A short history -- Why erite short screeplays? -- What is a screenplay? -- Structure and length -- Story is king -- Finding a story -- Brainstorming, generating stories -- Screenplay format -- Beginnings, middless and ends -- Characters, goals and motivation -- Conflict, obstacles and stakes -- Eliciting emotion -- Dialogue -- Cliches and stereotypes -- :oglines, synopses and treatments -- Rewriting -- Screenplay competitions -- Case study # 1: The day sam and ralf pushed max too far -- Case study # 2: The door --Case study # 3: The crush

1. Short films
2. Writing the screenplay