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FILMPROD 101T

Writing the Television Pilot (FILMPROD 301T)

UNITS:5
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WAY-CE

A writing workshop in which students are introduced to the basic structures and genre of television pilots and to writing within the screenwriting/television writing form. Students will develop, outline, and workshop their own original pilot episode and series bible. Serves as a prerequisite for FP 104 Intermediate Screenwriting. Enrollment by decision of instructor. Limited to FILMPROD 16 students. Priority will be given to film studies majors and minors, then seniors, with extra preference for students who have tried unsuccessfully to take the class in the past. You must attend the first meeting; the class list will be finalized after that first session.

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 25073
0 / 15 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:1:30 PM – 3:20 PM
LOCATION:McMurtry Art Building 007
INSTRUCTOR:
Tobin, Adam
5units

FILMPROD 101T: Writing the Television Pilot (FILMPROD 301T)

5 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: WAY-CE

A writing workshop in which students are introduced to the basic structures and genre of television pilots and to writing within the screenwriting/television writing form. Students will develop, outline, and workshop their own original pilot episode and series bible. Serves as a prerequisite for FP104 Intermediate Screenwriting. Enrollment by decision of instructor. Limited to 16 students. Priority will be given to film studies majors and minors, then seniors, with extra preference for students who have tried unsuccessfully to take the class in the past. You must attend the first meeting; the class list will be finalized after that first session.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Tuesday Thursday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — McMurtry Art Building 007 — Tobin, Adam (Undergrad)

More FILMPROD courses

  • FILMPROD 101M: Science/Fiction: Screenwriting about Science
  • FILMPROD 104: Screenwriting II: Intermediate Screenwriting (FILMPROD 304)
  • FILMPROD 105: Script Analysis (FILMPROD 305)
  • FILMPROD 105C: Crafting Story for Film and Television (FILMPROD 305C)
  • FILMPROD 110: Screen Writing III: Advanced Screenwriting
  • FILMPROD 114: Introduction to Film and Video Production
  • FILMPROD 117: Filmmaking: Ethno-fictions and Shared Anthropologies
  • FILMPROD 119: Documentary Cinematography
  • FILMPROD 151: 16mm Experimental Film Workshop (FILMEDIA 351, FILMPROD 351)
  • FILMPROD 210: Elements of Filmmaking: Sound Design (FILMPROD 410)
  • FILMPROD 211: Elements of Filmmaking: Cinematography (FILMPROD 411)
  • FILMPROD 304: Screenwriting II: Intermediate Screenwriting (FILMPROD 104)

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