Weekend Courses 2008


The Copenhagen Screenwriting School joins forces with Euroscript from London, to run highly qualified workshops.


Please note, places are strictly limited to ensure personal feedback.


The Absolute Beginner's Guide to How to write a Screenplay
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October
10.00 to 16.00
Tutor: Fenella Greenfield

If you’ve ever dreamt of writing a feature-film script or wondered how a screenplay is written then come along and have some fun on this weekend workshop and meet some other aspiring writers in the process.

Dazzling Dialogue + Visual Writing
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November
Tutor: Charles Harris
10.00 to 16.00

Dazzling Dialogue
Screenwriters all too often allow their dialogue let them down. In this workshop we will help you strengthen your dialogue and find your individual voice, showing clips and script extracts from the best screenwriters, using exercises to liberate your writing skills and giving feedback on your work.

Visual Writing
Tune up your visual storytelling skills.
In this workshop you will learn to use picture and sound to fire the emotions of both reader and audience, to create rich and exciting visuals in the eye of the reader and strong screen atmosphere and drama.

Breaking the Rules + Creating Great Scenes
Saturday 15th and
Sunday 16th November
10.00 to 16.00
Tutor: Charles Harris

Breaking the Rules
Scripts that stand out from the crowd have to break the rules.

In this inspiring and challenging one-day workshop for writers of all levels of experience we will take you through the essential rules of screenwriting for film and TV and then show you which rules you must keep to, and which you must break, for your individual script - and why.

Creating Great Scenes
Your scenes need to be fresh, inventive and crafted with skill and understanding. In this workshop for writers at all levels from beginner to advanced, we will take you through the most important skills, with exercises to strengthen your scene-writing abilities and give your writing talents a thorough work-out.

Writing that inspires Acting; Acting that inspires Writing
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November
10.00 to 16.00
Tutors: Sarah Boberg and Ken Vedsegaard


The writer has to unfold the story and the characters on the page; the actors have to bring it to life, in the body and in the space. How to get there, is closer than you think, and we believe the two processes can inspire each other and then, it’s fun entertaining!

How to get your screenplay through the system
Saturday 29th November

10:00 to 16.00
Tutor: Bo hr. Hansen

This workshop is about the art of surviving in the movie Industry. How do you work with the director? How do you co-write? How do you deal with the producer? How do you deal with the Film Institute? The writer Bo hr. Hansen tells about his own experiences as a screenwriter. How did he get into the business? Which obstacles did he meet? Which screenplays were the toughest to write? Is it fun?

Writing for Radio

Sunday 30th November
10.00 to 15.00
Tutor: T.S. Høeg


This course covers nearly every aspect of writing for radio: comedy gags, sketches and shows; radio sitcoms and series;  short drama; full-length drama; radio ads - and beyond, to explore all the possibilities of work in the medium.


   

  

   
   
      
         



THE COPENHAGEN SCREENWRITING SCHOOL - Ovengaden oven Vandet 4A, st.th 1415 København K