Fade To Black Academy
"SCRIPTWRITING FOR ASPIRING WRITERS"
Create your first short film script in just 8 weeks!
Session Start Dates:
October 01, 2025
January 01, 2026
March 01, 2026
Video Course
01
KNOWLEDGE
Weekly Video Lessons
Learn and understand the ins and outs of
the scriptwriting process with 8 comprehensive video lessons.
02
COMPOSITION
Write your short script
Conceive, Compose, Complete and Finish
in 8 weeks. You will be guided, supported
and encouraged from start to finish.
03
INTERACTION
Make friends/ colleagues
Discuss each lesson and your scriptwriting progress with your instructor and your fellow classmates. The connections you make in
the interactive video sessions will be invaluable.
Our Course Benefits
Scriptwriting for Aspiring Writers
SYLLABUS
Lesson One
Your desired outcome - why do you want to write a script?
Uniqueness
Basic story lines
The script as a skeleton
Lesson Two
The Protagonist, the good, the bad and the ugly
This is what your protagonist needs
Character arcs
Lesson Three
The Antagonist, the good, the bad and the ugly
Obstacles
Archetypes
Budgets and locations
Lesson Four
3 Acts in Film
4 or 5 acts in television - or is it just 3?
Lesson Five
Formatting and Story Beats
Storyboarding
Lesson Six
Writing checklist and considerations
Dialogue rules
Formatting
Lesson Seven
Editing
More Editing
Even more editing
Lesson Eight
Pitching
Selling
Directing, Agents, Managers, Lawyers, Copyright
Turn your script into an indie film
Next Class:
October 01, 2025
Tuition Fee
$ 500.00 deposit required
$ 2000.00 CDN
over 8 hrs of video lessons
unlimited access - writing community forum
weekly live video sessions
accountability and script
critique
Claim Your Spot!
Our Talent - Chris Hind
Chris has been working in film for 26 years as a scriptwriter, director, producer, editor, composer and sound designer. He has instructed at Columbia Academy, Pacific Audio Visual Institute and the Vancouver Film School. His writing credits include writing for television, nationally produced radioplays, documentary and docuseries and novels.