• The screenplay: what does it look like? How is it formatted? You write your first opening scene.
• The idea: how to generate a wealth of ideas, then select the best. You think up great plots for your own movie.
• Writing cinematically: how to think in epic terms and tell stories using images. You write your first action sequence.
• Dialogue: how to write spoken words with the impact and economy of poetry. You learn to write from character.
• Plot: how to think up great twists and use them to make your story more gripping.

During the weekend you’ll also learn what some screenwriting jargon means and experiment with these key ideas in your own stories. For example:

• What’s a Goal, Arc, Treatment, Premise?
• What is ‘Three-Act Structure’ and can we break the rules?
• What’s Emotional Underscoring? 
• What does ‘Expertise’ bring to a film?
• How do relationships between characters make or break stories?

At the end of the course, you will be given a reading and information list.