FILM TV 283BWriting Half-Hour Comedy Pilot and Series Bible
Film and Television · 8 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Examination of basics of half-hour pilot format, style, and content, and learning of principles behind network needs and choices in choosing pilots. Workshop in which to discuss ideas and issues with class and instructor. Weekly progress on original half-hour pilot and series bible required.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 430.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
FILM TV 283B
- FILM TV 430Introduction to Film and Television Writing
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
FILM TV 283B
- FILM TV 283CRunning Television Comedy Room
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.