GENRE HACKS

A blog about screenwriting, active from 2008 to 2017, now used alongside classes taught at the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. For Sean Hood's current projects and essays, please go to undercraft.substack.com.

Friday, August 7, 2020

416 Lecture Class

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This Fall I will be teaching "Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis" to a class of 215 students entirely online. If you are a s...

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Genre Hacks Is Active...

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However, it is written in conjunction with the classes I teach at USC and is mainly for those students. In the Spring of 2020 I will be teac...

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Writing The Short Film - Week Four (And Five)

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This article follows, week by week, the course I teach at USC's School of Cinematic Arts called Writing The Short Script. You may want t...

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Writing The Short Film - Week Three

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Short films are not mini-features, and some of the screenwriting tools we associate with features - Three Act Structure , Save The Cat Beat...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Writing The Short Film - Week Two

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In Week Two of "Writing The Short Film" at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, students bring in exercises and read them aloud to...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Writing The Short Film - Week One

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Another semester at USC begins, and this time I will be teaching a group of twelve graduate students about "Writing the Short Film....

Friday, August 18, 2017

Instagram as a Writer and a Director's Tool

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Filmmakers are using technology and social media in surprising ways. Recently, I spoke with Jingyi Shao, a writer/director who was o...

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