As a writing sample, a good pilot script can serve the same purpose as a good sitcom spec script—providing literary agents insight into your level of expertise. Also, if you’ve got the resources, you can make the abstract concrete and produce your pilot script.

Suggested Prerequisite:
Sitcom Spec Script

Cost: $325

Next Session: TBD

6:30 p.m. –  9:20 p.m. Central. 

Instructor: Kim “Howard” Johnson

Please be advised, tuition is non-refundable. If you cannot attend the class you registered for, we can roll your tuition to be used during another session as long as you contact thecomedylab.net 24 hours prior to the class beginning. If you reach out after that, we cannot roll your tuition.

Here’s how it shakes out week-to-week:

Class One:
Students create a treatment comprised of a logline of 25-words or less; a paragraph focused on character, and a page focused on marketing.
Class Two:
Students describe each of the characters.
Class Three:
Students fashion six separate episode ideas (pitches) for their series, not including the pilot idea.
Class Four:
Students script two, two-minute promo pieces—one with no budget, the other with an unlimited budget.
Class Five:
Students outline their pilot script.
Class Six:
Students attempt the first half of the first draft of their pilot script.
Class Seven:
Students finish the second half of their first draft.
Class Eight:
Students receive notes in a one-on-one conference call with the instructor.