Half-day Course at Filmbase - ‘Hollywood Screenwriting: Jumping the First Hurdle’
Hollywood Screenwriting: Jumping The First Hurdle
Friday 26th of March
1.00 - 3.30pm
In Hollywood, thousands of scripts land on the desks of producers, agents, actors and studio executives every day - how can you make sure that yours makes it past the first hurdle? This hurdle is actually a person - a script reader - and he or she can be many things: a stressed assistant, a summer intern, or - if you’re lucky - someone who has spent years analyzing scripts and can recognize talent and potential when they see it.
This two to three hour workshop with experienced story analyst/editor James Bartlett will talk about the business of script reading, the differences between the US and UK film industries, and the ways to break into the US market.
This lecture will give you industry information and tips that will make your script a more professional and sellable product. Whether you are applying for funding, entering a competition or sending off writing samples, this lecture will help your script jump the first hurdle. Most importantly it will discuss the “Unlucky/Lucky 13″ common but deadly mistakes that screenwriters make - and are instant killers for a reader. These 13 mistakes will include discussion of simple-to-fix problems such as formatting and presentation to transitions and evoking emotion, as well as a number of others.
Following this - time permitting - there would be discussion of story ideas by the writers themselves in a “Hollywood style” pitch session.
Every writer has spent weeks, months and years working on their script, and now it’s finally ready to go out into the world: this lecture will give you the “Unlucky/Lucky 13″ mistakes to make sure that it doesn’t fall at the first hurdle.
YOUR SPEAKER: JAMES BARTLETT
James Bartlett is a writer and journalist living in Los Angeles. He is also a story analyst for the Sundance Institute, National Geographic Films, New Regency, UCLA and the Academy of Motion Pictures’ Nicholl Screenwriting Awards, the US consultant for Euroscript, and a reader for several regional funders in the UK and Ireland.
Cost: €40 for members/ €55 for non-members
Venue: Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Date: 1 - 3.30pm, Friday 26th March
TO BOOK:
All booking must be made in advance at Filmbase reception. Call by in person during office hours (Mon - Fri, 9.30am to 5.30pm) or ring 01 679 6716.
For more info on all of the Training available at Filmbase visit www.filmbase.ie/training. Courses are available in a wide range of areas including scriptwriting, camera & lighting, directing, acting, sound, editing (Final Cut Pro), post-production effects, multimedia applications (Photoshop, Illustrator) and much, much more!