Screenwriting Diploma

Course length and commitment

12 months, 52 weeks (including holidays)
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00

Students are expected to work additional hours, including evenings and weekends particularly during writing periods and when on set. Periods of writing off-site are included in the tuition.

Hot new teaching talent who have just been attached include:

• Clive Bradley – Screenwriter (‘A Harlot’s Progress’, ‘City of Vice’, Waking The Dead’)
• Ben Cavey – Creative Director, Comedy, Tiger Aspect Productions (‘Benidorm’, ‘Horne & Corden’, ‘Roman’s Empire’)
• Arvind David – Producer (‘Tormented’, ‘Sugarhouse’, ‘French Film’)
• Lucy Dyke, Script Executive & Development Producer, Left Bank Productions (‘Omagh’, ‘Bloody Sunday’, ‘Married Single Other’)
• Emma Frost - Screenwriter & Script Editor (‘Shameless’, ‘Consuming Passion’, ‘Nighty Night’)
• Menhaj Huda – Director (‘Kidulthood’, ‘Queer As Folk 2’, ‘Holby Blue’)
• Dan McRae – Head of Development, Optimum Releasing
• Martin Pope – Producer (‘The Cottage’, ‘Lawless Heart’, ‘The Gruffalo’, ‘Wild Target')
• Michael Rose – Producer (‘Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’, ‘Chicken Run’)

Key benefits of the course

• Receive in-depth hands-on training in the art and craft of Screenwriting
• Develop a substantial writing portfolio to take with you into the film & TV industry – through the intense nature of this course you write a short film script, feature film scripts and a number of feature film outlines depending on your productivity
• All your writing work is supervised by film & television industry professionals including specialised masterclasses in specific genre writing and writing technique
• Workshop your scripts with professional directors and actors
• Learn how to outline, pitch and negotiate the sale of feature film and TV ideas
• Practise pitching your screenwriting ideas and completed work to a panel of film & TV industry professionals 
• Go on set to observe your own writing or that of others in a filmmaking environment 
• Through the intense nature of this course you can cover more ground in one year than would normally be possible
• Gain an overview of the filmmaking industry, including Copyright, Legal and Finance as well as a strong understanding of cinema audience demographics and feature film marketing
• Learn to write industry standard reader reports for both your own work and that of your peers, as well as receive script analysis from professional script editors 
• Rehearsed Readings. A selection of your work is performed by actors as part of your writing skills development
• Excellent tutor-to-student ratios (average of 4 students to a tutor); average intake is 12 students per Diploma
• Attend group feedback sessions and one-on-one mentoring sessions to enhance your learning and tutorial needs
• Benefit from studying and working in a top professional film academy to increase your contacts and knowledge of the filmmaking process
• All participating students will receive a free copy of Final Draft or equivalent industry writing software
• While on the course you receive complimentary membership of ClubPanico@LFA, the LFA’s exclusive club for emerging filmmakers with access to all their events on independent filmmaking, finding work and productions.