CLASSIC VS. MODERN SCREENPLAYS –AN IN-DEPTH STUDY
Learn In-Depth the Classical Structure Techniques and
Inventive Modern Patterns of Telling Stories.
LIVE MENTORING
Dates: Sept 28-29, Oct 05-06, 12-13
Duration: 2Hrs 30Min per Class
Total: 15 Class Hours
Maximum Participation: 25
Platform: Online Live on Zoom
Fee: 11250/- per person paid in advance at the time of
registration. (INR75O/Hour/15Hours)
TAKEAWAY:
01. Softcopy (PDF) of the relevant points discussed during the sessions.
02. The Participants can develop and write a treatment of their stories, if they may, with a personal evaluation by Sab John Edathattil.
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DURATION: 15 Hours
FEES: 11250
Week 01 -Day 01
- Protagonist’s Untouched Status Quo
- Crafting Problems
- Expanding the Problem & World of Story
- Initial Discovery
- Key Subplot and Protagonist
- Maximum Effort
- Exercises
Week 01 - Day 02
- Fabricated Solution
- Final Test & Real Solution
- Archetypal Situations and Lengths
- Mid, Peak and Result
- Where does Climax Fit In
- Exercises
Week 02 - Day 03
- Power Vs Conflict
- The Mechanics of Conflict
- That Doesn’t Kill Is Stronger
- Orchestration of Conflict
- Types of Conflict
- Motivation, Stakes and Traps
- Conflicts in Events
Week 02 - Day 04
- The Only Permanent Rule
- Being Dissimilar
- Breaking Formula
- The Writer’s Objective & Primacy
- Are all Radical Films Radical?
- Exercises
Week 03 Day 05
- Mainstream Experiments in Structure
- Lessons from the Past
- Storytelling Myths, Legends and Lies
- Why some stories can’t be classically told
- Camera as Storyteller
- Exercises
Week 03 Day 06
- The Physics of Drama
- Stirring the Pot
- Rule Breaking & Cost Benefits
- Using Rules to Break Rules
- Clarity Vs Doubt
- Exercises
FOUNDER MENTOR
SAB JOHN EDATHATTIL
Sab John Edathattil is an Indian screenwriter and filmmaker, who has penned scripts for some very critically acclaimed films in Malayalam and Tamil.
Screenwriter: Chanakyan, Guna, Jilunnu Oru Kadhal and many more...
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