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Film

Robert Petrella

FILM20 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
54.55%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you already write and want industry-style feedback, not a beginner screenwriting bootcamp.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerGives Good FeedbackTough GraderSurface LevelIndustry ExperiencePolarizing
  • some call him a ; others say content is generic and lazy.
  • and loglines can be strong, but many expected more scriptwriting craft teaching.
  • ; grades land A-B with and uneven structure.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Many still earn A or B, but and vague structure mean an A needs meetings and rewrites, not coasting.

; online reviews more often report B with tougher feel.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Material can feel basic or and presentations.

; online calls difficulty higher and disappointing.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Majority of detailed reviews mark attendance mandatory for FILM20 meetings and presentations.

Online and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

; others warn beginners to avoid.

In-person fans are warmer; online reviews are cooler overall.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

Tough grader tags appear often; success .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

About 20 pages of original content plus presentations; but project-heavy.

Format shift

Similar project load online and in person with less structure online.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Industry experience and ; others find lectures surface-level and disorganized.

Format shift

In-person has stronger positive outliers; online skews more critical.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Grades revolve around treatments, presentations, group projects, and limited script-adjacent work rather than exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and fun lectures; critics say structure is unclear and .

Main concern

Assumes prior story skill; group first scripts and .

What students said

“Thanks to his lectures and feedbacks, anyone who took his class can finish at least 1 script.”
FILM20
“Of all the actual script. Waste of time.”
FILM20
“Expects you to already be a good script writer.”
FILM20

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online FILM20 reviews are mostly negative, citing , and weak craft teaching.

Main concern

Online delivery feels disappointing for character, dialogue, and worldbuilding skills.

What students said

“If you expect to learn about character development, worldbuilding, dialogue, etc. You'll be let down.”
FILM20
“He already expects everyone to know how to write a script and then he just goes on about script writing without even teaching it.”
FILM20

Exam style

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Assessment centers on presentations and writing projects; a .

Project PresentationsTreatmentsGroup ScriptFinal Questions

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person work emphasizes presentations and ; at least one final included questions never covered in class.

PresentationsGroup ProjectFinal QuestionsTreatment Writing
“If you meet with him between presentations and and make those changes you will do well.”
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“ .”
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Online

Online reviews do not clearly describe proctored exams; focus stays on loglines, treatments, and .

TreatmentsLoglinesProject Grading
“He mostly talks about loglines and treatments with a pretty old-fashioned way of storytelling.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Of all the actual script. Waste of time.”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 polarized FILM20 reviews, balancing industry-praise and beginner-frustration themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality Split

50/100

“Professor Petrella is one of the . !”

📉 Craft Teaching Gaps

35/100

“Surface-level, generic, and lazy content.”

⚖️

70/100

“ . All in all, highly recommend taking his class.”

🚫 Beginner Warning

40/100

“Expects you to already be a good script writer.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he is funny and cares
  • An industry professional who clearly knows what hes talking about
  • Kinda all over the place and unclear

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Ridiculously easy class even from a beginner
  • If you meet with him between presentations ... you will do well

Theme 3

🎬 About Course Content

  • you are never assigned to write an actual script
  • He mostly talks about loglines and treatments
  • You will have to write about 20 pgs of original content total

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven polarized but detailed reviews from 2019-2025 give a ; sample is moderate and mostly FILM20.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 52

Course coverage

FILM2011 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 1 · A 5

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1