Writing and Promoting the Screenplay
Writing and Promoting the Screenplay is a two-day seminar in which the craft of screenwriting and screenplay promotion is taught and discussed. Days and time will be Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Hosting is Garret C. Maynard (MA USC, WGAe Signatory, Screenwriting Instructor: Wesleyan, Sacred Heart & Yale Universities)
To sponsor a seminar in your area please call: 203.345.6167.
Day 1
09:00 a.m.
Introductions
09:30 a.m.
Origins of Story Telling
12:30 p.m. Lunch
01:00 p.m.
The Screenplay Formula
02:30 p.m.
Screen: Graffiti
03:30 p.m.
Format
05:00 p.m.
Questions
Day 2
09:00 a.m.
Analysis of a Screenplay
12:00 p.m. Lunch
01:00 p.m. Review Query Letters
03:00 p.m. Shoot DPK
05:00 p.m. Questions
What You Will Learn From Attending the Seminar
- The history of story telling as it applies to screenwriting
- The psychology of human behavior as it applies to screenwriting
- Screenplay format as it applies to feature length motion pictures
- Story criticism as it applies to feature length motion pictures
- Screenplay analysis as it applies to a feature length screenplay
- Screenplay promotion
- Script analysis
Skills That You Will Acquire From the Seminar
- A skill that will make you a better story teller
- A skill that will make you a better screenwriter.
- A skill that will allow you to write better query letters
- A skill that will allow you to promote your screenplay
- A skill that will allow you to be better critic
What You Will be Given
- 120 page manual
- Unproduced screenplay
- WGAe representation
- Digital Press Kit (DPK)
- Lot's of Love and Attention : )