Workshop Itinerary - Meeting the Needs of Your Screenplay

MEETING YOUR SCREENPLAY'S NEEDS - Presented by KIMBERLY SEILHAMER

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Friday, April 21st - Saturday, April 22nd 2006. First twelve enrollees also receive a 30-minute One-on-one appointment with Kimberly on Sunday, April 23rd.

PLEASE NOTE: This breakdown is tentative and may change without notice.

Friday, April 21st (DAY ONE):

8:30 – 9:00 Check-in / Individual Consultation sign-ups

9:00 - 9:15 Introduction

9:15 – 10:00 Quality screenplays have one thing in common:

EVERYTHING IS BASED ON NEED.

1. Intro the needs of genre

2. Intro the needs of budget

3. Intro the needs of theme

4. Intro the needs of conflict

5. intro the needs of character

10:00 – 10:45 Needs of Budget –

1. How to build a great low budget script from the inside out

2. Appropriate Set Pieces for your Project

3. Q&A (time permitting)

10:45 - 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:00 Needs of Theme

1. What a great theme can do for your project

2. What you must do for your theme

3. Exploring your theme

4. Q&A (time permitting)

12:00 – 1:00 Need for Conflict in your screenplay

1. Faces of Conflict

2. Identifying opportunities for conflict

3. Building choices into your story that set up conflict

4. Q&A (time permitting)

1:00 - 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 Writing For Production - Everything You Think You know, But You Don't.

1. Do's an Don'ts

2. Tricks of the trade

3. The art of cutting

4. Q&A (time permitting)

3:00 - 4:00 Needs of Structure

1. Identifying Structure

2. Sequencing

3. Traditional and non-traditional Structure

4. Structure within Structure

5. Q&A (time permitting)

4:00 - 4:15 Break

4:15 - 6:15 The Need for Dimension in Character

1. Polarization and conflict in character

2. Building your characters and their dimensions

3. Designing your cast to suit the story

4. Needs common to every protagonist, antagonist, and anti-hero

5. Q&A (time permitting)

END OF DAY

Friday, April 22nd (DAY TWO):

8:30 - 9:00 Employing Your Plot

1. Putting Plot & Structure in bed together

2. Plots & Subplots

9:00 - 10:15 Needs of Genre – Drama

1. Character

2. Plot

3. Structure

4. Q&A (time permitting)

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 Needs of Genre – Comedy / Romantic Comedy

1. Character

2. Plot

3. Structure

4. Q&A (time permitting)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 Needs of Genre – Action

1. Character

2. Plot

3. Structure

4. Q&A (time permitting)

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45– 4:15 Needs of Genre – Thriller

1. Character

2. Plot

3. Structure

4. Q&A (time permitting)

4:15 - 4:30 Break

4:30 – 6:00 Needs of Genre – Horror

1. Character

2. Plot

3. Structure

4. Q&A (time permitting)

6:00 - 6:15 Consultation Confirmations

END OF DAY

Sunday, April 23rd (DAY THREE): INDIVIDUAL ONE-ON-ONES (12)

Use this opportunity to brainstorm your current project or problem-solve issues currently present in your script. If you have other questions about marketing or selling your work, you may use this time to ask them as well. First twelve enrollees will have a thirty minute meeting on this day. Remaining attendees will receive their one-on-one via phone conference.

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