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Announcing New Script Writing and Filmmaking Workshops Online
Martie Cook, TV Script Writer Creating Successful Series:
How to Get Your TV Pilot
Out of your Head and Onto the Screen


Friday, November 19th, 2021
2pm to 4pm, EST


Coming up with a great idea for a TV pilot is fairly simple. Writing that all-important Episode #1 is far more complex. This workshop will examine key elements that can make or break a television pilot. Discussion will include proven tips for writing a standout script and also how to avoid some common pitfalls.





Sketch Writing Interactive
Workshop Online


Saturday, November 13, 2021
2pm to 4pm, EST


Key Topics: What a good sketch can do for you, and why you should write one. Sketches that work, and why they work. How to make your sketch stand the test of time. Incorporating universal humor. How to structure your sketch. The elements of good sketch writing. Character sketches. Story sketches. Parody sketches. Writing solid jokes. The advantage to writing a sketch you can shoot and use as a calling card.

Led by Martie Cook,
TV Screenwriter / Producer;
Author of Critically Acclaimed Book,
"Write To TV: Out of Your Head
and Onto the Screen."


Martie Cook has more than three decades of experience as a respected writer and producer of television and film. She has worked for ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS as well as for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios.

A member of the Writers Guild of America West, Cook has written for hit television shows such as the top-ten Nielsen-rated Full House, the cult classic, Charles in Charge, the nontraditional family comedy, Joe's Life and Rysher Entertainment's crime drama, One West Waikiki...

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David K. Irving

Film Directing Interactive Workshop Online


Led by David K. Irving, Film Director / Screenwriter;
Author of Award-Winning Book, "Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video;" NYU, TISCH Academic Director & Associate Professor

Saturday, October 30, 2021
2pm to 5pm, EST

Produced and Hosted Online by StudentFilmmakers.com



WHEN:
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2021
Time/Duration: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST (3 Hours)
Check-In: Check-in starts at 1:30 p.m., EST.

WHERE:
StudentFilmmakers.com via Zoom
Livestream: This online, interactive workshop will be held in a live,
virtual format.


COST:
$180.00. Get $15 off now when you register online today.

STUDENT DISCOUNTS:
Students with valid Student Photo ID receive additional 10% off.
Use coupon code: STUDENT10

You must email your Student Photo ID to: [email protected]

CLASS SIZE: 30.
Class size is limited for quality.
Registration is first come, first serve.
Reserve your seat today.

SYLLABUS

Overview: The director is an interpretive artist, shaping the creative vision for the telling of a visual story. Whether the director has written the primary source or has taken on another writer's original or adapted screenplay, he or she becomes the interpreter of the story when the time comes to step on the set. In this most collaborative of arts, the director is an inspiration and a supervisor to the efforts of the many talented artists and craftspeople who are charged with bringing his or her vision to the screen.

TOPICS:

The Director in Pre-Production
  • Who and what is the director?
  • The screenplay as blueprint
  • Actors are characters
The Director in Production
  • Blocking, beats and business
  • Cinematographer as director's eyes
  • Set procedures
  • Staying on schedule and budget
  • The director as therapist
The Director in Post-Production
  • Editing: the final rewrite
  • Spotting
  • ADR
  • Director's cut
The Director in Distribution
  • Junkets
  • Directing as a career choice
Attendance:

In order to receive your Certificate of Completion, you MUST attend the full duration of the workshop.




NYU Professor David K. Irving is a film director, screenwriter, author, and professor. He is the author of several textbooks, including The Fundamentals of Film Directing and Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video. David's professional film credits as director include Night of the Cyclone (1990) with Kris Kristofferson and Marisa Berenson; C.H.U.D. II (1988) with Robert Vaughn and Gerrit Graham; The Emperor's New Clothes (1987) with Sid Caesar and Robert Morse; Sleeping Beauty (1987) with Morgan Fairchild, Tawnee Welch, and Sylvia Miles; Rumpelstiltskin (1987) with Amy Irving and Billy Barty; Goodbye, Cruel World (1983) with Dick Shawn and Cynthia Sikes. Read more...


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