UCLA - Advanced Playwriting/Screenwriting

Accomplished writers foster the creativity of the next generation.

Week 1:	June 28 - July 10, 2009
Grades:	11 - college Freshman (Entering in Fall 2009)
Tuition:	$2200 (Includes room and meals)

Details

Advanced Playwriting/Screenwriting is a Two-Week Session!
For the writer who has developed experience in creating a narrative presentation, this workshop will further the study of the dramatic structure of short and full length plays, screenplays, and teleplays. Like the one-week workshop, you will be absorbed in character, structure, form, and plot with more time to fully develop a project. Time permitting, some participants will write and produce one minute commercials as well. During your two-week stay you will also view and discuss selected movies and... who knows what might happen! Guest screenwriters have been known to drop by and spend the day with the workshop participants reviewing their projects. This whole experience is often a memorable one and can be life changing for the young writer. The faculty is comprised of working writers who bring their years of experience and expertise to the classroom to nurture creativity in the playwrights and screenwriters of tomorrow. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and cassette recorders, which will be instrumental during play development. Enrollment is limited, so register early.

Requirements: Students are accepted to this program by approval of the UCLA faculty after review of a writing sample. Students enrolling in this program must submit, immediately after registration, an example of their writing work. The example should be at least one page in length and may be in any literary format.

* Additional Information

Students check-in between 1pm and 2:30pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Los Angeles International (LAX) on the first day of camp between 10am and 12pm.
Flights should depart from Los Angeles International (LAX) on the day after camp ends (Saturday) between 9am and 12pm. There will be an additional $100 fee for the overnight stay.
Airport transportation is available to and from Los Angeles International (LAX) for $30 each way.

College Credit Information

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Program Directors

Edit Villarreal, Professor
Edit Villarreal is Vice Chair, Graduate Studies and Acting Associate Dean, School of Theater, Film & Television, playwright and screenwriter. Original works produced at the Yale Repertory Theater and the Los Angeles Theater Center include Visits with MGM (My Grandmother Martha), The Language of Flowers, an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, and Crazy from the Heart. Television credits include the critically acclaimed Photo-Novelas for PBS and the American Playhouse film production of La Carpa.

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Location Information

UCLA is one of America's most prestigious universities, and their theater department is rated number one in North America. Bordered on the north by protected wilderness and on the south by Westwood Village, UCLA has long been known as an entertainment magnet for the entire Los Angeles area. Selected for their artistic and professional achievements, UCLA 's exceptional faculty from the School of Theater, Film and Television lead these inspiring workshops.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) is the only university in the country where the study of theater, film, television and digital media is integrated within a single professional school.

The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media offers a wide range of courses for undergraduates in the study of three areas of moving images: Critical Studies, including the history, theory and aesthetics of both film and television; Production/Directing, including film, television (studio and field), digital, experimental and animation; and the film and television disciplines, including writing, producing, cinematography, sound recording and editing.

At the graduate level, there are five areas of concentration: Critical Studies, which offers film and television history and theory; aesthetics and popular culture, films from diverse genres and extensive national cinemas; Production/Directing, which trains students in all aspects of directing narrative fiction, documentaries and/or experimental film, emphasizing the aesthetic components; Screenwriting, in which the elements of character, dialogue, story and tone are explored; Animation, in which students are trained to create an individual style and voice; and the Producers Program, in which students learn the business and art of making films and television programs.

At UCLA's Department of Theater, we believe that great theater programs must prepare and train students for careers in all contemporary and emerging entertainment forms -- including live theater, film, television, video, themed entertainment, interactive gaming, and more. Our students live in a world that is interactive, collaborative, and fueled by their passion for our art form -- one that encompasses the many forms of professional practice as well as the theoretical exploration of current and emerging entertainment forms.

Igniting our students' talent and passion to achieve success is our goal. That is why students work with a distinguished faculty composed of professional and creative artists who have excelled in their fields. UCLA Theater has some of the most distinguished faculty and visiting artists in the world, among them Mel Shapiro, Annette Bening, Anthony Hopkins, Larry Moss, Neil Jampolis, Deborah Scott and Jerry Katzman. With this professional training, students are following in the footsteps of such illustrious alumni as Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Robbins, James Dean, Carol Burnett, Susan Egan, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and many others.

TFT's extraordinary undergraduate and graduate students are drawn from an admissions pool of the finest students from around the world, and enjoy participation in small classes with faculty members who themselves are accomplished artists and industry leaders.

We invite you to explore our US Performing Arts Camps web site further where you can register online for any of the ucla summer programs offered to high school students.

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