
Advanced Development Workshop
This workshop can also be delivered online. We're using the best presentation tools to deliver an interactive, engaging experience.
What's in it for You?
Based on the innovative Story-Type Method, this workshop leaves aside rigid rules that lead to predictable screenplays. It also steers clear of supposed formulas for commercial success, which simply don't exist (or we'd know!).
The aim of the workshop is to equip filmmakers with a set of storytelling tools that help develop each project as effectively as possible. It details how filmmakers can identify the story-type of their projects as early as possible and adjust the development process accordingly, making it easier, faster and hopefully leading to stronger screenplays.
The workshop puts a strong emphasis on each project reaching the widest possible audience, both at home and abroad, without compromising the filmmakers' creative integrity. After the workshop, the course documentation is made available online. It includes detailed case studies from both classics and recent movies.
The workshop is usually fine-tuned to the specific needs of a production company / regional agency / development funding body or studio. For example, it can be followed by an optional extra day of one to one meetings for project work with the participants (see details below).
Although this might change in the near future, at the moment the only option for individual participants who want to learn more about the Story-Type Method (beyond the resources already available on this website) is to ask their producer, funding body or studio to commission the workshop.
Alternatively, please take a look at Screenwriting Unchained or watch the introduction video in The Structurator to find out more about the Story-Type Method.
Film Clips
Dozens of clips are screened over the three days to illustrate each storytelling tool and case study, from films such as: Two Days, One Night (L. & J.P. Dardenne), Frenzy (A. Hitchcock), Silver Linings Playbook (D.O. Russell), Cloud Atlas (T. Tykwer and the Wachovskis), The Lives of Others (F.H. Von Donnersmark), Misery (R. Reiner), Ridicule (P. Leconte), Birdman (A.G. Inarritu), The Bourne Supremacy (P. Greengrass), As Good as it Gets (J. L. Brooks), Gravity (A. Cuaron), The Apartment (B. Wilder), A Quiet Place (J. Krasinski), Rio Bravo (H. Hughes), Billy Elliot (S. Daldry), There’s Something About Mary (Farelli brothers), Cyrano de Bergerac (J.P. Rappeneau), City Lights (C. Chaplin), Parenthood (R. Howard), Crash (P. Haggis), Dunkirk (C. Nolan), Taken (P. Morel), Groundhog Day (H. Ramis) and more...
Advanced Development Workshop:
Fees on January 1st, 2021
Excl. 20% UK VAT where applicable
INDEPENDANT PRODUCTION COMPANY
£4,995
3-9 participants
- Includes preparation and delivery
- Travel & accommodation costs on top
- A/V equipment / Meeting room not included
Would you like to bring your script development skills to the next level and give your film or TV project a total makeover?
This package will train creative producers, development execs, story editors and writer/directors working for the same independent production company, making sure that everyone in the team is on the same page and equipped with the best tools when discussing screenplays. A separate slate assessment service can be arranged (fee to be defined depending on the number of projects in development).
One or more extra day(s) for project work can also be booked alongside the workshop to allow meetings on individual projects immediately after the last day. See the next column for more details.
OPTIONAL ONE-ON-ONE DAY
(ON THE BASIS OF 4 MEETINGS / DAY)
£1,995
For project work meetings
- Includes preparation and delivery
- Up to four projects per day (90mn meetings)
- Actual fee varies, written notes optional
While the Advanced Development Workshop is very practical and allows the participants to focus on a specific project if they want to, there is no time during the workshop to discuss individual projects.
A number of extra days can therefore be booked along with the workshop to make time for specific projects to be read in advance and discussed with the creative team (producer, writer, director) immediately after the last day.
We'll focus on the strengths and weaknesses of each project, as well as the way forward.
This fee includes preparation work for up to four projects. It varies depending on the exact number of projects and the actual amount of work requested.
REGIONAL/NATIONAL FUND OR STUDIO
£5,995
10-20 participants
- Includes preparation and delivery
- Travel and accommodation costs on top
- A/V equipment / Meeting room not included
This version of the workshop is aimed at regional / national funds or organisations who would like to train a larger number of participants (usually up to twenty). It's also the option a studio would go for to train a larger development team and/or to train all the writers working with them in development.
The content of the workshop can be fine-tuned to a specific audience (for example producers, story editors and development execs, or writers and directors).
While the tools are the same, the approach can be slightly different depending on the participants' role in development. This being said, the workshop works equally well with a mixed audience as long as participants have roughly the same level of experience.
Who Should Attend a Story-Type Method Workshop?
These are Advanced Development Workshops, so they are not for beginners.
The minimum level of experience would be film students with a masters degree. Most of our participants are working professionals. The more experienced, the more you get out of the course.
How Is the Workshop Delivered?
Currently, all our workshops are delivered online, using our webinar platform for interactive lectures and Zoom for Q&As.
We are in the process of converting our workshops into online courses.
Are There Prerequisites or Language Requirements?
All our courses are delivered in English, so a good verbal understanding of the language is necessary. Otherwise, you're expected to know the basics of screenwriting.
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