DATES: Thursdays, July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21 from 7:00-9:00 PM
Fee: $125
This workshop is an introduction to the primary elements of story telling – passion for the idea, characters worth meeting, a message with meaning – as they relate to screenwriting. This workshop is designed for writer/producers with short fiction projects (under 30 minutes.) The workshop is designed to explore your personal voice and encourage a regular writing practice. Participants will be expected to do weekly writing assignments and should have a story idea that they are working on.
INSTRUCTOR: Tanya Hamilton’s debut feature, Stringbean & Marcus, starring Mos Def, Sophie Okonedo, John Legend and Snoop Dogg, developed at the Sundance Institute’s Filmmaking and Writing Labs, is currently set for production in late 2008. Her short film, The Killers, was awarded best short film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1996 and in 1997 she received the Director’s Guild of America Award for best female director. She was awarded the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts and is the only screenwriter to ever receive the award, the Gordon Parks award for best screenplay. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Division of Film and also of Cooper Union in visual arts.
Contact:
Scribe Video Center
4212 Chestnut Street
3rd Floor
Philadelphia PA 19104
215 222 4201
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