Student Learning Outcomes

• Analyze scripts for proper story construction, character development, and overall structure.
• Define the role and tasks of the screenwriter.
• Write television scripts (film style) by a process that will include a synopsis, step outline, treatment, rough draft, and final draft to current professional standards.
• Write and perform "pitches" to professional audiences.
• Define the role of agents and Writers Guild of America in the marketing of scripts.
• All RTV program students will have an increased awareness of skills required for full-time work in the entertainment industry.
• All upper level RTV program students will know how to assess their own skills for potential career paths.
• Classify various script formats for television writing, including film and videotape.
• Apply the principles of characterization plot, structure, dialogue, and story development