“This course was exactly what I was looking for and delivered on its promise of helping us take a tiny idea we’d had and turning it into a potential TV series.”
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Accelerate your growth as a TV series writer
Learn the fundamentals of creating viable and original TV series concepts. In this online Creating a TV Series Bootcamp, you will spend 10 weeks learning the essentials of a successful TV series, from developing a strong “story world” and a range of engaging characters, to creating series and episode story arcs and how to structure your pilot episode.
Through interactive lectures and tutorials taught by Australia’s premier showrunners and creators, you will gain industry insights and individual feedback as you complete written exercises and work towards conceptualising your idea.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
Determine the essential elements to make engaging series, including the dramatic world, compelling characters and story engines.
Analyse and apply different series formats, structure and narrative arcs.
Create key script documents necessary to take an idea from concept to pitch.
Is Creating a TV Series Bootcamp right for you?
Creating a TV Series Bootcamp is a comprehensive course covering the fundamentals of TV series writing and development, with the opportunity to submit written exercises and receive individual feedback from your industry expert tutor.
It is expected that students entering this course can recognise the principles of screenwriting and cinematic narrative; define the key concepts of theme, premise, storyworld and characterisation; and identify how to structure and format your screenwriting as covered in our Intro to Screenwriting course.
This course is ideal for aspiring television writers and students wanting to learn TV writing skills and develop original concepts, as well as established film or theatre writers looking to break into TV writing. It is also ideal for actors, directors, content creators and podcasters wanting to develop long-form content for TV and streaming, and industry professionals seeking to understand the writing process and collaborate better with screenwriters.
Please note that the intention of the course is to equip you with the ability and skills to build upon the foundations of an idea, providing a pathway to developing engaging, viable TV Series. You will not have a completed series script by the end of the course.
Course Requirements and Delivery
Creating a TV Series Bootcamp is an online course that consists of 2 x Zoom sessions per week across 10 weeks and 3 hours of self-directed learning per week. You will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a camera, sound and a reliable internet connection for the evening Zoom sessions.
Course Fee: $1400 (pricing subject to change, please check enrolment form)
Early bird and other discounts available – learn more.
Meet Your Tutors
AFTRS short courses are taught by leading industry professionals. The following tutors deliver on alternating course runs.
Susan Bower
Susan Bower is a passionate storyteller who works as a writer, script editor, development team member, script producer, show runner,…
Vicki Madden
Victoria Madden is a Producer, Writer and Showrunner with over 30 years’ experience in the television Industry both in Australia…
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This course is for students aged 18+ only.
AFTRS reserves the right to cancel any course for any reason at any time. In the event of a course being cancelled a full refund of course fees will be provided. If you are planning to travel to attend a course, please confirm with us via email that the course will be proceeding before you make your travel bookings. AFTRS is not liable for any travel costs incurred due to course postponement, cancellation, or any other circumstance.
If an attendee wishes to withdraw from a course, they may do so up to 15 days before the course commences and get a full refund. Cancellations 14 days or less before course commencement will incur a fee.
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