AFTRS: Writing for Series & Factual TV courses

If you’re interested in writing for TV Drama & Factual then AFTRS Open runs a number of courses from professionals behind such shows as Changing Minds, House Husbands & Find My Family.

Writing and working in the fast-paced and challenging environment of series television drama and factual television differs substantially from film on many levels: deadlines are tight and networks are demanding! Television writing requires team work and an understanding of the many production demands needed to make an on-going series.

In Writing for TV Online http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/writing-for-tv-online/T509 a 10 week online course starting this month, award winning screenwriter and script producer Andy Watts (Life Begins, Wild At Heart, House Husbands), introduces you to the fundamentals of creating viable and original TV drama and comedy series concepts.

In Script Editing for TV http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/script_editing_for_tv/w560
this month, Alexa Wyatt, a writer with over twenty years’ experience across a wide variety of genres, looks at the structural and story requirements of the different types of long form television drama as well as the skills required to edit a television script to professional standard.

Writing for Factual TV http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/writing-for-factual-tv/t533
is different again. Writing skills and the ability to be a post-producer or “preditor” are highly valued in the doc/factual/reality TV world. You have to know how to build a solid story from rushes and interviews – even when there doesn’t appear to be one! Paul Hawker teaches this weekend intensive course – his huge list of credits includes Changing Minds, Making Families Happy, Mythbusters, Taboo; Find My Family, Airways, The Zoo, Recruits: Paramedics, Bondi Rescue, Farmer Wants a Wife and Hospital Chaplains.

AFTRS Open also has a brand-new Scene Writing Workshop http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/scene-writing-workshop/5654 in May. This is another hands-on practical writing course. It focuses more on the nitty-gritty of writing, rather than big picture concept development. You’ll learn skills like how to write great dialogue, how to write scenes based on someone else’s scene breakdown and you’ll also explore how scene writing varies between genres and platforms.

Plus in July there’s Winter School: Writing for TV Intensive http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/winter_school_writing_for_tv_intensive/w563 . If you have a great idea for a TV show but need help taking it to the next level, this course will help you create viable and original TV drama and series concepts. You’ll learn about the process of concept creation, the structure of a TV series, how to run multiple storylines, how to structure a five-act episode, how to create a written pitch and how to write as a team.

You can find out more about these and other TV writing courses if you head to the AFTRS Open website http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/short-courses-list?f.Category:|I=Television&f.Specialisation:|J=Screenwriting

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