Advanced Media Writing (464-0-20)

Topic

Advanced Sitcom Writing

Instructors

Eliza Bent

Meeting Info

Annie May Swift Hall 219: Mon 12:00PM - 2:50PM

Overview of class

This course is part of the yearlong Advanced Sitcom Sequence.

In the fall writing class, students develop and write original 30-minute comedy pilots that could potentially be produced by students on a small budget. Writers are encouraged to consider locations in the Chicago/Evanston area and the potential for casting college-age actors.

During finals week, a committee of faculty will select the winning script or scripts, which will move into production during spring quarter.

The writer(s) will become executive producer(s) for the project and receive grant money to produce it the following spring.

If your script is selected, you must complete pre-production on it in winter term 2024 and formally enroll in RTVF 379: Sitcom Production with Erik Gernand in spring 2024.

Registration Requirements

Open to rising juniors, seniors and graduate students only.
Enrollment is by instructor permission.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 5th.
Applicants for Advanced Sitcom Writing must have taken RTVF 260 - Foundations of Screenwriting and RTVF 360 - Writing the TV Pilot.