DescriptionMissing Seinfeld ? America's favorite TV show may have aired its final episode, but you can learn how to write in the same style with this screenwriters' workshop from Seinfeld co-producer and It's Like, You Know... executive producer, Peter Mehlman. Hear his take on the inner workings of the popular comedy show and how Jerry Seinfeld, the star, and Larry David, the co-creator, go about their work. Mehlman reveals the elements of a good episode, including: the importance of a plotline for each character, call-backs to previous episodes, turning tragedy into comedy, and the no-hugging rule. Not to mention the secret ingredients: embarrassment, lies, schemes, and lust! After listening to this audio program you'll be on your way to writing the next great American sitcom.
DescriptionFounder of the acclaimed film and TV writing program at UCLA, Froug's advice resounds with experience and integrity. In this live workshop recording you will learn how to keep dramatic tension in your script, find the action and counteraction, and keep dialogue lean. Froug explains how to get intimate with your characters and put aside formulas and get the best script out of you and down on paper. He is the author of The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter .
DescriptionHow important is the story? Crucial, says the acclaimed head of UCLA's Department of Film and Television and self-proclaimed "story hard-liner". In this fast-moving and entertaining live workshop recording, Walter defends the sanctity of the story and praises commercial film and TV for catering to its audience. He gives his advice on structure: lie through your teeth, integrate, and think beginnings, middles and ends. He has written for both screen and television and has written a book on the subject, Screenwriting: The Art Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing…
DescriptionDeciding on a point of view is one of the hardest tasks a writer faces. Here is expert advice on discovering whose story you are telling, and on point of view as seen by the characters, the audience, the writer, the camera, and more. And you'll hear DiMaggio's own point of view on what it means to be a writer - passion for the process, learning about yourself, scaling the wall of rejection and growing with your characters. Key Concepts: Opposing points of view create conflict which propels your story A character's principal trait determines his/her point of view Novelists should study screenwriting to learn how to think visually Awareness of who you are as a writer will make your story shine…
DescriptionHe spent his earliest years in post WWII refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland, stealing cars, rolling drunks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the worldwide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged E…
