This intensive workshop will help those that want to write scripts, those working on scripts, those that want to polish their script and the seasoned screenwriter as well. If you want to learn about the industry or are in the industry, the workshop will give producers, directors, actors and editors an inside look into the beginning spark of the creative process of filmmaking and how a story and characters develop.
For Tickets and to submit screenplays go to:
http://www.miamifilmfestival.com/industry/screenwriting.aspx
Both Days- 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Lunch is included
About The Workshop!!
Gregory Allen Howard, Award-winning screenwriter, producer, author, playwright, and essayist whose credits include Remember The Titans and Ali, and the stage play, Tinseltown Trilogy, will lead this intensive two-day screenwriting session. Mr. Howard is the first and only African American screenwriter in the history of film to script a $100 million movie. He is a two-time NAACP Image Award Winner for Titans and Ali, winner of the prestigious Christopher Award for Titans, and the Howard University Paul Robeson Award for artistic excellence. As a writer/producer, Mr. Howard’s most recent projects
include “The Chaos” a 6-hour mini-series for Epix that involves the CIA’s attempt to subvert the anti-war movement in the late 60s; and “Better Angels,” a social drama starring and directed by Forest Whitaker that begins shooting in late 2011.
Day One (Saturday August 27, 2011)
Morning Session Screenwriting 101 (FEE $100/person Day One workshop only or $125 Day One workshop + audience attendance at Day Two-Master Class Script Consultation and scene readings. (Script consultation and fees separate and by invitation only. Submit your script at the ticket link above) Introduction to the art of screenwriting. There will be a pitch session at the end of the morning workshop. Please bring your 30-second movie idea and pitch it out, time permitting.
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Lunch is included
Topics to include:
– How to lay out a story
– Three act structure
– The set up
– The payoff
– How to create compelling characters
– How to create a page turning script
– The power of narrative
– Reversals, surprises, pacing
– Rules of genre
– Rules of the first ten pages
– Proper formatting
– How to break the rules
– How to write for a movie star
– How to write for a director
– How to get your script read
– Secrets to dialogue
– The secret of action adventure
– Protagonist/Villain, two sides of a coin
– The secret of drama and comedy
– How to avoid clichés
– Creating a thematic question
– Stakes