Spring 2027 Film AF6215 section 001

Intro to TV Pilot Writing

Call Number 14823
Day, Time & Location View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Minhal Baig
Type WORKSHOP
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This new class will provide Writing for Film & Television students with a foundational experience in TV Writing in the second semester of their first year at Columbia.  They will have studied feature writing in their first semester, and this class will explore how TV is different from the feature form, the unique structure of TV when compared to features, plays, and novels, the key elements of a good TV show and pilot, the different worlds of network and streaming and the current marketplace, how to structure a TV pilot, and how to write and begin revising the pilot episode for an original TV show. 

Department Film
Enrollment 0 students (12 max) as of 9:06PM Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Subject Film
Number AF6215
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Open To Schools of the Arts
Note For first year WFTV students only.
Section key 20271FILM6215R001