AS 061.385 - Development Hell: Taking a Screenplay from Script to Screen

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Johns Hopkins University

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Writing a screenplay and physically shooting are the easy part of filmmaking; it's the pitching, rewriting, developing, packaging, and ultimately "selling" it that are the tricky parts. We will discuss how production companies and studios decide to option or purchase articles, stories, novels, screenplays, or ideas and put them into development and why sometimes it can take a minimum of a year and a half to 10 or more years for them to ultimately be made. The roles of writers, directors, producers, financiers, studio executives, agents, and even actors in the continued development process will be discussed. What is "packaging" and how does it work? What pitfalls exist that might put your project/script into "turnaround" thus ending your "development hell" (or maybe even starting it all over again)?

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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