Introduction to Professional Screenwriting: Creating and Selling your Movie Script
Program start date | Application deadline |
2024-06-07 | - |
Program Overview
Introduction to Professional Screenwriting: Creating and Selling your Movie Script
Overview
This three-day course of workshops, led by screenwriter and ARU lecturer Toby Venables, aims to develop your storytelling skills as a screenwriter and provide professional, real-world insights to help you break into the industry.
Course Details
- Duration: 3 days
- Location: Cambridge
- Dates: Friday 7- Sunday 9 June 2024
- Time: 10am-4.30pm
- Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Course Content
- Day One: Theme and Logline
- Day Two: Character and Treatment
- Day Three: Structure and Script
Learning Outcomes
- The key to compelling characters
- The role of the ‘treatment’
- How pitching works
- Why structure comes last
- What really drives your story
- Where you need to focus in your next project
- What film execs want (and what they need)
Who Should Attend
This three-day workshop is designed for aspiring screenwriters looking to hone their craft and break into the industry, or existing professionals wishing to take their practice to the next level.
Fees & Funding
- Course Fees: £750
Entry Requirements
Please email a brief synopsis of no more than 500 words to [insert email].
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Program Outline
Teaching:
This three-day workshop is led by screenwriter and ARU lecturer Toby Venables, co-creator and co-writer of the BAFTA-winning Netflix film His House (2020). Each workshop will also include a Q&A session in which participants have the opportunity to put any screenwriting or industry-related question to the workshop leader.
Careers:
This three-day workshop is designed for aspiring screenwriters looking to hone their craft and break into the industry, or existing professionals wishing to take their practice to the next level.