BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//64.13.192.112//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Atlanta Film Festival 365 X-WR-CALDESC:Atlanta Film Festival 365 presents a diverse slate of year-rou nd offerings for film-lovers\, filmmakers\, and established &\; emergin g industry professionals. X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20121104T070000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20130310T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=3787&# 038;instance_id= DTSTAMP:20130618T204942Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:

After a successful premiere in February 2012\, the “Screenwr iting 101” series will be offered once again by Atlanta Film Festival 365 in Fall 2012. This class is ideal for writers new to the art and craft of screenwriting. Attendees will have the opportunity to dive-in Hollywood st yle with a four-part collaborative workshop series. The series\, taught by Kathy Cabrera\, an independent writer-producer and UCLA MFA Screenwriting alum\, embraces the philosophy of learning by doing. Beyond receiving ins truction and how-to advice in each class\, students will roll up their sle eves and collaborate with the instructor and each other with creative brai nstorms\, process and content critiques and real-time discussion following in-class viewing of movie examples.

This series also serves as a helpful introduction to writers interested in learning the foundation of s creenwriting to prepare themselves to write a full script in the follow up Advanced Mentored Worksho p class that will be offered next in January/February 2012.

Th e series will cover these four topics key to writing one’s first screenpla y:

CLASS 1: Before Page One – Crack Your Premise a nd Plot
\nSaturday\, 9/22/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM

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CLASS 2: Define Your Characters
\nSaturday\, 10/20/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM
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CLASS 3: The Craft of Writing a Screenplay
\nSaturday\, 11/17/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM
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CLASS 4: What Do I Do Once I Finish My Screenplay ?
\nSaturday\, 12/15/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM
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Bonus Session – Script Read-Throughs
\nDate TBD (January 2013)
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Price
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Individual Sessions
\nGeneral Registration – $65\nATLFF365 Member Registration – $50 (Over 20% Off)
\nAll 4 S essions
\nGeneral Registration – $230 (Over 10% Off Full Registr ation Price)
\nATLFF365 Member Registration – $175 (Over 30% Off Full Registration Price)
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REGISTER FO R ALL 4 CLASSES
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In each session\, new material will be pre sented that will serve as a continuation to content presented in the first class for returning students. However\, each class will also serve as a n ew topic with its own standalone lecture and discussion for students who m ay not have attended previous seminars. In between classes\, students will be able to interact and ask questions with one another and the instructor via a secure and member-only online group (access granted upon class atte ndance). As part of the workshop component to each class\, students who br ing completed assignments to the seminar will have the opportunity to gain in-class feedback.
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Students who pre-purchase and attend all four classes will be given the opportunity to have 5-10 pages of their script p erformed via a sit-down\, table read in a special bonus session. The numbe r of pages read through will be determined by the number of students whose scripts qualify for the read-through (depending on number who signed up a nd attended all four classes).
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CLASS 1: Before Page One – Cracking Your Premise and Plot
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Date/Time: Satu rday\, 9/22/12\, 10AM to 1:30PM
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In class no. 1\, students will learn the essentials to coming up with a story that will sustain the m to write 100+ script pages that will in turn warrant 100+ minutes of the ir audience’s attention. Below are highlights of what will be covered in t his segment:
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How to tell a good story
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Coming up wit h a logline
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Developing the basic idea of a story
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How to develop plot structure for the opening act –\; hitting on key points from opening hook to inciting incident
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Students will leave with a premise that they can use to start writing or thinking about for t heir story.
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Supporting hand-outs will be provided complete with re commended follow up reading and resources as well as film-specific example s.
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Assignment for Class No. 2: Students should develop a t wo-page treatment for their screenplay.
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REGISTER FOR CLASS 1
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CLASS 2: Define Your C haracters
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Date/Time: Saturday\, 10/20/12\, 10:45 AM to 1:30PM
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In this session\, new material will be prese nted that will serve as a continuation to content presented in the first c lass for returning students. This class will also serve as a standalone le cture and discussion for students who were not able to attend class no. 1.
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In-class warm-up &\; workshop:
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Students who att ended the first class and return with their completed assignment (2-page t reatment) will receive in-class review and feedback.
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In th is class\, students will learn:
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How to develop a worthy pro tagonist
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How to create a multi-faceted antagonist
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The role of supporting characters relating to fleshing out the elements of the main characters of the script and their relationship to one another
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How to define their characters on screen with action\, and in the st ory with emotion
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How to merge the character’s arc with the appro priate occurrences in the story
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Students will be given a c hecklist of the top aspects they should know about their characters at the start of their story.
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Students will also be provided with film-sp ecific character examples discussed during class as well as hand-outs and recommended materials for further reference as they work on their characte rs at home.
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Assignment for Class No. 3: Students should wr ite character bios for their protagonist and antagonist and any key suppor ting characters.
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REGIST ER FOR CLASS 2
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CLASS 3: The Craft of Writing a Sc reenplay
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Date/Time: Saturday\, 11/17/12\, 10:45A M to 1:30PM
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Students who attend class no . 3 will continue building incremental knowledge needed to either start th eir first screenplay\, or continue building their craft. This session will also welcome new students with standalone material that doesn’t require a ttendance of the first two classes as a pre-requisite or to fully understa nd and appreciate what will be offered in this session.
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In-class w arm-up &\; workshop:
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Students who attended class no. 2 a nd return with their completed assignment (character bios) will receive in -class review and feedback
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The craft of screenwriting will then be broken down\, examined and demonstrated in this session\, coverin g the following key formatting elements of screenwriting mechanics:
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General rules from sluglines to capitalization
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Structur e of a scene
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Dialogue formatting
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Standard delivery for mats of a screenplay
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Hand-outs will be provided to illustr ate examples of points discussed in class. Film-specific references will a lso be made in class.
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Assignment for Class No. 4: Write a 2-page scene. Students who submit assignment (2 pages max.) to instructor via email by 12/5/12 will receive comments on their work by the next class . The instructor will provide direct feedback to each student in lieu of h olding an in-class workshop component in class no. 4.
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REGISTER FOR CLASS 3
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CLASS 4: What Do I Do Once I Finish My Screenplay?
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~~Date/Time: Saturday\, 12/15/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM~~
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The entire Screenwriting 101 Series is designed to give new writers the gu idance and direction they need to understand the starter elements to writi ng a screenplay and the know-how to then go off upon completion of the cla ss to finish a script. While the immediate aim of the class itself is for students to write the first 10 script pages\, it is important to have an u ltimate goal in sight as to what their options are once they do finish the ir full screenplays. This class will be relevant as a standalone lecture o r a conclusion for students who attended previous sessions as to what they should look to achieve once a first draft of their scripts are finished.< /p>\n
Highlights of what will be covered follow:
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Collecti ng peer feedback – how to interpret notes received on peer or professional reviews/consultations and determine when to make changes
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Writin g is rewriting – how to maintain the energy and excitement level and putti ng a process and timeline in place for revisions for the second draft
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Students will also receive guidance to help them:
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\n< li>Recognize when their screenplays need further work\n
Determine when their scripts are truly ready to be sent out to the industry
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Hands outs for reading outside of class will be provided to also h elp guide students on:
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How to ‘qualify’ or have their work recognized by selecting contests/competitions they may consider submitting it to
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How to find resources for targeting agents\, production c ompanies and managers relevant to the genre or specific story your script tells
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Tips for writing query letters and networking in the indus try
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Assignment for Class No. 5: Students should wr ite the first 10 pages of their screenplays.
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REGISTER FOR CLASS 4
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CLASS 5: Special Session and Read-Throughs
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Students from the Winter/Spring 2012 Screen writing 101 Class had their work performed aloud by professional actors in a bonus read-through event lead by instructor Kathy Cabrera.
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Date/Time: TBD (January 2013)
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St udents who’ve attended all four of the previous classes will be given the opportunity to have 5-10 pages of their script performed via a sit-down\, table read. The number of pages read through will be determined by the num ber of students whose scripts qualify for the read through (depending on n umber who signed up and attended all four classes).
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\n< p>Kathy Cabrera: Screenwriter\, Script Consultant and Instructor
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Kathy Cabrera is a graduate o f the UCLA School of Theater\, Film &\; Television’s MFA in Screenwriti ng program. In addition to penning eight feature-length screenplays and a drama television pilot\, Cabrera has also written and produced several sh ort films. Cabrera has one screenplay optioned and was a finalist for the 2007 NAACP &\; NBC Screenwriting Fellowship and awarded the 2008 Young and the Restless Fellowship in Television.
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A short film she co-wrote with UCLA MFA director Walter Richardson and produced e ntitled Forgive Us Our Transgressions was awarded the Silver World Medal at the 2010 New Yor k Festivals International Television &\; Film Awards. The short film\, a thesis project for Richardson and Cabrera as part of the UCLA MFA progra m\, was also sponsored by Panavision\, Kodak and Technicolor and received generous financial support from the Directors’ Guild of America (DGA) when it was awarded the distinguished Frankenheimer Fellowship. Cabrera and Ri chardson are currently partnering on a new documentary featuring retired world champion boxer Terry Norris and his mission to protect the long-term healt h and lives of boxers. Cabrera also produced Atlanta writer-director Jenna Milly’s debut short film\, A Peacock-Feathered Blue\, which scre ened first at the Atlanta Film Festival in 2009 and went on to become a fe atured selection at Austin Film Festival\, The Baltimore Women’\;s Fi lm Festival\, London Short Film Festival\, LA Shorts Fest\, DC Shorts Fest and Branchage International Film Festival in England. Kathy also penned t he script for the short film Stew\, starring Lourdes Benedicto of the ABC drama V.
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Kathy Cabrera currently serves as a screenwritin g instructor for Atlanta Fi lm Festival 365\, and has also provided seminars to the Atlanta Young Writers Institute an d Camp Flix. In addition to filmmaking and currently working as a freelance writer-pro ducer\, Cabrera also serves as the Director of New Media for Carabiner Communication s\, where she leads the agency’s social media and video initiative to help businesses create a narrative in their messaging to engage their audi ences and to build and integrate social media tools and compelling content into their communications campaigns. Cabrera is the media manager for cel ebrated storytelling guru\, movie industry expert\, and longtime chairman of UCLA’s legendary graduate program in screenwriting\, Richard Walter\; a s well as Peter Desberg\, Professor\, California State University Domingue z Hills and Jeffrey Davis\, Screenwriting Department Chair and associate p rofessor of film and TV writing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Ange les\, co-authors of SHOW ME THE FUNNY!: At the Writers’ Table with Hol lywood’s Top Comedy Writers.
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Cabrera earned a Bachelor of Art s degree in communication studies from Canisius College in Buffalo\, New Y ork.
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