Screenwriting Workshop

Every film starts with a screenplay. Master the methods to crafting engaging, entertaining, and memorable scripts

In this 5-day intensive workshop you will learn about the craft of dramatic writing, how to write for the screen, and how to market your work.

Whether you seek to write shorts or features, Hollywood glamor or indie grit, we’ll show you how to write screenplays that light up the screen.

Main topics:

• Structures
• Plotting tools
• Scene design
• Characters design
• Dialogue techniques
• Pitching

Course outline:

Class 1

• Storytelling fundamentals:
• The functions of a screenplay
• Conflict. Theme. Genre. Tone
• Plotting Tools:Story Line. Synopsis.Log Line.
• Outlines and Beat sheets

Class 2

• Screenplay structure: Types and fundamentals.
• Linear and non linear structures
• 1st act: Inciting incident. The first 10 pages. First plot point.
• 2nd Act: Sub plots. Second Plot Point and Mid point.
• 3rd Act: Crisis. Climax and Endings

Class 3

• Scene Writing
• Scene fundamentals: Goals.
• Scene Structure: Beginning, ending and turning point
• Scene design. Writing with Beats.
• Script format tools
• Techniques: Set up and pay off, Enter late, get out earlier
• Subtext techniques

Class 4

• Characters
• Creating Compelling Characters
• The character core: Motivation. Goal. The character spine
• The protagonist. • The antagonist.• Other characters.
• Secondary characters design
• The Hero's Journey
• The Character´´Biography

• Dialogue I
• Film Dialogue fundamentals
• Dialogue format
• Dialogue Techniques: Set up and pay off, trigger,repetition
• Unexpected response. Supense sentence

Class 5

• Dialogue part II
• Subtext techniques
• The pause. The rhythm
• The voice over
• The golden rule for film dialogue

• Pitching
• Pitching keys
• Pitching techniques: How to sell your tv serie to the industry
• The elevator pitch design
• How to prepare a Pitch meeting

Course details:

January 20th- January 24th, 2025

5pm to 7pm.US Eastern time

2pm to 4pm. US Pacific time

5 sessions of 2 hours each.

Total: 10 hours.

The workshop will be held live in a virtual classroom in Zoom

Class recordings will be available for registered participants

Meeting details are provided once the booking is completed.

Instructor:

Ezequiel Rubin.Born in Argentina, 1977. He works as Script consultant/Scriptwriting and Directing Teacher. He has collaborated for several projects from Spain, Argentina Italy and Canada, working for companies such as Tve, Factotum, Rai Cinema, Tv3, Met Films and MediaPro.Founder of Cinelab, film school based in Barcelona, provides Screenwriting, Filmmaking courses and coaching for Writers, Actors and Directors.

He is actually working as Script consultant/Script doctor for several projects from USA and Europe.

CV

Script Consultant

Blackbird-Tv Series//Last Little bit productions. (Australia)

Unoccupy-Tv series//Virual Virtue (USA)

Remember I love you-Feature Film//The Mastermind(USA)

Impunity-Documentary//The Big Story-Mediapro. (Spain)

Frecuencia Oculta-Feature Film//Adcis Films. (Colombia)

Quien eres-Feature film//Cuarenta Films.(Spain)

Contact us:

[email protected]

https://van344.wixsite.com/cinelab

Host or Publisher Cinelab