Past Workshop Descriptions

Advanced Script Studio: 5 Sessions

This class has been designed for writers who want to develop a screenplay project in a supportive workshop setting over the course of multiple sessions. The class will provide an encouraging environment in which to test your ideas, targeted feedback to improve your screenwriting skills, and helpful deadlines to increase your writing output. Writers should arrive at the first class with a clear idea of the project they want to develop and its intended format (e.g. short film, feature film, web series or television). This class may be used to begin a new project or develop a piece of existing material. Participants will present their work each session, either by pitching their idea or offering a piece of written work (e.g. beat sheet, outline, scene) to be read or performed together in class. After presenting their work, every participant will receive constructive in-class feedback from the group and the instructor. To get the most out of the class, each writer should plan to invest significant time outside of the class to work on their project so that they will have new material to discuss each week. Participants are expected to attend all the scheduled classes; the workshop method requires writers to both give and receive constructive feedback. For this reason, it is not acceptable to leave once your project has been discussed. The instructor will use each individual project to illuminate screenwriting concepts and storytelling techniques that will be of use to every writer. 

This is not an introductory class. Participants must have taken Introduction to Screenwriting, Story Development or have experience writing screenplays. This class encourages imagination, creativity and originality. This workshop is based on conventional narrative (fiction) filmmaking and storytelling practices and is therefore not suited to projects that aspire to be non-narrative or avant-garde. 

Note: For this workshop (Advanced Script Studio: 5 Sessions), there will be no class on October 31, 2024.

READ BEFORE REGISTERING
Prior to the class, please create a profile on Zoom and download the free version of the application. You will receive an email from LIFT with an invitation link to join the workshop one hour before the class begins which will prompt you to open the application or web browser. Please ensure that you log in using a Zoom account with a profile name that appears as the same name registered for the class. If not, for security reasons, you may not be permitted to join. During the workshop, we advise that you keep your microphone on mute to minimize external noise and that you unmute when participating in class discussions. Please also arrive to the session on time for attendance and class participation. ONLINE workshops may be recorded for staff and facilitator assessment. Recorded material will not be made available to participants. Review all workshop policies before registering.

Location: Online
Category: Writing
Maximum Capacity: 6
3 hours of instruction in 5 parts$275 /member$300 /nonmember

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