already watched Screenplays 101 – Part 1: Basic Structure, I highly recommend you go back and do so now. Having that knowledge under your belt will help you navigate Part 2 of this course.

The goal is that, by the end of this course, your students have a basic understanding of how a screenplay is formatted and why it is formatted that way, all with an eye toward developing their own screenplay.

  1. 0
    Module 0
    Introduction
    7:25 FREE PREVIEW
    This module introduces Part 2 of the Screenplays course, and outlines what will be covered in the material
  2. 1
    Module 1A
    Basic Screenplay Formatting: Writing Programs and Title Pages
    12:04 FREE PREVIEW
    This is Module 1A: The Basics of Screenplay Formatting, where we’ll cover writing programs and title pages.
  3. 1
    Module 1B
    Basic Screenplay Formatting: Scene Headings, Character Tags, and Parentheticals
    13:38
    This is Module 1B: The Basics of Screenplay Formatting, where we’ll cover scene headers, action lines, character tags, dialogue, and parentheticals.
  4. 1
    Module 1C
    Basic Screenplay Formatting: Transitions and Shots
    9:25
    This is Module 1C: The Basics of Screenplay Formatting, where we’ll cover transitions and shots.
  5. 2
    Module 2A
    Advanced Screenplay Formatting: Extensions and Subheaders
    14:17
    This is Module 2A: Advanced Screenplay Formatting, where we’ll cover extensions and subheaders.
  6. 2
    Module 2B
    Advanced Screenplay Formatting: Highlighting Important Moments
    14:02
    This is Module 2B: Advanced Screenplay Formatting, where we’ll cover character introductions, montages, flashbacks, supers, sound, and how to highlight important moments within a script.
  7. 2
    Module 2C
    Advanced Screenplay Formatting: Dialogue other than English
    4:57
    This is Module 2C: Advanced Screenplay Formatting, where we’ll cover dialogue other than English in an English language screenplay.
  8. 3
    Module 3
    White Space
    12:58
    This is Module 3: White Space. In this module we’re going to take a quick look at the aesthetics of the words on the page and how we can give a reader a positive reading experience.
  9. 4
    Module 4
    Wrap-Up
    5:48
    This module wraps up both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Screenplays 101 courses.

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