Screenwriting Workshop
About this Event

Every film starts with a screenplay. Master the methods to crafting engaging, entertaining, and memorable scripts

In this 5- week 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

C lass 5

Dialogue
Film Dialogue fundamentals
Dialogue format
Dialogue Techniques: Set up and pay off, trigger,repetition
Unexpected response. Supense sentence

Pitching
Pitching techniques. How to seel your script project in the industry.
The elevator pitch
Essential revision skills
Script consultancy for your final project

December 15th- December 20th, 2024

5pm to 7m. US Eastern time

2pm to 4pm. US Pacific time

5 sessions of 2 hours each.

Total: 10 hours.

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

Class recordings are available for registered participants

Instructor:

Ezequiel Rubin is a seasoned story consultant, producer, and screenwriting teacher with an extensive background in international film and television. Over his career, he has contributed to numerous projects across Spain, Argentina, Italy, and Canada, working with prominent production companies such as TVE, Factotum, RAI Cinema, TV3, Met Films, and MediaPro. He is also the founder of Cinelab, a Barcelona-based film school that offers comprehensive training in screenwriting, filmmaking, and personalized coaching for writers, actors, and directors.

With a commitment to helping creatives bring their stories to life, Rubin continues to serve as a script consultant and script doctor for various projects in both the U.S. and Europe, applying his expertise to support and refine screenplays in development across multiple markets.

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https://cinelabfilmschool.wixsite.com/cinelab