The day will involve covering:
Format: How is a screenplay broken down? How many acts? What does inciting incident mean and when should it occur in the script? And many other elements that go into crafting a solid feature.
Story: Even though we have good ideas, not all of them make for a good story. How do you decipher what is noteworthy and what isn’t? How do you take a nugget of an idea and expand on it so that it makes for a multi-dimensional story?
Character Development: Characters are the most important element to making your story believable and rich. Are they multi-layered? Do they take risks? Have we seen them before? What is their point of view on life?
Type of screenplay: Do you want to write a comedy or a drama? Thriller or horror? Coming of age? These are all different kinds of genres that plays directly into the type of story you want to tell. We will get specific and discuss which category your idea falls into.
Beginning your script: The first few pages of any script are the most important. If they don’t pop, if the idea doesn’t jump off of the page then people will stop reading. How do you create those first few pages that will leave the reader wanting more? We will turn so so pages into exciting, stimulating ones.
The Marketplace: Everyone always wants to know what the market is buying and truth be told, no one ever knows. However, there are some things to employ in a script that make it easier for the marketplace to say yes to.
Your idea: Lastly we will go around the room and discuss any ideas that you may have for a screenplay. Participants are encouraged to pitch their idea and will receive professional feedback and insight. Please note that this will be entirely up to you, if you want to share.
Writer's Screenplay Immersion Workshop
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Soccer May 20, 2013 at 06:27 pm
g, Let's throw out some more numbers...
Here is a site to look at:…Read More
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/dgm/report1/basiccon.pdf
This is the Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Grants Management spreadsheet. It shows and compares what Danbury is paying per student compared to the rest of the state.
Looking at the numbers, out of the 170+ districts in the state, Danbury pays the 8th LEAST amount per pupil.
Out of the 10 districts in Connecticut that have over 10,000 students, Danbury ranks 2nd LOWEST in the state. This amount is about $3,000 less per pupil than the average of the state and the average of districts with 10,000+ students.
g May 20, 2013 at 01:33 pm
Good afternoon Jessica,
Danbury plans to spend approximately $114,000,000 on teaching staff salary…Read More and benefits for the next school year per the school budget here - http://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/bbadmin/Budget/2012-2013%20budget.pdf the total budget is $121,000,000.
Teachers, administrators, contracted professionals, staff enrichment programs, staff insurance, and the rest comprise about 95% of the school system budget. See staff cost summary on page 8 of the report. You'll also note our board of education plans to spend a bit more than 3 million dollars on supplies and materials plus a million on equipment.
The budget represents a 5% increase from the prior year. On our district home page - http://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/ it says Danbury has 10,300 my calculator tells me that's about $12,000 per child in the district.
With $12,000 per child, why are teachers paying for supplies? Hmm ... let me think ... 95% of the budget goes to staff salary and benefits for the long 185 day year .... I have a guess where the money goes. Do you?
Black People are ANIMALS May 16, 2013 at 12:18 pm
You should invite all the spics to the lake to go swimming. The Squantzter is usually hungry this…Read More time of year.