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SUCCESSFUL STORYWRITING: SCREENWRITING WORKSHOPS
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CHEC GATHERING SPACE
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120 Mins
April
Ever thought about writing a film? Do you have a good idea for a screenplay but want more tips and tools? Maybe you have written a screenplay but would benefit from professional advice to improve your practice?
In this workshop, screenwriter Alexa Wyatt (All Saints, Janet King, McLeod’s Daughters, Heartbreak High) will introduce the basics of screenwriting and the key ingredients to write a successful screen story.
Attendees will leave with a foundational understanding of the screenwriting craft, including character development, plot, conflict and resolution, structure, dialogue, theme and setting, genre, choosing the best screen format (feature, short, tv, online), the sources of stories, your audience, and the market.
This session will be of particular interest to beginner to early career writers.
Alexa Wyatt, Screenwriter and Presenter: Alexa has worked as a script producer, series creator, writer, editor and story consultant on over a thousand hours of Australian TV drama including Janet King, Rescue Special Ops, All Saints, McLeod’s Daughters (on all 8 series from bible to finale), Water Rats, E Street, the original Heartbreak High, Police Rescue, and many more. She works extensively in children’s drama including all series of Mako Mermaids, The Bureau of Magical Things (both top ten Netflix series), and is currently writing Nina and Olga for RAI TV.
Alexa is the recipient of a Distinctly Australian Script Editing Fellowship, has worked as a script editor on numerous feature film projects, and as a script assessor for government bodies including Screen Tasmania, the South Australian Film Corporation and the Australian Writer’s Guild. She is also a playwright with productions at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Stables Theatre, Sydney, Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Bridewell Theatre, London and Northern Light Theatre Company, Canada in January 2021.
In this workshop, screenwriter Alexa Wyatt (All Saints, Janet King, McLeod’s Daughters, Heartbreak High) will introduce the basics of screenwriting and the key ingredients to write a successful screen story.
Attendees will leave with a foundational understanding of the screenwriting craft, including character development, plot, conflict and resolution, structure, dialogue, theme and setting, genre, choosing the best screen format (feature, short, tv, online), the sources of stories, your audience, and the market.
This session will be of particular interest to beginner to early career writers.
Alexa Wyatt, Screenwriter and Presenter: Alexa has worked as a script producer, series creator, writer, editor and story consultant on over a thousand hours of Australian TV drama including Janet King, Rescue Special Ops, All Saints, McLeod’s Daughters (on all 8 series from bible to finale), Water Rats, E Street, the original Heartbreak High, Police Rescue, and many more. She works extensively in children’s drama including all series of Mako Mermaids, The Bureau of Magical Things (both top ten Netflix series), and is currently writing Nina and Olga for RAI TV.
Alexa is the recipient of a Distinctly Australian Script Editing Fellowship, has worked as a script editor on numerous feature film projects, and as a script assessor for government bodies including Screen Tasmania, the South Australian Film Corporation and the Australian Writer’s Guild. She is also a playwright with productions at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Stables Theatre, Sydney, Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Bridewell Theatre, London and Northern Light Theatre Company, Canada in January 2021.
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