Here's a bunch of FAQs about the workshop. (You can tell how long I've been writing, by the fact that you are seeing this on Blogspot!!!)
What is this workshop
about?
This workshop covers script
writing fundamentals for anyone who wants to create a dramatic text - a stage
play, a film script, a radio play, or a web series. Through the sessions we will
cover foundational ideas like how to craft plot, character and dialogue.
We will also work with myth,
dreams and archetypes through the Hero’s Journey – a very popular industry
format with screenwriters. A dramatic text can also be informed by painting and
music, and we will gain insights from these forms of expression to enhance our
ability to craft drama.
Research skills will round off
the basics. We will learn how to complement our imagination and personal
experience by sourcing real-world material to inspire our art. Fact is often
stranger than fiction! With a bit of training, we can make that work for us.
Who can attend?
The script writing fundamentals
workshop is meant for writers working in any dramatic medium, primarily theatre,
film, radio or digital. Some of the methods can also benefit those working in
narrative fiction looking to fine tune an ear for dialogue or refine their
plotting. Right from stand-up comics looking to generate material, through to
screenwriters pitching for a web series, there will be something for everyone
who wants to write a script.
What are the sessions like?
The workshop is made up of three units
- Workshop intensive
- Interactive sessions
- Script Mentoring
The workshop intensive is made up of 6 sessions of exercises, with sharing of tools and methods.
There will be 3 interactive
sessions with practitioners from the field.
A month-long mentoring session
follows, where you can receive professional feedback on a script that you are
working on, rewriting or have created as an outcome of the workshop.
All sessions will take place over
Zoom. Each session will be 2 hours long.
When are the sessions?
We will work on weekends (Sat
& Sun) in July from 6pm – 8pm starting 11th and 12th of
July.
Interactive Sessions will be
scheduled through August. Mentoring will be scheduled individually.
There will be a final online
reading of our work in September.
What will you charge?
The workshop fee is INR 9000/-
all inclusive. This covers nine sessions and the individual mentoring on a
script of your choice.
If you would only like to attend
the sessions, without the mentoring then the fee is INR 7000/-
Student discounts and concessions
are available on request.
What exactly will we learn?
Here’s a brief overview of some
of the things we will cover.
Plotting – the classic approach
to revelation and the reversal
Character – getting a grip on wants
and obstacles
Dialogue – the psychological
approach
Dialogue – the speech genre
Hero’s Journey – working with myth,
dreams and archetypes
Time, Space and Setting – Engaging
multiple art forms for insights
Research skills for writers –
methods and tools
How do I sign up?
Sign up using the Instamojo
link https://imjo.in/3FtNek
