Just signed up. You?

I signed up

hopefully i can keep up with it

Same here. I got another course I’m doing but it’s 1 day a week

Yep! I’ve taken a short film script writing class at a university close by me but I found it harder than i thought it’d be to just take what I learned from that and stretch it to 120 pages so I hope this helps

Are classes at a certain time or do it at ya own pace

This one is do it at your own pace.

There are videos of lecture to watch and assignments each week but if you don’t get it done you can stay on whichever week you’re on until you finish the task

You got an idea ready?

I do, I’ve been trying to write a script and kept getting stuck lol. Hbu?

Nice nice. Yeah I’m working on something rn with my other class but I got another idea ima try out with this

Anyone ITT film majors?

You’ll have 2 full scripts by the end

I signed up ima write a horror western

Yessir

Fire

how do we make a peer group lol i just signed up

This what I’m confused by

i think people are just sharing discord's/email's with up to 5 people and that makes a "peer group" so that they can review assignments when theyre due

Real

I’m writing a script called “Your Eyes Are Getting Very Sleepy”. It’s three short stories that revolve around a carnival hypnotist that deal with consent and validation.

Feel that. Writing a good script is one of the hardest things you can do in this life. I’ve never been able to do it yet.

I’ve never understood why people teach storytelling by breaking it down into structures. That just ends up making people fixate on the wrong things IMO. You shouldn’t follow a template, you should follow the metaphor. First of all, you need something you actually want to say, something you feel passionate about. And then ask yourself, what is the best metaphor to express what I want to say? What characters should I have to express what I want to say? And that will tell you what to write. Not a formula. A formula is something you look at in hindsight and say, oh it’s cool how all that worked out like that. A God should not walk in the footsteps of another God and pretend he is creating just the same. A God is motivated by vision. You wanna know what decision to make? Ask yourself if it’s serving what you want to say.

Concept sounds fire man I hope you get to finish it

Maybe it is good but you just don’t realize it’s good yet

Actually I meant I’ve never finished writing any script at all lol. Furthest I’ve gone is halfway.

You guys ever given screenwriting competitions a try? I've been doing them for several years now, it's a cool way to keep yourself on your toes and experience deadlines etc.

Not yet but ima start entering in them