ENGL 274 - Marketing the Screenplay

Institution:

Tompkins Cortland Community College

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Description:

Examines approaches screenwriters use to get their work read by the film industry. Major topics include networking, querying, and pitching. Students develop an understanding of how agencies, management companies, production companies, studios, entertainment attorneys, and writer unions interact. Writers' groups, conferences, film festivals, fellowships and competitions, and other resources are discussed. Legal concerns including copyright and wga registration, release forms, and option contracts are explored. Treatments, loglines, query letters, cover letters, and other tools are developed. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.) Spring semester.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.TC3.eduExternal link

Phone Number:

(607) 844-8211

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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