FILM TV 33
Introductory Screenwriting
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course C132/C430. Structural analysis of feature films and development of professional screenwriters' vocabulary for constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing their own work. Screenings of films and selected film sequences in class and by assignment. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2024 - 10 very easy quizzes, 10 very easy discussion boards and the final was 10 screenplay pgs which was very easy. We had ONE Zoom session with our TA and peers to review the first two pages of our screenplay and honestly don't worry about it; it was super short and they aren't harsh at all. I never did the readings or watched the movies and it was still a breeze. Honestly, the easiest class I've ever taken. It was very fun and I REALLY recommend taking this class as a gpa booster or just for fun! Awesome professor and TA's!
Fall 2024 - 10 very easy quizzes, 10 very easy discussion boards and the final was 10 screenplay pgs which was very easy. We had ONE Zoom session with our TA and peers to review the first two pages of our screenplay and honestly don't worry about it; it was super short and they aren't harsh at all. I never did the readings or watched the movies and it was still a breeze. Honestly, the easiest class I've ever taken. It was very fun and I REALLY recommend taking this class as a gpa booster or just for fun! Awesome professor and TA's!
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Fall 2019 - This has been by far my favorite class taken at UCLA. Voorhees is absolutely insane in all of the best ways, class was consistently entertaining. You spend about half of EVERY lecture watching a movie which is awesome. There is no homework for lecture, and the assignments for section all lead up to helping you write 10 pages of a screenplay which is also your final. Just for reference, the first draft of that was due Week 5 and the next 5 weeks were just minor editing (so basically no final or tests or anything). My TA (Cat) was super cool and interested in helping us. You can tell she really just wanted to see effort and that we were trying, and you're golden. I mean come on the class is 50% attendance. That is the one caveat -- you have to sign into every lecture and section (but that is LITERALLY the only possible negative for this class). Voorhees opened her first lecture by saying "If people told you to take this class because it's 'easy' or it's a 'guaranteed A' well... they were right."
Fall 2019 - This has been by far my favorite class taken at UCLA. Voorhees is absolutely insane in all of the best ways, class was consistently entertaining. You spend about half of EVERY lecture watching a movie which is awesome. There is no homework for lecture, and the assignments for section all lead up to helping you write 10 pages of a screenplay which is also your final. Just for reference, the first draft of that was due Week 5 and the next 5 weeks were just minor editing (so basically no final or tests or anything). My TA (Cat) was super cool and interested in helping us. You can tell she really just wanted to see effort and that we were trying, and you're golden. I mean come on the class is 50% attendance. That is the one caveat -- you have to sign into every lecture and section (but that is LITERALLY the only possible negative for this class). Voorhees opened her first lecture by saying "If people told you to take this class because it's 'easy' or it's a 'guaranteed A' well... they were right."
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