
we will discuss plot and structure, with an eye toward shaping your pilot episode. He received an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. From Black Mirror to Black-ish, from Ted Lasso to I May Destroy You.

Tobin has taught story seminars at DreamWorks Animation, Blue Sky Studios, and Aardman Animations. Tobin has also written the script and lyrics for She Persisted, The Musical, a New York Times Critics' Pick based on Chelsea Clinton’s book. In this way, I May Destroy You is more than a PSA on sexual assault it’s an exploration of agency, healing, and selfhood. to stop a bomb going off, which could destroy the entire world meanwhile. A moment that forces her to question her intuition.
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He created the series About a Girl and Best Friend’s Date for Viacom’s TeenNick (formerly The N channel) and received an Emmy for his work on Cash Cab. (Series) - In the pilot for Better Days we meet Jason, Barbara and Kenny. Senior Lecturer, Film and Media Studies, Stanford Adam Tobin is a screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Whether you’re a TV addict or an experienced writer, or both, you'll get a taste of what it means to be “in the writers' room.” ADAM TOBIN Short writing exercises will be interspersed among lectures, clips, and discussion. Finally, we will discuss plot and structure, with an eye toward shaping your pilot episode. We will then move on to the concept of a “franchise” of a series and the underlying premise material of a show, with exercises that will help you develop your own specific TV idea. After taking home an armful of BAFTAs, the show gained even more of a name for itself as Americans binged on HBO.
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We will start with a general discussion of the current landscape of TV and the forms that TV series can take-comedy versus drama, hour versus half-hour, commercial versus streaming, single-camera versus multicam, serial versus episodic. (BTW, the concept of Ted Lasso originated with NBC Sports promos, and some of those bits ended up in the pilot.) We open with the football (soccer) team training on the field and cut to the office, where REBECCA WELTON, the new owner, is moving in. But how do you wrangle an idea into a series? What exactly is needed from a pilot, and how does it sustain and evolve over seasons? And what does “TV” mean when traditional networks battle the big streamers and TikTok? This course will introduce you to the form and content of writing a TV pilot.

