Back in London by popular demand, Robert McKee's Story Seminar
 For over 15 years, Robert McKee's Story Seminar has been the world's ultimate writing class for over 50,000 screenwriters, filmmakers, TV writers, novelists, industry executives, actors, producers, directors and playwrights.
An intensive three-day course that produces proven results for:
Screenwriters · TV Writers · Novelists · Filmmakers · Producers · Directors · Film & TV Executives · Journalists · Playwrights · Actors · Advertising Execs · and more
Over three intense days, McKee's Story Seminar effectively demonstrates the relationship between story design and character.
Quality story structure demands creativity; It cannot be reduced to simple formulas that impose a rigid number of mandatory story elements.
Robert McKee's course teaches you the principles involved in the art and craft of screenwriting and story design, and proves the essence of good story is unchanging and universal. Whether on the big screen, on television, in novels, on stage and in ALL creative work, everything works in the shadow of classic story design.
McKee Former Students Have Written:
WALL-E · A Beautiful Mind · Lord of the Rings I, II, III · The Incredible Hulk · Spelling Bee (docu) · Enchanted · CSI, Law & Order · Cinderella Man · Gates of Fire (novel) · Iron Man · "The Simpsons" Movie · The Daily Show · Grey's Anatomy · The Overlook (novel) · The DaVinci Code · Amarillo Slim (2008) · Cars · Shrek · X-Men 3 · I Am Legend · Ratatouille · Finding Nemo · Scrubs · The Last Mimzy · Man and Boy (novel) · Bobby · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
And They've Won:
· 27 Academy Awards, 98+ Nominations
· 141 Emmy Awards, 476+ Nominations
· 20 WGA Awards, 72+ Nominations
· 17 DGA Awards, 45+ Nominations
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DAY 1
- The writer and the art of story
- The decline of story in contemporary film, television, theatre and literature
- Story design: the meaning and substance of story, the limitations and inspirations of story structure and genre,
- The debate between character versus story design.
- Premise Idea, Counter Idea, Controlling Idea
- Story Structure: beat, scene, sequence, act, story
- Mapping the Story universe: Archplot, Miniplot, Antiplot
- Shaping the source of story energy and creation
DAY 2
- Act design: the great sweep and body of story
- The first major story event (the inciting incident)
- Scene design in Story: turning points, emotional dynamics, setup/payoff, the nature of choice
- Ordering and linking scenes
- Exposition: dramatizing your characters, the story setting, creating back story
- The principles of antagonism
- Crisis, climax and resolution
DAY 3
- Putting the elements of story together
- The principles of character dimension and design
- The text: description, dialogue, and poetics
- The spectrum of story genres
- Story adaptations
- Scene analysis: text and sub-text; design through dialogue versus design through action
- The writer's method: working from the inside out; the creative process from inspiration to final draft.
- How it all works: the principles of the previous 2-1/2 days applied in a 6-hour, scene-by-scene screening and analysis of Casablanca
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TESTIMONIALS
"I am more convinced than ever that [screenplays are] only about story. [McKee] is a tireless speaker, knowledgeable and passionate - it's three full days over a single weekend and no one feels cheated when he's done... After listening to him, I wish he'd been around when I started writing CUT TO for a living."
--William Goldman
"Mr. McKee's course is almost universally acclaimed - not only as a good place to start, but also for some to return again and again...John Cleese, Quincy Jones and Griffin Dunne have each taken it three times...About the only Hollywood notable not to have taken STORY is Steven Spielberg..." --The New York Times
"I took the Robert McKee course...it was insightful...concise...I'm a huge
believer..." - Akiva Goldsman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of A Beautiful Mind
"McKee's Story Structure is a phenomenal tool. Hollywood studios don't buy great ideas. They buy great stories that can capture an audience's imagination. McKee teaches you how to turn an idea into a story, and a story into a screenplay."
--Toby Emmerich Exec. Prod. of Rush Hour 2.
"McKee's showcase is first and foremost an educational experience; a high octane...graduate course in story telling as user friendly for the first time writer as it is invaluable for the seasoned, six-figure professional."
--The New York Screenwriter
"My advice is...take Robert McKee's class. It was essential to my success as a screen writer." --Zak Penn, Screenwriter of Behind Enemy Lines, X-Men 2 and Suspect Zero
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COURSE DETAILS
When: 15-18 April 2010, 9am - 8.30pm daily.
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre Auditorium, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT, Tel: 0207 706 7700
Please note: No taping or recording of the seminar is allowed. Laptops permitted only if they do not disturb other students. Please arrive one hour before the seminar to sign-in and get your materials.
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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, Seminar Associates Ltd reserves the right to change the dates and content of the programme as circumstances dictate.
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