Writing the TV Drama Pilot

    Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 6:30 PM until Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 8:30 PMUTC -04:00


    Sarah Lawrence College
    1 Mead Way
    Bronxville, NY 10708
    United States

    Instructor: Frederic Richter 
    Length: 5 sessions, $450
    Tuesdays,  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    This class is dedicated to the inception and ultimately creation of a TV 60 minute Drama pilot (network, basic cable, premium cable or premium stream like Netflix). The class will walk writers through from their initial ideas which they will pitch all the way through to the first draft. Writers are expected to enter the class with several potential ideas for TV series that can be sustained, and and idea for the pilot. The class will then walk students through the outlining phase to the finished first draft . Students are also encouraged to create at least a rough draft of a working “story bible” which outlines what happens in the future episodes in the first season  and character arcs. Students will emerge with a solid draft of a TV pilot. Open to students at all levels as long as they come in with ideas for TV series.

    Frederic Richter received his BA at Sarah Lawrence College, and was a Screenwriting Fellow at The American Film Institute (AFI), where he earned his MFA. His thesis short-film, MACHSOM, was accepted into over twenty-five festivals including AFI FEST, and won numerous awards. His feature-length screenplay APPEARANCES, won 1st place in the Slamdance Screenwriting competition. Frederic has been employed for years as a Story Analyst for numerous companies, including Goldcrest Films, Film Rites (Steven Zaillian’s company), QED International, Black Label Media and The Black List 3.0. He recently joined Tradition Pictures, a newly formed LA based production company as a Creative Executive and producer. He is a writer on an upcoming new series for Stephen David Entertainment. He has taught classes on screenwriting, script development, and the entertainment industry at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU SPS and The Ghetto Film School. He is a Teaching Artist at The Ghetto Film School, and an Adjunct Instructor at NYU SPS. He lives, mostly, in New York City with one foot in Los Angeles.

    Writing Institute Registration Process:

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