Introduction to Screen Writing

 
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May 10, 2012
10:00 amto12:30 pm
May 17, 2012
10:00 amto12:30 pm
May 24, 2012
10:00 amto12:30 pm
May 31, 2012
10:00 amto12:30 pm

Coming this Spring – A brand new course at Moray Art Centre for all budding screenwriters

The aims of this course are to give the new screenwriter a full grounding in all aspects of practical screenwriting as well as information on production, promotion and film-making, all of which are essential for a screenwriter to advance in this field. Lessons will include:

  • Information delivering. (How to write a script, what do technical terms mean, who to send a script to… )
  • Exercises in class. (Imagination games, scriptwriting and reading, criticism forums)
  • Homework. (Scriptwriting tasks to complete, as well as scripts and films to watch and criticise)

Cost £40

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Course Details

  • Course led by Sophie McCook
  • Aimed at all levels of experience
  • Number of students: Max 10 / Min 6, Aged 16+
  • Booking Details

About the Tutor: Sophie is a writer for film, television and theatre and she is also a freelance journalist, translator and author.  Her credits include:

THE THIRD CHAIR aka FAITH; Feature screenplay in development with Mead Kerr and Harbour Pictures.

PEERS; 60 mins returning drama series. Written in association with Channel 4′s Pilots Project.

STOCKHOLM; Feature film

THE LAST TIME; Film short in association with Steadi-Red and Last Time Productions

CREEP; Film short in association with Burnt Candle Productions

THE KING IS DEAD; A translation of Ionesco’s Le Roi Se Meurt

A MEETING; BBC Radio Scotland, part of the ‘Days Like This’ series

THE LIFE TRAINER; BBC Radio 4. Directed by Lu Kemp

JOHNNY COME LATELY; Stage musical, shortlisted for the Highland Quest Competition

Winner of the Neil Gunn competition for short story writing