<p>Ooo oooo. Something relevant to me!!! (One of the 6 screenwriting undergrads in the entire school…wow…that’s kind of sad actually…Huh).</p>
<p>Screenwriting 130A is useless if you know anything about screenwriting/read any basic screenwriting book. It’s very basic, but if you know nothing about basic structure, it can be useful. (Great easy A too). 130B is the same slightly useless class but with the added bonus of a discussion that gives you a bit more feedback on your work. It’s worth the extra hour, because believe me when I say that check mark on your 10 page 130A assignment is going to be really depressing when you get it back.</p>
<p>130C is an interesting class. If you take it with D Caruso, be warned he will sleep on average 1/3 of the scheduled class time. But he is a very sweet man. The class isn’t really for “teaching”, more like lists of things D thinks are helpful (but aren’t usually, unless you are writing a 1940’s love drama). Still, you write every week, and get to reenact your scenes with other students in the class, which I find can be very helpful.</p>
<p>And that’s pretty much all you are going to be able to take for screenwriting classes. The grad profs/ concentration profs are very good, but more than likely you will taking the classes with Ackerman, Castro, or Caruso. You aren’t going to be making contacts really…130A/B are too large to know the profs, and though Caruso apparently has Julie Andrews over to his house every week for dinner, it is very likely he’s not going to remember your name after his mid class nap in 130C.</p>
<p>Good luck, and don’t judge us too harshly based on these classes. I could’ve sworn we have the best MA screenwriting program in the country.</p>