February 25, 2012 – How to get an Audience into your Main Character’s Shoes

Whether your Main Character is a hero, a villain, a sidekick, or a one-of-a-kind original, empathizing with a Main Character is essential if you want your audience to experience your story at a personal level.Even the meanest Main Character is sympathetic when you get inside his head.This workshop gives you several surefire, practical techniques to […]

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February 18, 2012 – Homicide School for Crime Writers

There is not a better course for mystery writers than a seminar on homicide investigations from real homicide investigators. Attendees will learn about: • Investigation Team Composition • Call-out and Response Procedures • Crime Scene Investigations • Blood Spatter Interpretation • Proper Photography Procedures • Evidence Collection • Body Roll Examination • Wound Description and […]

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February 11, 2012 – Filmmakers Journey: “Act of Valor”

SHANE HURLBUT, ASC is an accomplished cinematographer who graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Film. The American Society of Cinematographers recognized Hurlbut after his first feature film “The Rat Pack,” directed by Rob Cohen in 1998. Over the course of the next decade Hurlbut lensed seventeen additional features including “Terminator: Salvation,” […]

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Development Hell

    Article by Steve Kaire (02/2014): Development is when a script, treatment or pitch has been sold and begins the long process of getting the movie produced. After the project has been acquired, the original writer may be replaced altogether or be given rewriting notes by the company or studio. He or she will […]

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