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Scriptwriting

Date: TBC

Time: Saturday 10.00 am - 6.00 pm

Sunday 2.00pm - 7.00pm

Location: Northern Visions

Price: £125 (Concession £95)

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Self contained 2-day Intensive Script Writing Workshop with award winning filmmaker Laurence Henson.

Given monthly in Dublin since 1997 this excellent workshop has been taken by people from a wide range of ages and backgrounds – from those with no writing experience to novelists & professional scriptwriters.

Each student takes away a bound booklet of course notes for future reference.

Workshop covers: positioning the audience – Hollywood and Europe – Aristotle who? – the writing process-screenplay structure and how it works – difference between cinema and TV – making a scene – identification – forming characters-secrets of dialogue – show not tell narrative drive – genre – adaptation – layout – legal – selling your screenplay.

Tutor: Laurence Henson

“Fantastic! Your programme really hits the mark!” – Glen McCoy BBC Eastenders scriptwriter

…and past participants at Northern Visions –

“Excellent – a sense that you were learning from someone who had direct experience”;

“Very detailed, constructive, well planned and paced”;

“Top drawer – inspiring”;

“Laurence was brilliant”;

“Absolutely fantastic”;

“I wish I had gone on this course years ago.”

Number of participants: 12-18

Lunch is provided on Saturday and snack and refreshments on Sunday.

This workshop takes place over two consecutive days

What is meant by concession

Workshops take place September - March. We organise occasional workshops at other times of the year subject to demand. Please email us if you are interested in this workshop and your name will be placed on our waiting list.

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