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More resources for budding screenwriters
OK, clearly I’ve had too much coffee this morning, but here’s some more resources for all you future brilliant screenwriters of the world!
Withoutabox, simply THE standard in film festival sites, also includes many screenwriting competitions/festivals/events:
Our friend Syd Field also has his own site, which offers various online workshops, resources, and more!
New Journal of Screenwriting!
Academics are increasingly looking at screenplays as an emerging area of literature.
Check out this new, peer-reviewed journal (first issue is FREE!):
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=182/
NYU cinema listserv
So did you know that you can get access to a lot of the same events that NYU film students get — for FREE?
Sign up for the NYU cinema studies listserv to get on their e-mail list of events:
http://lists.nyu.edu/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=cinemastudies-announcements
Filmmaking Opportunities at Rutgers
New Jersey Media Arts Center
Spring 2010 Workshopssm
Introduction to Screenwriting
Instructor: Jeff Cohen
Screenwriting is a combination of creativity, craft, and commerce. With a strong emphasis on structure, this class will introduce students to the nuts and bolts of screenwriting, as well as the reality of selling your work and getting it produced. Film clips will illustrate specific points, and students will be shown how to absorb the rules, in order to break them intelligently.
Day/Time/Place: 2 Sundays, January 31 + February 7, 2010 – 12 Noon to 3:00 PM
Loree Bldg. #024, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Fee: $180 (Materials not included) = General Public $170 (Materials not included) = Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends
About the Instructor: Jeff Cohen is a screenwriter, novelist, and freelance writer whose screenplays have been developed by Jim Henson Productions, CBS, Gross-Weston productions, and others. His Aaron Tucker mystery novels have been optioned for television or film, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Premiere, The Star Ledger, USA Weekend, Writer’s Digest, and Entertainment Weekly.
Filmmaking I
Instructor: Albert Gabriel Nigrin
This hands-on workshop for beginning and intermediate students welcomes those who wish to become more adept at filmmaking. Participants will shoot and edit a short film directed by the instructor. While working on this film, students will be instructed in the fundamentals of film production: use of the camera, lighting, editing, sound, and other special techniques. Limited enrollment.
Day/Time/Place: 3 Sundays, February 28, March 7+28, 2010 – 12 Noon to 3:00 PM
Loree Bldg. #024, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Fee: $345 (Materials not included) = General Public
$335 (Materials not included) = Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends
How To Raise Money For Film & Video Projects
Instructor: Albert Gabriel Nigrin
This grant writing workshop includes discussions on designing media projects to make them attractive to potential funders; answering the most important questions before looking for funds; where the funding sources are; researching private and public dollars; targeting likely prospects; talking to funders; creating a professional proposal; dealing with grant acceptance and rejection. Limited enrollment.
Day/Time/Place: Sunday, April 18, 2010 – 12 Noon to 2:00 PM
Loree Bldg. #024, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Fee: $100 (Materials not included) = General Public
$90 (Materials not included) = Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends
About the Instructor: Albert Gabriel Nigrin is a cinema studies lecturer at Rutgers University. In addition, he is the Executive Director of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc., which presents the New Jersey Film Festivals and the United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival. Mr. Nigrin has an M.F.A. in Visual Arts/Film and Video from Rutgers University and he is also an award-winning experimental media artist. Mr. Nigrin was a 2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Media Arts Fellowship winner. In addition, his films/videos were screened as part of the 2004 Enter The Screen: Experimental Film program in Changzhou, China, the 2005 Floating Images: Experimental Film program in Shanghai, China . the 2006 Toronto Images Film Festival, and the1998-2001 Big as Life: An American History of 8mm Filmmaking Retro at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The Film Business: Basic Legal and Business Aspects of Motion Picture Production and Distribution
Instructor: Steven C. Schechter, Esq.
This workshop is designed to inform participants about the legal and business aspects of the motion picture and entertainment industries. The workshop welcomes producers, film/videomakers, film/video students, lawyers, as well as amateurs and the general public. Participants will learn the general rules of law which apply to the production and distribution of motion pictures and other audio-visual productions and will learn the basic provisions of common contracts used in the motion picture industry. Topics will include: what rights are needed to produce a motion picture; how to obtain music, film clips and other clearances for audio-visual productions; and typical financing and distribution arrangements.
Day/Time/Place: Sunday, April 11, 2010 – 12 Noon to 3:00 PM
Loree Bldg. #024, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Fee: $100 (Materials not included) = General Public
$90 (Materials not included) = Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends
About the Instructor: Steven C. Schechter is a film industry attorney who practices law in New Jersey and New York and is a lecturer on entertainment law at Seton Hall University. Mr. Schechter received his law degree from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City and has a B.A. in Television, Radio, and Film Production from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Prior to establishing his own firm, Mr. Schechter was associated with Chasen & Lichter, a New York entertainment law firm, where he practiced entertainment, art, and publishing law, and with the legal department of New Line Cinema Corp. in New York City. He is an advisor to the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc.
Mastering Audio For General Production Work
Instructor: Mitch Hiller
This course will begin with a tour of the sound chain from sound waves principles, through the basic electrical properties producing audio signals and finally the digital encoding processes. Microphones will be discussed with respect to their many types and basic placement concepts. Signal levels and proper interfacing will be examined using various examples. We will allow individual questions and interests to partly guide the direction of certain course material, as seems appropriate, to provide a springboard to address many related subjects including balanced lines, noise control, reading meters, troubleshooting, a basic no math intro to the decibel, gain staging, etc.
Day/Time/Place: Sunday, April 25, 2010 – 12 Noon to 4:00 PM
Loree Bldg. #024, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Fee: $100 (Materials not included) = General Public
$90 (Materials not included) = Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends
About the Instructor: Mitch Hiller is a graduate of The Institute Of Audio Research and has been teaching basic and advanced audio principles for 20 years. Mitch consults in areas of live sound reinforcement, studio troubleshooting & design and multi-track recording of live events. Mostly, he works in his recording studio with musicians and songwriters as a tracking, mixing & mastering engineer or co-producer.
NJMAC Workshops Registration Form
Intro to Screenwriting The Film Business:Legal Aspects of the …
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Filmmaking I ___ How To Raise Money For Film & Video Projects
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Mastering Audio….
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Completed registration forms must be accompanied by the workshop fee(s), which are non-refundable unless a workshop is cancelled. Seating is limited and 90% of our workshops sell-out quickly, so register early. Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends must enclose proof of current membership to qualify for discounts. Make checks payable to: New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc. Send this form and payment to: Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC, 72 Lipman Drive (018 Loree Hall), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8525. For more information contact us at: (732) 932-8482=Phone; (732) 932-1935=Fax; NJMAC@aol.com=E-Mail; www.njfilmfest.com=Web site.
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New Jersey has only one media arts center programming year-round — offering over 100 annual film screenings and events: The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center. Founded in 1982, the Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC draws thousands of viewers from throughout New Jersey by providing an alternative media culture. The Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC is dedicated to the noncommercial exhibition of independent, classic, international, and experimental films and videos. Not only do our audiences have the opportunity to view many independently produced films, but also the added benefit of meeting with the filmmakers, actors, screenwriters and other members of production crew. Some of our guests have included: Todd Solondz, Bill Plympton, Gary Null, Veronica Burstein, Jem Cohen, Peter Sillen, Jason Rosette, Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir, Sarah Jacobson, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, Paul Morrissey, D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, Tim Kirkman, Joseph Dorman, Ted Sod, Heather McDonald, Mark Rappaport, Sara Driver, Jim McKay, Su Friedrich, Menachem Daum, Ken Smith, Aviva Kempner, David Riker, John Hulme, Charles Creasy, Tony Leahy, Jeff Cline, Diane Bonder, Sarah Karloff, Michel Negroponte, Vlas and Charley Parlapanides, Ethan Falk, David Rick Balcorta, Roger Weisberg, Daina Krumins, Jenny Stein, James LaVeck, D.R. Hernandez, Matthew Garrett, Thomas Franklin, Thierry Daher, Carolyn Travis, Yasuki Nakajima, Aileen Bordman, Patrick Donnelly, Sara Taksler, Naomi Greenfeld, Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, Jerome Bongiorno, Sanjiban Sellew, Susan Ingraham, Martha Rosler, Mark Berger, Raphael Ortiz, Maureen Gosling, Marc Maurino, Matthew Brown, Moon Molson, Jave Galt-Miller, Micah Baskir, Paul La Blanc, Thurston Smith, Tim Eberle, Damian Kolody, Nancy O’Mallon, Kathy Foronjy, Joe Coburn, Michael Knowles, Luke Mathany, Sarah Wickliffe, Jonathan Budine, Melissa Thomson, Beth Miranda Botshon, Daniel Califf-Glick, Bonnie Blake, Linda Helm Krapf, Christina Eliopoulos, Melissa Whitely, Andrew Liput, Donny Moss, Raul Barcelona, Alex Feldman, Joesph Bierman, Eve Burris, Ken Castellano, Mark Kolu, Peter Koziell, Darren Garnick, Patty Sharaf, Bill Page, Jon Sell, Danny Medoza, Paul Andersen, Christopher Maloney, Thomas Florek, Paul Marcus, Ryan Smith, Matthew Lawrence, Beth Toni Kruvant, Nadirah Bell, Emma Kenney, Shinako Sudo, Richard Haines, Ken Kimmelman, Christopher Bedford, Neil and Lee Selden, Cassandra Evanisko, Corrina May, Judith Vogelsang, Ryan O’Laughlin, Hemant Tavathia, David Svedosh and many others. Please help us continue our cultural mission by joining us as a friend-member.
Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friend-Membership Form
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Benefits include:
-Discounted admission to Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC screenings, and special events.
-Discounted tuition to Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC film/video workshops and courses.
-Discounted prices on Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC T-shirts and other merchandise.
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All memberships are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Friend-memberships are valid for two seasons (approximately 8 months). Additional tax-deductible donations are also welcome.
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For more information contact us at: (732) 932-8482=Phone; (732) 932-1935=Fax; NJMAC@aol.com=E-Mail; www.njfilmfest.com=Web site.
Script Writing Options
You have a few different options for writing your screenplay:
1. Format it yourself. Hey, it worked for the guys with the typewriters, so why not you? If you do that, make sure that you know the rules/formatting issues, so read your Syd Field! You can also set up a template in Word. Here’s a link to information on formatting:
http://www.simplyscripts.com/WR_format.html
2. Final Draft. Simply the industry standard for script writing.
3. Celtx. It’s a wonderful, FREE, downloadable program for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Also allows for collaboration.
4. There are also a number of online scriptwriting options:
Which one is best for you? Well, I can’t tell you! I suggest you experiment with different options to see what works for you. Remember, there are all kinds of media scripts, so different options may be better for different formats.
Find out more at:
Juno Script
Here’s the Juno script, for those interested in how to format Voice Overs and Flashbacks.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2251012/Juno-Script
Writing a Script Treatment
Read the following sample Script Treatment
Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
Link to the script below:
Formatted:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7053513/Do-the-Right-Thing-Script
Unformatted:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/d/do-the-right-thing-script.html
Teleplay vs. Screenplay
A teleplay is written for TV. A screenplay is written for film. Both are commonly called scripts in common parlance. However, there are differences in formatting and convention between them.
Read http://www.screenstyle.com/screenvssits.html and note the various differences between the two forms.
