NSRW 0354 Writing and Producing for TV | Continuing & Professional Education at The New School

Now Enrolling: Parsons certificate courses and Parsons Academy. Applications are also open for Parsons Summer Intensive Studies courses.

Course Description

There are many skills involved with being a professional writer working in television because writers are also producers in TV. This class will cover the process from coming up with an idea for an episode to executing a producible script and an overview of the role of “writer/producer.”

Learner Outcomes

Students will learn:

the rules of a TV writers room; how to “break” (outline) an episode
the process of writing and re-writing both individually and as a group; and re-writing a script to make it producible on a budget
to take off their Writer’s hat and put on their Producer’s hat and rethink the script in terms of the budget and production realities (such as 8 days to shoot an entire episode, a limited number of cast and sets, etc.

Additional Information

Benefits:

The class can hear from various members of a crew about the different aspects of producing an episode of TV – Director, Cinematographer, Production Designer, Line Producer (who does the budgeting), and AD (Assistant Director who does the scheduling and runs the set)
Students who take this class will leave it prepared to walk right into a TV writing job.