Writing Television Situation Comedy Scripts

COM FT 522

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (COMFT310) - Intense writing workshop learning how to write professional sitcom scripts. Elements of character, dramatic story structure, how comedy is created, how scenes build and progress a story, formal story outlines, dialogue, the business of sitcom writing, pitching, arc, comedic premise are analyzed. The class becomes a sitcom writing team for a current hit series and writes an original class spec script to understand the process of group writing employed on most sitcoms. Also, students write their own personal spec scripts with individual conferences with the professor.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Santos WED 307 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm The prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310. FT522 A1 is reserved for incoming first-year TV graduate students.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
B1 Lapidus COM 303 M 6:30 pm-9:15 pm The prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Lapidus COM 303 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm The undergraduate prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
B1 Santos COM B29 F 11:15 am-2:00 pm The undergraduate prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
C1 Santos COM B27 M 2:30 pm-5:15 pm The undergraduate prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310

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