Media Education

How to Write a Screenplay

Storytelling takes many forms–in books, poems, video games, plays, and movies. We show you how to tell a story for a movie, and how to write a movie yourself! This course will teach you all the basics of storytelling in the movies, and the tools and techniques to write a story for the screen. This is a great workshop for new ways to teach literature and storytelling!

What to Expect –

Each 60-minute workshop includes a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. To ensure the best experience, we recommend limiting reservations to one class per workshop (up to 30 students). On the day of your workshop, the Teaching Artist will check-in at the front office before navigating to your classroom. The Teaching Artist will arrive 10-15 minutes before the workshop is scheduled to begin, and will quietly set up any needed equipment before beginning their presentation.

If you would like your entire grade level to participate in a workshop, or if you would like to request a date/time or location not listed in the booking calendar, please contact the Media Education Department at edu@utahfilmcenter.org. We love teaching multiple workshops when visiting your school and we are happy to arrange custom times that better-align with your bell schedule!

This workshop can be facilitated virtually via Zoom. If you would like to schedule a live-virtual “How To Write a Screenplay” workshop, click here.

Instructor(S)

William King

William is born and bred in Springville, UT. William graduated from Provo High and went to BYU studying history, and after graduating there, went to UVU to study filmmaking. William works locally in the film industry in a variety of roles, but primarily as a screenwriter and script doctor.

REQUEST A SESSION

Individually tailored for Grades K-12

This in-person workshop is available to Alpine, Canyons, Davis, Granite, Jordan, Morgan, Murray, Nebo, North Sanpete, Ogden, Park City, Provo, Salt Lake, Tooele, Wasatch, and Weber school districts. For school districts outside of this list, please submit a special request via email.