Courses

You’ve asked us for more online courses, so our commitment for 2026 is to offer even more of our training programmes via Zoom. Throughout the year we will run our flagship Script Reading For Film & TV course. We’ve been teaching versions of this course since 2000 and it has been the foundational script and development training for thousands of film professionals around the world.

This February we are bringing back our Short Film Story Design Course. You won’t find any other training that offers such as detailed focus on the concept and structure of a short film script. And coming soon is our brand new Story Bones programme, a practical approach to understanding feature film structure and building your next movie story.

  • Script Reading For Film & TV

    The Script Factory’s flagship training course is back! Learn a structured approach to analysing and assessing scripts and writing professional script reports. This highly practical course runs online for a 2-hour session, each week for five weeks.

    Thursday mornings 10am - 12noon (GMT)
    Thursday 26th February - Thursday 26th March

    **SOLD OUT**

    or

    Tuesday evenings 7pm - 9pm (GMT)
    Tuesday 21st April - Tuesday 19th May

    Course Fee £245

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  • Short Film Story Design ONLINE

    Our popular workshop taking a deep dive into what makes a compelling short film. Over two evenings we examine how to craft a strong dramatic conflict for a bite size movie and re-think the 3 act structure and character arcs for the ten minute time frame.

    Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th February 7pm - 9pm GMT.

    Course fee £70. Recorded version available.

    We are able to offer two bursary places for this programme.

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  • Story Bones

    We’re currently finalising the plans for our brand new on-line programme on feature film structure. If you find structure scary or confusing, this workshop will demystify it and give you the tools to confidently plan your next film idea.

    Full details coming soon!

“The Script Factory helped me become a better writer who’s now more confident to tell a story and brave enough to celebrate my own unique voice.”
— Eva Edo, Playwright & Screenwriter