The Writer Directs: A Script to Screen Workshop

Harvard FAS

Writing is directing and directing is writing. The best screenwriters don’t just write snappy dialogue or craft character arcs; they “speak” the primal, visual language of cinema. Working from pre-existing plays/screenplays, as well as from our own original written material, we will explore how to bring a scene on the page to life. Using script analysis and pre-visualization techniques, each student will produce several video exercises to experiment with how words on the…