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SCREENWRITING CLASSES
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DREAM IT, WRITE IT, PITCH IT: SCREENWRITING BOOTCAMP
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Instructor: Robbie Fox Mon. June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Cost: $695 for class only (includes snacks and tea, class meeting with A-list producer or creative exec) Location: Writing Pad West (Westwood) Note: Class limited to 8 students. |
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Cost: $525 for one-on-one consultation and full script reading and feedback with Robbie Fox (only open to students who take the Bootcamp) Location: Writing Pad West |
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About Robbie Fox:
Robbie Fox has sold over 60 pitches to the major studios and has written over 12 produced films. His entree into Hollywood was writing and directing "The Great O'Grady", an award- winning short for Columbia Pictures and Showtime. His original screenplays include "So I Married An Axe-Murderer" with Mike Myers, "Shooting Elizabeth" with Jeff Goldblum and "In The Army Now" with Pauley Shore. Upcoming scripts include "Lost In Coachella" (writing and directing for MPCA), "Still Life" to be directed by Bruce Beresford. His original script "Playing For Keeps", starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta Jones and Uma Thurman, will be released worldwide December 7th, 2012. Robbie also has done rewrites on films including "My Girl" with Macauley Culkin" and the Disney animated Mickey Mouse short "Runaway Brain". For theater, he wrote the book for an original musical "The Gift" (Tiffany Theater, Los Angeles.) His TV work includes the pilots "The Bobby & Larry Show" (co-writer/co-director), "The Wife & Times Of Teddy Berman" (writer, star), and "Devilish", a Nickelodeon Channel original film for Victoria Justice. He studied theater at Northwestern University and screenwriting at NYU.
From Pitch To First Draft: Writing the Television Drama (7 Wk)
Do you have a great idea for HBO's next hit series? Let successful TV writer Jason Grote (“Mad Men”, “Smash”) help you transform your brilliant premise into a page-turning script! You’ll sample the different genres of TV dramas, plan a season arc that keeps the audience hooked, and break your pilot story just like they do in the writer’s room. Jason will show you how to dramatize your life’s details, create realistic dialogue, and sprinkle in the right amount of plot for a 30 min. or 1 hour show. You’ll clarify your tone, voice and world. As well, Jason will help you craft a captivating story from outline to first draft. He’ll even read a draft of your pilot and meet with you to give you feedback! By the end of this class, you’ll be on your way to an executive producer credit faster than you can say “Lena Dunham.”
About Jason Grote:
Jason Grote's television writing credits include "Mad Men" and "Smash." As a playwright, his work has been produced and developed at Lincoln Center, Sundance, The O'Neill, Playwrights' Horizons, Woolly Mammoth, New York Theater Workshop, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, The Denver Center, ACT, Portland Center Stage, The Civilians, Baltimore Centerstage, Salvage Vanguard, and elsewhere. He is a member of New Dramatists and the 2006 P73 Playwriting Fellow, and his plays are published by Samuel French. He has taught writing at Rutgers, Carnegie Mellon, The National Theater Institute, LAByrinth Theater Company, The New School, The University of Wisconsin, Queens College/CUNY, Hollins University, Whitman College, The University of Rochester, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU.
WRITING A PILOT THAT CAN FLY (WEEKEND INTENSIVE)
Do you have a great idea for TV's next "Mad Men" or "The Walking Dead"? In this class, showrunner and TV writer William Rabkin ("Psych", "Monk", "Writing The Pilot") will show you what you need to do to bring your brilliant concept to the screen. Bill will teach you how to plan a riveting series and give your pilot a unique voice and a specific world view. You’ll learn how to breathe life into your characters , break your pilot story, and write an original plot. He'll share his personal techniques for crafting an irresistible series and give you a lot of individual help on your story. By the end of this weekend, you’ll have developed the formula for your show and defined your main characters. Bill will even give you feedback on your outline before your set off to write, read a draft of your pilot, and meet with you a month after this class. You'll be on your way to an executive producer credit faster than you can say "Breaking Bad.”
Note: Class will be limited to ten students.
About William Rabkin:
William Rabkin has written and/or produced hundreds of hours of dramatic television. He served as showrunner on the long-running Dick Van Dyke mystery series “Diagnosis Murder” and on the action-adventure spectacle “Martial Law.” His many writing and producing credits include “The Glades,” “Monk,” “Psych, “Nero Wolfe,” “Missing,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “seaQuest 2032,” “Hunter” and “The Cosby Mysteries”. He has also written and sold a dozen network TV pilots. His work has been nominated twice for the Edgar Award for best television episode by the Mystery Writers of America. He has written two books on writing for television, Successful Television Writing (2003), with Lee Goldberg and Writing The Pilot (2011). Bill is also the author of the novels “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read,” “Mind Over Magic,” “The Call of the Mild,” “A Fatal Frame of Mind” and “Mind-Altering Murder.” He is the co-creator and co-editor of “The Dead Man,” a monthly series of supernatural action thrillers published by Amazon’s 47North imprint, and has written two installments. He is part of the core faculty of the University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert’s M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts, and has lectured on television writing and production all over the world.
Work The Room: Mastering The Power of The Cocktail Party Pitch
You run into a creative exec from a major studio while getting your morning cup of Joe. When he asks you about your brilliant script, your mind goes blank and you pass out on the sugar station. If you had taken this class, you’d have sold the pitch and have enough cash for a lifetime of latte's! Let industry veteran Robbie Fox guide you through the harrowing process of pitching your film or TV show idea on the fly. In the first meeting of this three day class, you’ll learn the structure of a pitch and its goals, craft a solid presentation, and work on teasing out the most easily digestible concepts from your project. In the second class, you’ll practice your pitch and get crucial feedback. During the third class, you’ll actually pitch your project to a room of creative execs! You bring the pitch, and we’ll make it rock.
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Instructor: Robbie Fox July 22, 29, 2013 (2 Mon. eve.'s, 1 meeting with creative execs) |
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About Robbie Fox:
Robbie Fox has sold over 60 pitches to the major studios and has written over 12 produced films. His entree into Hollywood was writing and directing "The Great O'Grady", an award- winning short for Columbia Pictures and Showtime. His original screenplays include "So I Married An Axe-Murderer" with Mike Myers, "Shooting Elizabeth" with Jeff Goldblum and "In The Army Now" with Pauley Shore. Upcoming scripts include "Lost In Coachella" (writing and directing for MPCA), "Still Life" to be directed by Bruce Beresford. His original script "Playing For Keeps", starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta Jones and Uma Thurman, will be released worldwide December 7th, 2012. Robbie also has done rewrites on films including "My Girl" with Macauley Culkin" and the Disney animated Mickey Mouse short "Runaway Brain". For theater, he wrote the book for an original musical "The Gift" (Tiffany Theater, Los Angeles.) His TV work includes the pilots "The Bobby & Larry Show" (co-writer/co-director), "The Wife & Times Of Teddy Berman" (writer, star), and "Devilish", a Nickelodeon Channel original film for Victoria Justice. He studied theater at Northwestern University and screenwriting at NYU.
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