Saturday 31st July 
10.30am to 5.30pm
Tutor: Charles Harris

Characters are at the very heart of the screenwriting process. Stories are nothing without great characters to care about, love, hate and remember.

This workshop will help you analyse the strengths and weaknesses of your characters and give guidance on how to make characters fresh and believable, living vividly in the minds of the audience.

With film clips to inspire you, practical workshopping, group and individual exercises and personal feedback.

Numbers are strictly limited to ensure maximum opportunity for individual discussion and feedback of your project

• The six key characters
• Mercutio characters and 'Mentor Antagonists'
• Developing strong central characters
• Creating powerful character constellations
• Widening the range of archetypes
• Characters for long-running series

Tutor Charles Harris is an experienced award-winning writer-director for cinema and TV who has worked with top names in the industry from James Stewart to Spike Milligan. As script consultant, he has helped professional writers from Britain, Europe and USA, sat on BAFTA awards juries and lectured on MA courses at London University and London Film School.