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3:15 PM -
5:15 PM
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Tuesday
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Fade In Address: "Tales from the Script"
SCSFe is proud to present "Tales from the Script," a brand new 105-minute documentary co-written and produced by Paul Robert Herman that includes 50 Hollywood screenwriters including William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Princess Bride, Marathon Man), Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), John Carpenter (Halloween), Nora Ephron (You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Julie & Julia), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull), Gerald DiPego (Phenomenon, Message in a Bottle, The Forgotten), John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and many more who share their triumphs and hardships in this probing, insightful, and often hilarious odyssey through the world of movie storytelling.
These writers reveal the fascinating creative adventures that gave birth to beloved classics (and notorious flops). By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, these writers explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in Hollywood.
Variety's Todd McCarthy called the film "a lively collection of war stories," and Film Threat's Chris Gore described it as "the best film about writing I've ever seen."
Following the screening there will be a brief Q&A with Paul Robert Herman.
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Paul Robert Herman
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10:00 AM -
5:30 PM
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Wednesday
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Ken Rotcop Day
An award winning writer and former Creative Head of four studios, Ken will cover the following:
* How to sell yourself and your ideas to Hollywood!
* Who runs Hollywood and how do I get to them?
* Secrets of the dreaded synopsis and how to get them to read it?
* Writing contests, real or phony?
* Books on screenwriting and how they screw you up!
* What happens to my screenplay AFTER it has been accepted?
* Do I need an agent, a manager and/or an attorney?
* And finally, practice your pitch with Rotcop. By utilizing several of the students in the seminar he will show them how to perfect the two minute or less pitch.
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Ken Rotcop
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7:00 AM -
8:30 AM
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Thursday
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Writing Warm-Up
Join Anne's early morning writing warm-ups to center yourself for the day. Bring pen and paper and keep the hand moving on the page. Write who you are and what you feel in a safe, encouraging environment. Anne's workshop creates a buzz at each year's conference. She is back by popular demand.
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Anne Randolph
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Writing Warm-Up
Join Anne's early morning writing warm-ups to center yourself for the day. Bring pen and paper and keep the hand moving on the page. Write who you are and what you feel in a safe, encouraging environment. Anne's workshop creates a buzz at each year's conference. She is back by popular demand.
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Anne Randolph
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MAKING PEOPLE OUT OF PAPER
There are two aspects to creating great characters: how they're imagined and how they're built. "Imagined" means what they have to do in the story, how they'll grow and change, inner vs. outer goals, etc. "Built" is how you write the character to instantly communicate who she is, what she is, and most important, how the reader/viewer is supposed to feel about her. Ian Abrams will discuss some basics for making your characters pop off the page and into the reader's imaginations.
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Ian Abrams
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BUILDING ONE-OF-A-KIND PROTAGONISTS
Unique, one-of-a-kind protagonists are a requirement if you're to sell your original screenplay. Think about the protagonists in JUNO, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, PRECIOUS, A SERIOUS MAN, HALF NELSON: all are a result of thinking outside-of-the-box and throwing away the standard ideas Hollywood argues for in a protagonist. We'll take a look at approaches and techniques that will help you find an intriguing and memorable protagonist who will help drive your story and create a screenplay bound to get noticed!
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Terry Borst
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HIGH CONCEPT HOLLYWOOD
How to find and develop ideas that Hollywood is looking for and you are passionate about. A great script with a dull idea is a dull script. Learn tools like Magnification, Flipping, Substitution, Cousins, Word Association, why High Concept is *Your* Concept, finding your personal themes in high concept ideas.
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William Martell
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DIALOGUE AND GENRE CASE STUDY: Romantic Comedy
The importance of genre can't be over-emphasized in screenwriting - knowing genre conventions is key to making your project work. And dialogue conventions -- the "kiss off" line in an action film, the "villain rationalization speech" in a thriller -- are as important as any other element in meeting or subverting audience expectations and in setting the tone.
In this 90-minute seminar, we'll look at the dialogue conventions of the Romantic Comedy, discussing specific ways to create the perfect misunderstanding of the "cute meet," hilarious fights and the kind of memorable, unique "I love you," that stops an audience's heart.
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Wendall Thomas
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7:00 AM -
8:30 AM
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Saturday
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Writing Warm-Up
Join Anne's early morning writing warm-ups to center yourself for the day. Bring pen and paper and keep the hand moving on the page. Write who you are and what you feel in a safe, encouraging environment. Anne's workshop creates a buzz at each year's conference. She is back by popular demand.
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Anne Randolph
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This list of seminars
is based on the availability of the instructors
and is subject to change without notification.
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