Information on the weekend seminar:
Screenwriting for Hollywood From Concept to Sale
The Goal of the Screenwriter
• The essential objective of every successful screenplay
• Employing the five elements common to all successful movies
Developing Salable Story Concepts
• The two most important components of a properly stated story concept
• Adapting novels, plays and true stories
Structuring Your Story
• The five major turning points of a screenplay
• The 19 most effective principles of plot structure
Creating Multi-Dimensional Characters
• The three methods of ensuring audience identification with your character
• Inner conflict, character growth and theme
• Developing the four primary character types
Writing Scenes that Come Alive
• Creating original, powerful dialogue
• Achieving the primary objective of your own style
The Business of Hollywood
• Securing agents, producers, directors and stars
• Protecting and controlling your writing
• Understanding options, sales and development deals
Screenwriting as a Career
• Writing for episodic television
• The eight steps to screenwriting success
Included in your Weekend
• Extensive information and techniques beyond those available in (Michael Hauge's) book
• Film clips from recent successful movies illustrating the concepts presented
• A complete course workbook which allows you to re-examine the seminar at your leisure
• Excerpts from recent successful screenplays
• An in-depth analysis of the screenplay for a recent Hollywood feature film
• Group discussion of your own story concepts
