| SCREENWRITING |
| INTRODUCTION
TO SCREENWRITING [Beginner to Intermediate] Learn the essential skills required for screenwriting. Develop an understanding of effective storytelling, dialogue and industry standard formatting. Learn how to hone your story concept into work that is compelling and unique. Develop solid techniques to help with characterisation and discuss genre and plot types to help improve your work. Throughout the course participants are encouraged to present their story ideas, which are discussed and developed in class. Tutor: Roger Nelson 6 x Thu [Eve] 18hrs | 03/04 – 08/05 or 6 x Tue [Eve] 18 hrs | 05/08 – 09/09 $341 / $400 non-members | 15 places |
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| STRUCTURE
YOUR SCREENPLAY TO SELL [Open to All] Learn how to turn your screenplay or movie idea into a story that sells. Assess your work with the eyes of a professional, using the much touted but rarely master-ed ‘three act structure’. Focus on the rewriting process and the preparation of a strong submission document for producers and funding agencies. Tutor: Karel Segers A Licentiate of Germanic Philology (University of Louvain, Belgium) was the Head of Production and Programming at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London (Sky, UK), before which he was a buyer and on-screen TV host for Europe’s Canal Plus. He served as a movie show host for MTV Europe, a producer for market leader Radio 2 Belgium and a consultant to the Flanders International Film Festival. Karel has produced two short dramas and co-produced a documentary and a feature film. He is in development with a feature film and in production with a short 3D CGI animation. Over the past few years Karel has acted as a story analyst, consulting to writers, directors and producers on films in development as well as post-production. His views are published in The Story Dept. (story.ozzywood.com) as well as 'Karel's Feedback Forum' on the AWG web site. Both of the nominees for the AWG Monte Miller Award 2007 are Karel's clients. 2 x Sat [Day] 12hrs | 21/06 – 28/06 $193 / $227 non-members | 15 places |
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| ADVANCED
SCREENWRITING (Intermediate to Advanced) In an interactive workshop structure, master a range of valuable methods to improve and extend your writing skills. Through practical exercises, class discussion and feedback, learn how to strengthen your writing, add complexity to characters and create compelling storylines. Develop an awareness of the universal themes and personal dimensions of screenwriting and gain confidence in your own creativity. Work with the group to analyse, edit and rewrite your own and other scripts. Special Feature: All participants bring a first draft of a short film script, or 10 pages of a feature film script for development. Tutor: Alec Morgan Alec Morgan is an experienced screenwriter and filmmaker whose productions have screened on ABCTV and internationally. His recent feature Hunt Angels, screened in cinemas in 2006, was nominated for four AFI awards and screened at Parliament house. Other credits include the multi-award winning Lousy Little Sixpence (1984), Admission Impossible (1993) and The End Of The Earth (1990), winner of the Gold Medal for Best Environmental Film at the 1990 New York Film Festival. Alec’s short film writing and directing credits include Old Fella Now (1980), winner of Best Short Film at the Adelaide Film Festival and Dusty Hearts (1990), winner of Best Short Film at the 1991 Asia-Pacific film festival. Alec has been twice nominated for an AWGIE Award for his scripts. 3 x Sat [Day] 18hrs | 08/11 – 22/11 $341 / $400 non-members | 15 places |