A brilliant writer knows how to create exciting scenes in a manner that captivates both script readers and viewers. Improvisation techniques can enhance that creativity, leading to fresh material for comedic and dramatic stories and everything in between. In this two-day workshop, writers participate in guided team exercises (including improv games) and experiment with various practical approaches to produce ideas that could help build a script. The collaborative environment not only generates content but can also enhance self-confidence. Overnight, you write a couple of new pages, and the next day you see a script-in-hand staged reading of your improv-inspired scene.

Transitioning from the written word to a cinematic masterpiece requires a well-structured roadmap. In this immersive course, we will guide you through the intricate art of creative producing, equipping you with the strategies needed to bring your independent fiction film to life. Whether you are in the development, pre-production, or production phase, our problem-solving approach will empower you to navigate the challenges and turn your vision into a compelling reality that captivates both investors and audiences.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a October 2024 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The Screenwriting Series is an online course for writers who are new to screenwriting. The series, taught by Kathy Berardi, an independent writer-producer and UCLA MFA Screenwriting alum, embraces the philosophy of learning by doing. The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays. Beyond receiving instruction and step by step how-to advice in each webinar, students will be motivated and encouraged to jump right into writing by collaborating with the instructor and each other with creative brainstorms, process and content critiques, and online discussion.

Transitioning from the written word to a cinematic masterpiece requires a well-structured roadmap. In this immersive course, we will guide you through the intricate art of creative producing, equipping you with the strategies needed to bring your independent fiction film to life.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a November 2023 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a July 2023 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a November 2022 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a July 2022 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a November 2021 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.

Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a July 2021 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.

The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.

Michael Lucker has packed nearly every nut and bolt of the screenwriting craft into an engaging and entertaining six week seminar that teaches you what you need to know to bring your story to life. You’ll learn the tricks of the trade for creating great concepts, characters, plots, scenes, description, dialogue, and transitions, and leave the course confident to face the blank page on your own.

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