Screenwriting Intensive Workshop
About this Event

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:

Structures
Plotting tools
Scene design
Characters design
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 Hero's Journey
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:

January 4th- February 1st, 2025

Saturdays, 11am to 1pm.US Eastern time

5pm to 7pm. Amsterdam, Berlin time

4pm to 6pm. UK time

5 sessions of 2 hours each.

Total: 10 hours.

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

Class recordings will be available for registered participants

Meeting details are provided once the booking is completed.

Instructor:

Ezequiel Rubin.Born in Argentina, 1977. He works as Script consultant/Scriptwriting and Directing 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.