Writing Tv series: 8-week workshop

This course is essential for anyone who loves TV, wants to develop show ideas and learn how to put together a convincing sales pitch to both agents and producers. It is suitable both for complete beginners and for more experienced writers who already have an idea they would like to develop.

In this 8-week workshop You’ll learn to break down the creative process into components, and you’ll discover a structured process that allows you to produce a polished and pitch-ready script in just a few weeks. Completing this project will increase your confidence in your ideas and abilities, and you’ll feel prepared to pitch your first script and get started on your next.

Main topics

• Storytelling foundations
• Plotting tools
• Tv pilot design
• Scene writing
• Script format tools
• Character design
• Dialogue techniques
• Pitching

Course Outline:

Class 1

• Storytelling fundamentals:
• The functions of a screenplay
• Differences between writing for films and writing for tv.
• Cinematic storytelling principles
• Conflict. Theme. Genre. Tone
• Story Line. Synopsis.Tag Line and Log lines.

Class 2

• Plotting tools
• Screenplay structure: Types and fundamentals.
• Linear and non linar structures
• The Episode structure: The 4 Acts.
• Teaser. Inciting incident. Plot point and climax
• The Story circle
• The season structure
• Outlines.

Class 3

• Scene I
• Scene fundamentals: What is an scene?. Scene Goals.
• Scene structure: Beginnings and endings. The turning point
• Writing with Beats
• The previous circurmstances
• Script formal tools

Class 4

• Scene II
• Writing techniques: Set up and pay off. Repetition.Mc guffin
• Subtext techniques
• Scene types_ Transition scenes
• The sequence of montage.
• Visual transitions

Class 5

• Characters
• The character core: Goal, Motivation. The spine
• The protagonist. • The antagonist.• Other characters.
• The secondary characters design
• Back story
• The character profile

Class 6

• Dialogue I
• Dialogue fundamentals: Goals and functions.
• Dialogue format
• Dialogue Techniques: Set up and pay off, trigger,repetition,
• Unexpected response, Delay response

Class 7

• Dialogue II
• Subtext techniques for dialogues
• Tone and rhythm in Dialogue.
• The Pause.
• The voice over
• The golden rule for Film and tv dialogue

Class 8

• Pitching
• The TV Show Bible
• Pitching techniques. How to seel your Tv project in the industry.
• The elevator pitch
• Essential revision skills
• Script consultancy for your final project

Course details:

May 7th- June 25th, 2024

Tuesdays,5pm to 7pm. Amsterdam, Berlin time

4pm to 6pm. UK time

11am to 1pm. US Eastern time

8 sessions of 2 hours each.

Total: 16 hours

The workshop will be held live in a virtual classroom in Zoom

All sessions will be recorded for registered participants

Meeting details are provided once the booking is completed

Instructor:

Ezequiel Rubin.He works as Story consultant/ScreenwritingTeacher for more than10 years in film and television industry

He has collaborated for several projects from Spain, Argentina Italy and Canada, working for companies such as Tve, Factotum, Rai Cinema, Tv3, Met Films and MediaPro.Founder of Cinelab, film school based in Barcelona, provides Screenwriting, Filmmaking courses and coaching for Writers, Actors and Directors.He is actually working as Story consultant for several projects from USA and Europe.

Contact us:

cinelab.info@gmail.com

https://cinelabfilmschool.wixsite.com/cinelab