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QUESTIONS? INTERESTED? FOR FAST RESPONSE:
Text 323 401-5006 or Email: lbharrington123@gmail.com
Our schedule includes daily writing, film-viewing and workshops to clarify the purposes of the crucial three acts. In addition, there will be film viewing, group table-reads, and one-on-one mentoring.
No matter your genre or stage of script or novel development, we can help you identify the best structure to advance the story you want to tell.
New writers will leave our workshop with the knowledge of a three-act or five-act structure, the secrets to building compelling characters and the ability to construct a draft that works structurally and thematically!
If you are writing a novel, or have completed any part of a screenplay, provide us with material in advance and we can help construct a writing plan. During our week together, we will advise you how to improve your story, fix structural problems, hone scenes, elevate themes and advance character development.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Arrival from 8 am - 12 am
Lunch/Introductions : 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Introductory Presentations: 2:30-5:30 pm
Break/Relax/ Write
Dinner: 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Initial Consultations: Set objectives for the week
SUNDAY
Breakfast: 7:30-9:00 am
Presentation: Tobias 9:30-11:00
Presentation: Laura 11:30 - 1
Lunch 1:20- 2:30 pm
Individual Consultations
Break/Relax/ Write
Dinner: 8 pm
MONDAY
Breakfast 7:30-9:30am
Presentation Structure: Laura 10-11:30
Tobias 11:30 - 1
Lunch 1- 2:30 pm
Individual Consultations
Break/Relax?Write
Dinner 8 pm
TUESDAY
Breakfast 7:30am-9:30am
Presentation Structure:
Tobias 10-11:30
Laura 11:30-1
Lunch 1- 2:30 pm
Break/Relax?Write
Dinner: 8pm
Table Read
FRIDAY
Breakfast 7:30-9:30am
Presentation: Act Three
Continue writing Act One. Submit to instructors.
Assignment: Work to complete screenplay outline or note changes for future revision.
Lunch 1- 2:30 pm
Dinner
Table Readings
SATURDAY
Breakfast: 6:30-8:45 am
Each writer meets individually with instructor to discuss a completion game plan.
Depart: 12:00
THURSDAY
Breakfast 6:30-9:30am
Presentation:
Tobias 10-11:30
Laura 11:30 - 1
Lunch 1- 2:30 pm
Dinner 7 pm
8:30 FILM SCREENING with Structural Analysis
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast 6:30am-8:45am
Visit Parma with Gino! Depart 9am
Lunch at a traditional trattoria
Dinner 7pm
Guest Speaker
PRICING
Private Suite: $3,000
Shared Room: $1.500 each (including workshops)
A Suite can be shared with a significant other not participating in the program as long as the added guest is willing to lead quiet, independent lives while on the property.
Included:
The Farmhouse: Screenwriting Intensive program.
7 NIGHTS: In a private (or shared) deluxe, renovated suite. Shared rooms have one queen bed or two single beds, depending on preference. And private bathroom.
Transportation to and from the train station in Fidenza, Italy, upon arrival and departure.
All on-site chef-prepared meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Use of all Il Casale common rooms and outside spaces, including heated swimming pool and surrounding gardens.
Wine with dinner, as well as reasonably priced bottles for purchase.
For a Non-Residential Rate: Please Inquire
