Nine Sundays, Oct. 17-Dec. 19 (skip Nov. 21), 7-9:30 pm
$335 members/$365 non-members Berkeley
“At some point, every produced screenwriter, whether working in Hollywood or in the Independents, wrote a “calling card” script – the one that got them noticed and out of the slush pile on to the production list,” says Terrel Seltzer. “In this class I’ll give practical, de-mystifying advice from a veteran screenwriter’s experience, focusing on three crucial elements to help aspiring writers get a foot in the door: 1) Concepts that sell: the need for a “strange attractor,” which is often called “the high concept idea,” 2) Characters that actors will vie to play: “structuring both the outer journey (physical plot) and the inner journey (emotional arc) of your protagonist hero, and 3) Conflict: how to get it, because a screenplay has to have it (and most beginner’s scripts don’t).
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