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.
\nThis 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.
\nTh e series will cover these four topics key to writing one’s first screenpla y:
\nIndividual 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)
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.
\nStudents 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).
\nDate/Time: Satu rday\, 9/22/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM
\nIn class no. 1\, stude nts will learn the essentials to coming up with a story that will sustain them to write 100+ script pages that will in turn warrant 100+ minutes of their audience’s attention. Below are highlights of what will be covered i n this segment:
\nHow to tell a good story
\nHow to develop plot structure for the opening act –\; hitting on key points from opening hook to inciting incident
\nStudents will l eave with a premise that they can use to start writing or thinking about f or their story.
\nSupporting hand-outs will be provided complete wit h recommended follow up reading and resources as well as film-specific exa mples.
\nAssignment for Class No. 2: Students should develop a two-page treatment for their screenplay.
\n\n\nDate/Time: Saturday\, 10/20/12\, 1 0:45AM to 1:30PM
\nIn this session\, new material will be p resented that will serve as a continuation to content presented in the fir st class for returning students. This class will also serve as a standalon e lecture and discussion for students who were not able to attend class no . 1.
\nIn-class warm-up &\; workshop:
\nI n this class\, students will learn:
\nStudents will be given a checklist of the top aspects they should know about their characters at the start of their story.
\nStudents will also be provided with film -specific character examples discussed during class as well as hand-outs a nd recommended materials for further reference as they work on their chara cters at home.
\nAssignment for Class No. 3: Students should write character bios for their protagonist and antagonist and any key sup porting characters.
\n\nDate/Time: Saturday\, 11/17/12\, 10: 45AM to 1:30PM
\nStudents who attend class no. 3 will continue building incremental knowledge needed to either start their first screenplay\, or continue building their craft. This session w ill also welcome new students with standalone material that doesn’t requir e attendance of the first two classes as a pre-requisite or to fully under stand and appreciate what will be offered in this session.
\nIn-clas s warm-up &\; workshop:
\nThe craft of screenwriting w ill then be broken down\, examined and demonstrated in this session\, cove ring the following key formatting elements of screenwriting mechanics:
\nHand-outs will be provided to illu strate examples of points discussed in class. Film-specific references wil l also be made in class.
\nAssignment for Class No. 4: Write a 2-page scene. Students who submit assignment (2 pages max.) to instruct or via email by 12/5/12 will receive comments on their work by the next cl ass. The instructor will provide direct feedback to each student in lieu o f holding an in-class workshop component in class no. 4.
\n\nDate/Time: Saturday\, 12/15/12\, 10:45AM to 1:30PM
\nThe entire Screenwriting 101 Series is designed to give new writers the guidance and direction they need to understand the starter elements to wr iting a screenplay and the know-how to then go off upon completion of the class to finish a script. While the immediate aim of the class itself is f or students to write the first 10 script pages\, it is important to have a n ultimate goal in sight as to what their options are once they do finish their full screenplays. This class will be relevant as a standalone lectur e or a conclusion for students who attended previous sessions as to what t hey should look to achieve once a first draft of their scripts are finishe d.
\nHighlights of what will be covered follow:
\nStudents will also receive guidance to help them:
\nHands outs for reading outside of class will be provided to al so help guide students on:
\nAssignment for Class No. 5: Students shoul d write the first 10 pages of their screenplays.
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\nStudents from the Winter/Spring 2012 Sc reenwriting 101 Class had their work performed aloud by professional actor s in a bonus read-through event lead by instructor Kathy Cabrera.
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\nDate/Time: TBD (January 2013)
\n< p>Students 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-dow n\, table read. The number 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 and attended all four classes).\n\;
\nKathy Cabrera: Screenwriter\, Script Consultant and Instruct or
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Kathy Cabrera is a gradua
te of the UCLA School of Theater\, Film &\; Television’s MFA in Screenw
riting program. In addition to penning eight feature-length screenplays a
nd a drama television pilot\, Cabrera has also written and produced severa
l short films. Cabrera has one screenplay optioned and was a finalist for
the 2007 NAACP &\; NBC Screenwriting Fellowship and awarded the 2008 Yo
ung and the Restless Fellowship in Television.
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\nA s hort film she co-wrote with UCLA MFA director Walter Richardson and produc ed entitled Forgive Us Our Transgressions was awarded the Silver World Medal at the 2010 New York Festivals International Television &\; Film Awards. The short fil m\, a thesis project for Richardson and Cabrera as part of the UCLA MFA pr ogram\, was also sponsored by Panavision\, Kodak and Technicolor and recei ved generous financial support from the Directors’ Guild of America (DGA) when it was awarded the distinguished Frankenheimer Fellowship. Cabrera an d Richardson are currently partnering on a new documentary featuring retired wo rld champion boxer Terry Norris and his mission to protect the long-term h ealth and lives of boxers. Cabrera also produced Atlanta writer-director J enna Milly’s debut short film\, A Peacock-Feathered Blue\, which screened first at the Atlanta Film Festival in 2009 and went on to become a featured selection at Austin Film Festival\, The Baltimore Women’\; s Film Festival\, London Short Film Festival\, LA Shorts Fest\, DC Shorts Fest and Branchage International Film Festival in England. Kathy also penn ed the script for the short film Stew\, starring Lourdes Benedicto of the ABC drama V.
\nKathy Cabrera currently serves as a screenwr iting instructor for Atlant a Film Festival 365\, and has also provided seminars to the Atlanta Young Writers Institute and Camp Flix< /a>. In addition to filmmaking and currently working as a freelance writer -producer\, Cabrera also serves as the Director of New Media for Carabiner Communica tions\, where she leads the agency’s social media and video initiative to help businesses create a narrative in their messaging to engage their audiences and to build and integrate social media tools and compelling con tent into their communications campaigns. Cabrera is the media manager for celebrated storytelling guru\, movie industry expert\, and longtime chair man of UCLA’s legendary graduate program in screenwriting\, Richard Walter \; as well as Peter Desberg\, Professor\, California State University Domi nguez Hills and Jeffrey Davis\, Screenwriting Department Chair and associa te professor of film and TV writing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles\, co-authors of SHOW ME THE FUNNY!: At the Writers’ Table with Hollywood’s Top Comedy Writers.
\nCabrera earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies from Canisius College in Buffalo\, N ew York.
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