I've had the pleasure of listening to Richard Walter and recently had the opportunity to ask him some screenwriting questions (see the article here). He is as knowledgeable about screenwriting as anybody and he minces no words when sharing the cold hard facts about this tumultuous trade. Folks in Southern California this June and July would be wise to take advantage of Professor Walter's special summer class at the UCLA campus.
It’s easier to win admission to the Harvard Medical School than a seat in Mr. Walter’s legendary screenwriting seminar at UCLA. He takes you all the way, from idea to draft to studio deal. UCLA-trained screenwriters have won two Oscars and three Oscar nominations in the past four years, and written ten movies for Steven Spielberg.
Through a special Summer Session course both non-UCLA and UCLA students can enroll for eight credits in a course with this celebrated storytelling guru. The class is especially designed for the Summer Session and is appropriate for new writers and also for experienced writers. It is a round-table roll-up-your-sleeves-and-write seminar. There are in-class writing challenges and also analysis of in-progress script pages written by students in the class.
The on-campus UCLA class meets in Westwood for six Monday afternoons from June 20 through July 29, 2011, 2:00 to 4:50PM. All prerequisites are waived and the class is especially designed for Summer Session ‘A’. The class, listed in the online catalog of courses as “FILM TV 135A ADV SCRNWRTNG WKSHP” (more info here) is open to UCLA students and also to students who are not enrolled at UCLA. Students receive 8 credits.
To register, students should visit http://www.summer.ucla.edu/ and click “REGISTER”.
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