India Screenwriting Workshop
17 March - 23 March 2008, Goa
"The difference between life and the movies is that
a script has to make sense, and life doesn't."
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
ATTENTION: All writers with a story inside that is trying to get out. Got a great story but don’t know how to start a screenplay?
Here is a writing lab for people who have stories to tell….
The India Screenwriting Workshop is designed for aspiring screenwriters to interact in group and individual sessions with Screenwriters of international repute, with the aim of developing their own writing skills. The workshop will focus on the written work of the writers, examining their immediate story concerns and overall screenwriting craft. Writers will also interact with Industry Producers with the aim of developing the skill to pitch their stories compellingly.
WORKSHOP OUTLINE:
This workshop will be led by 2 Principal Mentors each of whom is a screen-writer of repute and is inspired to share their experience and guide young writers to shape their craft. 3 Writer/Directors will feature as Guest Mentors and Industry Producers will conduct sessions on Pitching the Script. Besides lectures, Q and A sessions and screenings, each participant will get two individual feedback discussions with Mentors. At the end of the workshop, a seed grant will be awarded to the writers whose stories show the best potential for development into a quality screenplay. This grant is to support the writers to complete their screenplays in a stipulated period of time in which they will also receive two rounds of feedback from their Mentors. The awardees will also be required to create a short video pitch of their screenplay. Judgments on submissions will be made by a jury of Mentors and the Program Directors and their decision will be final.
RESOURCE PERSONS:
Principal Mentors, confirmed:
SABRINA DHAWAN, writer of Monsoon Wedding and Associate professor in Screenwriting at the Tisch School of Arts
PAROMITA VOHRA, writer of Khamosh Pani and Visiting faculty for Scriptwriting at Sophiya College, Mumbai.
Proposed Guest Mentors:
Shekhar Kapoor (confirmed)
Vishal Bhardwaj
Abbas Tyrewala
John Newbigin
Ian Iqbal Rashid
B R Sharan, Saregama India Limited
Program Director:
Natasha Badhwar
Executive Director:
Nila Madhab Panda
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
This workshop will be held over 7 days from 17 March to 23 March at The International Centre, Goa.
Timeline:
11th Feb 2008: Last date for Submission of Applications
28th Feb 2008: Announcement of shortlist of Participants chosen for Workshop
17th March-23rd March: Screenwriting Workshop in Goa
23rd March 2008: Announcement of Seed Grant Awardees
APPLICATION FORM:
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The India Screenwriting Workshop 2008 is funded by the British Council India.
Corporate Partner: Saregama India Limited
Organized by: Eleeanora Images
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