The FOUNDATIONS of SCREENWRITING
**This event has SOLD OUT!**
London, 12-13 May 2007
The Screenwriter's Store and movieScope Events are thrilled to welcome the legendary Syd Field back to London, two years after his sold-out masterclass.
In his absence, Syd's been very busy teaching all over the world as well as filming a series video podcast featuring interviews with some of the most talented and successful screenwriters in Hollywood. We are honoured to have "the guru of all screenwriters" present his inspiring two-day seminar.
The Foundations of Screenwriting
Expand your knowledge, comprehension and technique of the screenplay
Internationally acclaimed Syd Field will be guiding a two-day tour of screenwriting techniques, updating classic storytelling conventions with a focus on new contemporary tools of the craft. This course will help writers create, prepare, write, rewrite and approach their screenplay with more control and creativity. Syd Field's analysis and practical approaches to the craft are poignant, simple, fresh and inspiring.This event is ideal for aspiring and intermediate screenwriters. It is also an excellent refresher course for professional wirters who wish to sharpen their screenwriting tools."The most sought after screenwriting teacher in the world" - The Hollywood Reporter"Syd Field is the guru of all screenwriters" - CNNThe Schedule
The course will include an overview of the screenwriting process, the nature of dramatic structure in both linear and non-linear films, setting up the story, the tools and elements that create good characters, the nature of conflict, the relationship between structure and time, linear narrative and the tools of rewriting.Day 1: The Foundations of Screenwriting  - The screenwriting revolution- Distinctions: novel, play, screenplay- The nature of dramatic structure- Foundations: the screenplay paradigm- Building blocks of the screenplay- What is character?- What makes good character?- Character and the nature of conflict- The tools of character- The circle of beingDay 2: Writing and Rewriting the Screenplay- Setting-up character and story- Two incidents- Approaching the scene- Structure and time- The art of transition- Writing effective dialogue- The rewriting process- Endings and beginnings- Q & A
Movies analysed
Little Miss Sunshine, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Departed, Witness, Chinatown, Shawshank Redemption, Thelma & Louise, Annie Hall, Basic Instinct, Citizen Kane, Cinderella Man, The Matrix, Royal Tenenbaums, Kill Bill I & II, The Bourne Supremacy, Collateral, Sideways, The Hours, Titanic, Sea Biscuit, Crimson Tide, American Beauty
Special Offers - Applicable to online orders only
 PLUS, register before 30 April and get a complimentary subscription to movieScope Magazine (worth £27.99) This exciting new publication provides a fresh perspective covering the whole filmmaking process from writing to producing, directing and acting. With contributions by key industry professionals, journalists and filmmakers from the UK, Europe and Hollywood, movieScope Magazine is a must-read!
Student and Group Discounts available. Please email movieScope Events.
About Syd Field
Syd Field is regarded by entertainment professionals as the foremost authority on the craft of screenwriting. For over 25 years, he has taught and guided thousands of professional screenwriters, many of whom have gone on to become the biggest names in Hollywood. His internationally acclaimed best-selling books Screenplay, The Screenwriter's Workbook, and The Screenwriter's Problem Solver have established themselves as the "bibles" of the film industry. They are used in more than 395 colleges and universities and have been translated into19 languages.
Field chaired the Academic Liaison Committee at The Writer's Guild of America, West, is currently on faculty at the USC Master's of Professional Writing Program, has taught at Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, the AFI and many other noted institutions. He has been a special script consultant to 20th Century Fox, the Disney Studios, Universal and Tristar Pictures. Syd was also the first inductee into the Screenwriting Hall of Fame.
He is a creative screenwriting consultant to the governments of Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Norway & has collaborated with such noted filmmakers as Alphonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien), James L. Brooks (Broadcast News, As Good As It Gets), Luis Mandoki (When A Man Loves A Woman), Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, The Mission), and Tony Kaye (American History X).
Some of Field's former students include Anna Hamilton Phelan (Mask, Gorillas in the Mist), John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice), Randi Mayem Singer (Mrs. Doubtfire), Laura Esquival (Like Water For Chocolate), Michael Kane (The Color of Money), and Kevin Williamson (Scream, Scream 2 & 3, I Know What You Did Last Summer). One of his most recent students' film (Rang de Basanti by Rakeysh Mehra) was nominated at the BAFTA Awards.
Click HERE to read an interview by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain.
Click HERE to read an interview by the BBC Writers' Room.
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Syd is currently co-producing and hosting a new fascinating online webcast called Screen Play about the art and craft of screenwriting. He's already interviewed Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine).
Testimonials
“(This course is...) a fascinating view into the most overlooked areas of filmmaking."
Michael Besman - Executive VP of Production, Tristar Pictures
"I've gone from reading his books, to being taught by him in courses! I think one of us must have done something right! I thank him all the time for inspiring me."
Frank Darabont - Writer/Director: Shawshank Redemption
"This course is a virtual must for screenwriters."
Linda Obst - Producer: Sleepless in Seattle, The Fisher King
"Syd Field's course is marvellous... packed with insight, intelligence and inspiration... I learned so much about the craft of screenwriting, and working with writers, I now have more confidence and understanding about the process of screenwriting than ever before."
Richard Roth - Producer: Julia, Red Dragon
London past participants:
“Syd Field's style was very user friendly. He was clear, precise and emphasised his points. Unlike other courses that I have done I found that the information managed to stay with me. The repetition and examples were extremely useful.”
Cath Hall - Feature Development, Aardman Features Ltd.
“As a script editor it’s given me the tools to help writers through the maze and given me new ways of speaking to them. As a writer myself, it’s given me the confidence to face the blank page and use the processes Syd described to get writing again. He makes you feel that you can do it. It was great.”
Deirdre Alexander - Script Editor, BBC NI Drama Dept
“I found it particularly beneficial to be in the company of a man who has spent 30 or so years involved in the scriptwriting business. Sharing his wisdom and experience was very beneficial.”
David Bate
“This kind of event is a must for anyone who takes their writing seriously, and who wishes to gain a deeper understanding and insight into the movie world.”
Alan Williams
"It was useful to understand story structure so as to be better able to analyse scripts and hopefully evaluate them better.”
Carolyn Corben - Director
Events Details
Date: 12-13 May 2007
Time: 9.30am - 6pm daily
Venue: Kennedy Lecture Theatre - UCL Institute of Child Health -
30 Guildford Street - London WC1N 1EH
Refreshments will be served during morning and afternoon breaks.
For all enquiries, contact movieScope Events:
info@movieScopeEvents.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7261 1964
Cancellation: If you cancel within 15 days of the event, you will forfeit the full fee unless you can provide a replacement. If you cancel prior to this, 20% of the fee will be retained to cover administrative costs. Please note that payment must be received in full before the event to guarantee your place.
Disclaimer: As organisers of the event, The Screenwriter's Store Ltd and movieScope Events reserve the right to change the dates and content of the programme as circumstances dictate.
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