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FILM TV 430Introduction to Film and Television Writing

Film and Television · 6 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)

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Introduction to film and television writing.

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When it runs

Fall 2025
Fall 2026

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

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Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

FILM TV 430

FILM TV 283BWriting Half-Hour Comedy Pilot and Series Bible
- FILM TV 283CRunning Television Comedy Room
FILM TV 284BWriting One-Hour Drama Pilot and Series Bible
- FILM TV 284CRunning Television Drama Room
FILM TV 434Advanced Screenwriting
- FILM TV 438Advanced Screenwriting: Rewriteanother path to it
FILM TV 437Adaptation for Screen
FILM TV 438Advanced Screenwriting: Rewrite

5 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 8 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.