NYCscreenwriter Events
2010 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
EVENT #1
The Heroes Journey meets the Screenwriter’s Journey
Supposedly, George Lucas had been consulting with Joseph Campbell when he created Star Wars. Whether true or not, what remains is Lucas’ mythic Star Wars trilogy that in fact follows the “Heroes Journey” as described in
In “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” published in 1948,
Nearly 50 years later, Christopher Vogler published the wildly successful “The Writer’s Journey, Mythic Structures for Storytellers and Screenwriters.” Openly attributing his findings based on
After teaching screenwriting and Script Analysis for the last 15 years at Columbia University, Tisch and The New School, I’ve come to believe that the “unifying structural elements” are not necessarily applicable to all stories – but, learning the basic phases of the Heroes Journey in what Campbell called the “Monomyth” can be a very valuable tool for screenwriters as well as in the writing and understanding of all narratives.
During my workshop I will cover the basic 12 steps of the “Monomyth” and how it applies to filmic stories. I will also break it down as how “The Heroes Journey” applies to the film The Fisher King.
There will also be a Q&A.
Screenwriter, director, playwright, composer-lyricist. Prof. Caplin teaches screenwriting at Columbia University, The Tisch Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU and The New School.
Feature Film: The Lucky Ones (Writer/Director), Tribeca Film Festival; History of the World in 8 Minutes (Writer/Director), New Directors/New Films Festival, MOMA, NYC; Lost Angels (Original Story), Orion Pictures; Battle in the Erogenous Zone, (Co-Wrote and Co-Produced) Showtime; The Forbidden Zone (Music Producer), Samuel Goldwyn; Has written film scripts for: Paramount, Columbia, Orion, TriStar and numerous independents.
Theater: The Presidents (Co-playwright with Ron Nessen), PBS, U.S. National Tour (2002-2003); Sunday's Child and Men in the Kitchen (playwright), Long Wharf Theater, CT; A Subject of Childhood (playwright), W.P.A. Theater, NYC; City Muzik (Book, Music, Lyrics) Huntington Theater, Boston; Gangs (Book, Music, Lyrics), produced by David Merrick and Joe Roth.
Numerous poems published including in The Paris Review and Rolling Stone. . He lives in NYC with his wife, a painter and illustrator, Jenne van Eeghen.
MARCH 27, 2010
SATURDAY/3PM SHARP
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400 west 43 Street
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Creating the Feel of Real Events in your Screenplay
In this lecture I will reveal a range of techniques professional screenwriters use to give their interesting stories the impact of reality – including a new structural form called “process,” and specific ways to reconstruct plot twists that might otherwise come off as bad melodrama.
These techniques may just make the difference between mildly piquing a producer’s interest, and finally being taken seriously as a screenwriter who can deliver an unforgettable script.
GORDON FARRELL BIO:
Faculty:Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, TSOA, New York University
M.F.A., Yale School of Drama,
B.F.A., United States International University.
As a playwright, Prof. Farrell’s plays have been produced in San Francisco, at the Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo, at Yale School of Drama in New Haven, and at Primary Stages in New York. He is the author of The Power of the Playwright’s Vision, published by Heinemann Press, and a series of children’s plays, published by Scholastic Press.
A screenwriter for many years, Prof. Farrell is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East. He has written for hire and sold screenplays to producers Robert Simonds (producer, Big Daddy, The Wedding Singer); Neil Moritz (producer, Cruel Intentions, XXX); Bruce Berman (producer, Matrix, Three Kings); and Norman Twain (producer, Lean on Me, Curve Balls Along the Way).
An award-winning computer game designer, he wrote and designed single player campaigns for the multi-million selling Empire Earth and its expansion, Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest from Sierra On-Line. For Activision’s critically successful Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, he designed single player scenarios and wrote scripts. He is also Lead Writer for Reverie World Studios’ upcoming new game, Dawn of Fantasy.
WHEN:
APRIL 17, 2010
SATURDAY - 3PM
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Looking at Your Script from the Executive Perspective
MAY 29th - SATURDAY
Writers always ask, ‘What is an executive looking for? How come they don’t see what I see?’ This class will teach writers how to think, read and write from the executive perspective.
Topics Covered include:
How a Development Exec reads a script – what they’re looking for and the difference between how a writer reads and an executive reads.
The 3 questions executives think of while reading
The Top 10 Notes an executive gives and how to avoid them
How an exec hears/interprets a pitch
The three different types of projects execs read
What it takes to get a “recommend” from a script consultant/reader
The development process – giving and getting notes - what to expect and how to survive it with flying colors
Q&A session follows
DANIEL MANUS BIO:
Daniel Manus is an in-demand script consultant and founder of No BullScript Consulting, which can be found at www.nobullscript.net and is the author of the E-Book “No B.S. for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective.”
He has previously worked as a script consultant at ScriptShark and Script Coach. He is also the Director of Development for Clifford Werber Productions (Cinderella Story, Sydney White) and is attached to produce several projects independently.
Daniel was previously a Development Consultant for Eclectic Pictures and the DOD at Sandstorm Films, which had a first look deal at Screen Gems and a development deal with Top Cow Comics. He is also a columnist for The Business of Show Institute and teaches seminars to writers all across the country.
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WHEN:
MAY 29th - SATURDAY 3PM sharp
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400 west 43 Street
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