Script to Screen is a seminar-style workshop that looks at the big picture of film production, providing an overview of what’s needed to bring a film from pre-production through to final delivery.
Our focus is on the Director/Producer role, where you’re spending as much time on project management and team coordination as you are on the “creative work”, and where half the battle is knowing what you don’t know. Examples will be drawn from feature film projects in the “micro-indie” budget range of $20k-80k, where there’s a bit of money but not enough to have a fully paid professional team in place. Concepts learned can be scaled to many budget ranges, and while we focus on narrative feature film production, the content will be equally applicable to documentaries and shorts as well.
Participants who have a project underway or a script in development may benefit by bringing those materials to class, but the course content and group work will be equally useful for participants who don’t yet have a specific project in mind. Example scenes, breakdowns, budgets, schedules, footage etc will be provided by the instructor.
Registration
Session 1: Monday, March 27th, 6pm-9pm
Session 2: Monday, April 3rd, 6pm-9pm
Session 3: Monday, April 10th, 6pm-9pm
Session 4: Monday, April 17th, 6pm-9pm
Session 5: Monday, April 24th, 6pm-9pm
Course Outline
Session 1 – Early Development & Pre-Production: Financing, budgeting, rewriting for logistics, casting
Session 2 – Pre-Production Continues: Script breakdown, crew, locations, scheduling
Session 3 – Production: Team dynamics, crisis and collaboration, getting the performances you need
Session 4 – Post-Production: Honing the story in the edit, keeping the vision through each stage of post
Session 5 – Final Steps: Finishing and delivery, film festivals and distribution
Materials
• Writing Materials (pen, paper/notebook)
• (Optional) Personal laptop
• (Optional) Project or script in development
