Screenwriting workshop

Every film starts with a screenplay. Master the methods to crafting engaging, entertaining, and memorable scripts
In this weekly intensive workshop you will learn about the craft of dramatic writing, how to write for the screen, and how to market your work.
Whether you seek to write shorts or features, Hollywood glamor or indie grit, we’ll show you how to write screenplays that light up the screen.

Main topics:

• Storytelling foundations
• Structures and Plotting tools
• Scene design
• Creating characters
• Dialogue techniques
• Pitching

Course outline:
Class 1

• Storytelling fundamentals:
• The functions of a screenplay
• Conflict. Theme. Genre. Tone
• Plotting Tools:Story Line. Synopsis.Log Line.
• Outlines and Beat sheets

Class 2

• Screenplay structure: Types and fundamentals.
• Linear and non linear structures
• 1st act: Inciting incident. The first 10 pages. First plot point.
• 2nd Act: Sub plots. Second Plot Point and Mid point.
• 3rd Act: Crisis. Climax and Endings

Class 3

• Scene Writing
• Scene fundamentals: Goals.
• Scene Structure: Beginning, ending and turning point
• Scene design. Writing with Beats.
• Script format tools
• Techniques: Set up and pay off, Enter late, get out earlier
• Subtext techniques

Class 4

• Characters
• Creating Compelling Characters
• The character core: Motivation. Goal. The character spine
• The protagonist. • The antagonist.• Other characters.
• Secondary characters design
• The Character Biography
• Dialogue I
• Film Dialogue fundamentals
• Dialogue format
• Dialogue Techniques: Set up and pay off, trigger,repetition
• Unexpected response. Supense sentence

Class 5

• Dialogue part II
• Subtext techniques
• The pause. The rhythm
• The voice over
• The golden rule for film dialogue
• Pitching
• Pitching keys
• Pitching techniques: How to sell your tv serie to the industry
• The elevator pitch design
• How to prepare a Pitch meeting

Course details:
June 4th- July 2nd, 2024
Tuesdays, 2pm to 4pm.US Eastern time
Total: 10 hours.
The workshop will be held live in a virtual classroom in Zoom
Class recordings are available for registered participants
Fee: 70 USD (All sessions included)

Instructor:
Ezequiel Rubin.
Born in Argentina, 1977. He works as Story consultant/Producer and consultant/Screenwriting Teacher. 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 Script consultant/Script doctor for several projects from USA and Europe.

CV
Script Consultant
Blackbird-Tv Series//Last Little bit productions. (Australia)
Unoccupy-Tv series//Virual Virtue (USA)
Remember I love you-Feature Film//The Mastermind(USA)
Impunity-Documentary//The Big Story-Mediapro. (Spain)
Frecuencia Oculta-Feature Film//Adcis Films. (Colombia)
Quien eres-Feature film//Cuarenta Films.(Spain)