The Creative Business of Screenwriting
This four-week intensive course is a hands-on screenwriting workshop that offers participants an interactive environment in which to learn the art and business of screenwriting. In weekly three hour sessions you will learn the importance of concept, how to develop your idea, proper script format and structure, character development and how to market your completed screenplay.
Each participant is asked to come prepared with at least one feature film script idea (preferably up to three ideas) on the first day. You are welcome to bring a script you are currently working on though it is recommended you come in with a fresh idea. There will be a short assignment each week which will be evaluated and discussed in the following class.
Space is limited to 8 Participants.
Course Outline
Week 1: The Concept, Loglines/Synopsis and Treatments, Marketing, Introduction on Structure
(Assignment - Writing a 3-5 page Treatment)
Week 2:, Character Development, the 1st Page
(Assignment - Character Bios)
Week 3: Organizing the Material, Mapping Out Your Screenplay, Anatomy of a Scene
(Assignment - The First 10 Pages)
Week 4: Writing Great Dialogue, Evaluating the First 10 Pages
The Creative Business
of Screenwriting
COURSE DETAILS
Where: Cindy Tanas Acting Studio
643 Yonge Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON
When: March 23-April 13, 2010 7:00 - 10:00pm
Course Fee: $250.00
"Barbara is one of the few screenwriters I consistently approach because she can deliver high quality material in a variety of genres. She understands the business and knows what it takes to create a winning script for both television drama and feature films.”
- Tom Mudd, Producer – Tricon Films & Television
