SCREENWRITING – INTRODUCTION
MKCW – Screenwriting : Introduction Course Outline
Thanks for enrolling in the course. I hope you enjoy it and find it very rewarding. Please see the outline below. We have upgraded this course to prove a host of exciting new aspects. Every screenwriter will be able to avail of a 1-1 with an expert tutor during the course. Each screenwriter will be invited to pitch their project to class and test out their film idea. We will also be welcoming key speakers from the industry to discuss challenges for getting work produced, precisely what producers are looking and what will help get your script on screen. If you have any further queries relating to the course, please email info@martinkeaveney.com.
Week 1
Introduction to Visual Writing
Week 2
Character
Week 3
Story / Guest Speaker
Week 4
Screenwriting / 1-1 Tuition
Week 5
Adaptations / 1-1 Tuition
Week 6
Rewrites
Week 7
Treatments / 1-1 Tuition
Week 8
Formatting
Week 9
Productions & Funding / Guest Speaker
Week 10
Pitching / Guest Speaker
Week 11
Submission / Pitching
Week 12
Special Focus / Pitching
Participants have the option to submit weekly writing for feedback and read their material during weekly workshop. A Final Project option is available to all at the end of the course.
Outcomes
- Completed short film / 25 page feature sample screenplay
- Film treatment
- Film logline
- Draft pitch document
- Regular script-writing regime
Reading list
Readings are optional but they are helpful for weekly discussion. It is not necessary to purchase any of these titles as excerpts will be provided in advance.
Horton, Andrew et al. Screenwriting. Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Ballon, Rachel. Blueprint for Screenwriting : A Complete Writer’s Guide to Story Structure and Character Development. Taylor & Francis Group, 2004.
Docter, Pete, Inside Out. Disney/Pixar, 2015.
Lucas, George. Star Wars. Fox, 1977. (Boxtree, 1995).
Pinter, Harold, The Caretaker. Arts Theatre, 1960. (Faber, 1991) (1963 Michael Birkett filmed version for reference)
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Designed and Presented by Dr Martin Keaveney, novelist & screenwriter and several associates/ guest speakers
Registration
x12 weeks includes weekly workshop + editorial response on Final Project of 25 Script pages sample+treatment / short film script – €289.99 Book here
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