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Guide To Screenplay Structure

Event Date: Saturday, March 23, 2013 || Speaker: Matt Lohr || Check-in: 12:30 pm || Matt R. Lohr – On Screenwriting the Dan O’Bannon Way.  The late Dan O’Bannon gave us some of the greatest genre films of all time, including ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.  O’Bannon wrote these masterworks using a self-created system he called […]

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Script Readers Class – HOP Session Only

Event Date: Saturday, March 23, 2013 || HOP Session || Check-in: 10:15 am || Time Frame: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm || Hollywood Outreach Program (HOP) Session ONLY.     **The deadline has passed and RSVPs are now CLOSED for this event. Please view our calendar for upcoming events. Check-in begins at 10:15 am. Event starts at 10:30 am.  No Refunds. No […]

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Creating Characters that Grab and Hold a Reader’s Attention – by Lorel Keiko Saiki

  Corey Mandell spoke to the Scriptwriters Network at CBS Studios on Saturday, March 16, 2013, discussing intuitive vs. conceptual writing and how a writer can combine them to create strong scripts with memorable characters. Corey is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who has written projects for Ridley Scott, Wolfgang Petersen, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, […]

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Creating Characters that Grab and Hold a Reader’s Attention

Event Date: Saturday, March 16, 2013 || Speaker: Corey Mandell || Check-in: 12:30 pm || Compelling characters are essential to any successful screenplay.  Yet few writers are consistent in their ability to develop characters that are strong enough to truly grab and hold a reader’s attention.    **The deadline has passed and RSVPs are now CLOSED for this […]

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