FREE Event: Screenwriting for People who are already Good Writers

Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested. We do have plenty of seats.

Event is free, thanks to Charlotte Mecklenburg Library!

The Charlotte Unconventional Film School is proud to partner with Charlotte Mecklenburg Library to offer this program on screenwriting by one of our awesome teachers, UNCC professor Rodney Stringfellow. This worksohps is for people who know they're good writers and who already love to write. At the end of the workshop, we'll be annoucing SEVERAL exciting new initiatives of CUFS just for writers like you!

Ouline of the Day

12:00-12:30 WELCOME and INTRODUCTIONS

SCRIPT FORMATTING

Screenwriting Software

Bad Script Exercise

WHAT IS STORY? - Identifying story inside an Idea

Newspaper exercise - find idea that fascinates

STRUCTURE - Heroes' Journey

Exercise - who is protagonist? What do they want? What is the obstacle they face? What happens? What is the outcome?

PROTAGONIST - Finding the missing piece

What is your protagonist’s need? What is the flaw at the heart of that need? How was the flaw created?

NEXT STEPS

Read scripts - links

Find community - links

Determine what you want and begin your training montage

Submit your work to film festivals, competitions, etc.

Shoot your script

Networking

WELCOME and INTRODUCTIONS

Your Instructor for the Day:

Rodney Stringfellow Bio

Rodney is an educator and screenwriter who has written episodes of children's series for Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Disney Channel, PBS Kids, BBC, Peach Blossom Media - Singapore, and Sesame Workshop. He has also written three theatrical productions for Koba Entertainment (Canada). In 2012, he was honored with two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Writing/Animation and Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series. Rodney also served as Director of Development for Dorado Entertainment, a NYC-based television production company.

Rodney currently teaches courses in screenwriting, film history and video production at UNC Charlotte. He received the College of Liberal Arts Part-time Lecturer Award for Teaching Excellence in 2014. Previously, Rodney taught screenwriting at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Rodney holds a BA in Visual Communications Design from Purdue University and a MS in Communications Design from Pratt Institute.

See his IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2602775/