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    LMU Pre-College Programs: Beginning Screenwriting

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    Details

    • Listing Type: Summer Programs
    • Program Delivery: Residential, Online
    • Destination: United States
    • Provided By: College
    • Session Start: June, July
    • Session Length: Two Weeks
    • Entering Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
    • Gender: Coed
    • Category: Academic
    • Sub-Categories: Writing, Arts
    • Selective: Yes
    • Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    • Minimum Cost: $3,000 - $6,999
    • Credit Awarded: No
    • Location:Los Angeles, California
    • Last Updated:November 2025
    • Meeting: Schedule a Meeting
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    Overview

    Students will have the chance to discuss the art, craft, and business of being a writer in the film industry. Ideal for the highly motivated, students should enter this program open to meaningful collaboration, a willingness to offer and receive constructive criticism, and the desire to learn.

    Applications for Summer 2026 open on November 15th, and close on March 15th. 

    Under the guidance of full-time faculty, who are also professional screenwriters, students will broaden their writing skills, develop their unique voices, and learn the basic elements of screenwriting. Structure, character development, dialogue, descriptive action, formatting, and genre will be explored and put into practice in a supportive online workshop environment, coupled with analytical viewings of popular movies, both classic and contemporary, and discussions about the art, craft, and business of being a writer in the motion picture industry. Ideal for the highly motivated, students should enter this program open to honest and meaningful collaboration with peers, a willingness to offer and receive constructive criticism, and the desire to learn while having fun.

    Participants will be taken through a full development process, and leave the program with a completed short screenplay and a deepened understanding of cinematic storytelling.

    Visit our website for more details.

    Cost and Session Information

    Two-week, residential, non-credit bearing: 

    Session 1 Dates: June 21-July 3, 2026

    Session 2 Dates: July 5-July 17, 2026

    Two-week, online, non-credit bearing: 

    Session Dates: June 22-July 2, 2026.

    The cost for a two-week, residential, non-credit bearing program for summer 2026 is $6,500.

    The cost for a two-week, online, non-credit bearing program for summer 2026 is $2,730.

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