ETHICAL SCREENWRITING WITH AI
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
24 APR 2025 - 3 JUN 2025
DURATION:
6 WEEKS
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
Bridge the gap between new technology and ethical creativity. Learn how to leverage AI tools to support your authentic voice and craft unforgettable scripts.
Dive into this exciting new world with Lisa Kors, an award-winning filmmaker and explore the ethical considerations of using AI tools in the screenwriting process.
THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU, IF...
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YOU ARE A RECENT GRADUATE OR BEGINNER WRITER
Enter the competitive job market already running. This course teaches you how to incorporate AI into your screenwriting process, from creating engaging loglines to analyzing characters. Use AI tools to enhance your writing, streamline your workflow, and boost your career.
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YOU ARE A SCREENPLAY OR CREATIVE WRITER
Master AI-powered tools for your day-to-day processes while taking into account ethical considerations. You will transform your original concept into a full-fledged pitch deck showcasing your screenwriting skills and ability to leverage AI to the potential employer.
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YOU ARE A PRODUCER OR DIRECTOR
Discover how AI can streamline your workflow—from brainstorming your next big idea to spotting emerging storytelling trends. Learn how to use AI-assisted audience research and data-driven strategies for pitching to stay ahead of industry demands and elevate your career.
Our students work in 1600+ companies worldwide
AI meets human experience in storytelling.
This course will teach you to leverage AI tools to benefit your work without losing your authentic voice. From brainstorming ideas and developing nuanced characters to exploring ethical issues, gain the competitive edge you need to thrive in the film and TV industry.
Join the future of screenwriting with LIVE online learning.
Futureproof your career with hands-on guidance from an award-winning filmmaker. Gain insights into your industry trends, and receive constructive feedback in interactive workshops so you can get ahead in the job market.
- Written and produced projects for Netflix, Disney, Universal Paramount, and Meta AI.
- Made a splash with her first film, which premiered at Telluride, was screened in over 50 international festivals, and is now on Amazon Prime.
- Has several projects optioned by Alcon, Escape Artists, and Little Engine.
- Is passionate about telling stories about good people who make bad choices for excellent reasons.

Welcome to the course! This introductory session provides an overview of the syllabus, assignment expectations, and course objectives.
- Instructor introduction
- Course overview & housekeeping
- Assignment expectations & peer collaboration guidelines
- Feedback briefing
Delves into how AI can be integrated into the creative process, exploring the ethical implications of using AI in screenwriting. You’ll learn about the potential benefits and challenges, from brainstorming and streamlining the writing process to concerns about creative autonomy and bias. This session also introduces several tools and software options for AI screenwriting.
- Overview of AI in the creative process
- Ethics of AI-assisted screenwriting
- Potential benefits & challenges
- Tools and software for AI screenwriting
- Demo & Work-Along: Creating a logline & brainstorming with AI
- Workshop: Sharing logline ideas for peer review & feedback
Find your creative balance with AI: Learn how to preserve your unique voice, navigate AI’s limits, and shape ideas that feel authentically yours, building your “personal thematic.” Plus, sharpen your skills in giving and receiving constructive feedback during a hands-on workshop.
- Preserving your unique voice
- Limitations of using AI
- Giving & receiving feedback
- Class Exercise: Personal thematic
- Workshop: Presenting a one-paragraph concept summary. Receiving and giving feedback on ideas
Reflection Paragraph: Explore what makes your story uniquely yours and how your personal voice shapes your ideas.
Assignment #1: Revise your logline and concept summary based on feedback from this week’s workshops.
Write characters that feel real. In this session, you’ll learn to mix AI tools with personal experiences to create layered backstories, explore what makes characters work in TV and film, and learn how their hopes and fears shape unforgettable stories.
- AI-assisted character profiling vs. lived experience
- Creating believable characters
- Writing compelling backstories
- Discussion: Examples of well-constructed characters from TV or film
- Workshop: Using an AI tool to generate a character backstory & building on it
Dive into the heart of character development by exploring motivations, conflicts, and game-changing moments. Learn how to craft dynamic characters for both series and features. Explore how AI can help you shape compelling backstories and turning points, all while keeping the human touch.
- Developing strong motivations & internal conflicts
- Character turning points & pivotal moments
- Demo & Work-Along: Character motivations and turning points: AI & lived experience
- Workshop: Exploring internal conflicts in series & turning points in features
Reflection Paragraph: Reflect on AI’s impact in developing authentic characters. What worked? What didn’t?
Assignment #2: Apply workshop feedback to enhance your character development.
Let’s focus on crafting dialogue that reflects the characters, genre, and tone of a screenplay. Examine how genre and tone influences dialogue choices, learning techniques for writing believable and impactful conversations. Explore AI tools to experiment with dialogue styles and enhance the tone and mood of your scenes.
- Genre & tone in dialogue
- Impact of tone on character behaviour and dialogue
- AI as a research tool for genre & tone
- Demo & Work-Along: Enhancing dialogue tone and mood using AI
- Workshop: Discussing ways to enhance the short scenes you created
Investigate fundamental visual storytelling concepts and techniques, exploring how AI can help to strengthen the visual elements in your scripts. Participate in a workshop where you’ll practice describing scenes with vivid, concise language, focusing on conveying a strong visual experience through words.
- Foundations of visual storytelling & world building
- Using AI to enhance and define your world
- Workshop: Condense a key action scene in groups
Reflection Paragraph: Consider how AI replicated your genre’s tone. What revisions did it need?
Assignment #3: Revise your short scene and dialogue based on feedback.
Tailor a pitch to specific audiences and use AI to refine it. Conduct AI-assisted target audience research and tailor your writing and marketing materials to specific audiences using AI suggestions.
- AI-assisted target audience research
- AI suggestions for writing & marketing
- Reviewing elements with AI suggestions
- Workshop: Sharing the first draft of your pitch deck and receiving peer feedback
This class focuses on the elements of a successful pitch, from identifying the core message to understanding how AI tools can help create a visually compelling pitch deck. You’ll learn industry standards and conventions, how to communicate your unique vision for your project, and how to use AI to brainstorm layouts for your pitch deck.
- Industry standards & conventions
- Identifying your core message
- Crafting the “why me, why this project?”
- Creating presentation-ready pitch decks
- Workshop: Brainstorm ways of visually representing the tone and theme of your script in a pitch deck
Reflection Paragraph: Analyze how AI and human feedback have guided you in your pitch deck ideas.
Assignment #4: Refine your logline and synopsis, using feedback from your first pitch deck draft.
Practice your pitch delivery and receive constructive feedback. Use AI tools to anticipate potential questions from producers and investors, brainstorming challenging scenarios and refining your responses.
- Workshop: Using AI to generate potential Q&A questions producers might ask you about your pitch.
Reflection Paragraph: Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your pitch and how you plan to improve it.
Assignment #5: Refine your pitch based on feedback and AI suggestions. Prepare to present it again in the next class.
It’s time to pitch! Present your polished pitch deck to your peers, giving you experience in presenting your ideas persuasively, fielding questions, and adapting to real-life feedback.
- Class pitch presentations
Keep those pitches coming! Hone this opportunity to give and receive feedback to upskill your pitching.
- Continuation of class pitch presentations
Examine the potential future of the screenwriting industry, focusing on collaboration, emerging technologies, and future trends. Learn the importance of building relationships with stakeholders in the film and television industry and learn about new advancements in screenwriting tools and techniques.
- Collaborate with stakeholders
- Emerging technologies in screenwriting
- Developing future-proof skills
Reflection Paragraph:Reflect on how your pitch improved throughout the course and the role your personal voice played in making it memorable.
Final Project: Using all the feedback you’ve received throughout the course from your instructor, peers, and AI, refine and finalize your complete pitch deck.
What our students say

BECOME A GAME WRITER
"I really love getting a close look at what the industry actually looks like. Adam's perspective is awesome and the class really makes you feel like you're peering over the fence at an industry that normally feels totally inaccessible."

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ANIMATION SCRIPTWRITING
"I'm enjoying this class and can't believe it is almost finished! Time certainly flew... and yet, I have learned a lot in this class!
This class has really allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and learn more about screenwriting for animated films by having me rewatch films I have seen and films I haven't watch before for research (in fact, my experiences in the class had given me the courage to view 'Anastasia', an animated film that I wanted to watch but never got to see it.) "

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ELVTR makes sure you not only feel safe to learn to create, but pushes you with a community driven approach that felt it worked better than a lot of college courses I've taken."

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BECOME A GAME WRITER
"Hearing about Adam’s experiences within the industry, and his range of experience, really helps put into perspective of what working for a company would possibly be like. And gives hints at what other skills we should foster."

BECOME A GAME WRITER
"The course is well-paced and the resources given are quite plentiful both during the lesson and on the slides. The assignments were challenging if you were new to a particular concept (ie screenwriting) but not only was there value in the exercise, there was great value in getting feedback from professionals."

CREATIVE ADVERTISING
"In 2021, I began to pivot into a new industry. I had always been on the legal side but I just didn't like it. So I decided to find a career where I could use my skills, while being creative and making lasting impact. That path lead me to Advertisement. I had no idea what or how to get in this industry. That was until I found the creative advertising course on art direction and copywriting by ELVTR. The course gave me a comprehensive overview of the entire creative advertising process. The instructors Ryan and Yi were fun, informative, and just overall great instructors . Being from a small town, with not as many creatives spaces or opportunities it was difficult to find quality education for advertisement. This course gave me a strong foundation, aswell as the confidence to continue my pursuits in making it in the advertising industry. I cannot thank ELVTR enough for the amazing experience!"

BECOME A GAME WRITER
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ANIMATION SCRIPTWRITING
"I've really loved this experience. As somebody who doesn't know many creatives in their personal life, it's been amazing to contact people for feedback and inspiration. This program feels like a genuine community, and being within a community is vital for a young writer like myself. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity."