· Screenwriters and producers with feature film or television drama projects for development. Projects can be at outline stage or draft, as long as further development is needed. For each project, the attendance of the writer is necessary; other members of the creative team, e.g. producer, script editor or director, are invited to attend. Writers can also apply with projects alone.
· Professionals whose work includes training and developing screenwriters, e.g. lecturers and assistant lecturers at film schools and script consultants.
· Professionals whose work includes evaluating screenplays and providing reports and feedback to writers, producers, funders and other parties. This includes creative producers, commissioning editors, agents and those who evaluate scripts at film funds.
The programme exists to give advanced skills in working with screenplays and writers to professionals. Over the course of the workshop the six screenwriters will attend development sessions on their works-in-progress which will provide examples and experience for the trainers.
All participants will attend lectures and master classes delivered by the two tutors – Martin Daniel and Mary Kate O Flanagan.
Trainers Group A – experienced screenwriting teachers and script consultants (4 people). These people will read all projects and each will run one development session with a writer, guided and prepared by the tutors.
Trainers Group B – creative producers, film fund professionals, agents and commissioning editors (8 people). These people will read all projects and will participate in briefing sessions before and after the development sessions.
Screenwriters Group C – Screenwriters with their projects / accompanied by directors, script editors or producers if possible (6 projects, max. 2 people per project). These people will read all projects and will participate in each development session.
All participants attend lectures and tutorials. Please note it is a full schedule so you need to be able to clear your diary for the duration of the workshop.
applicants from the Czech Republic and other countries submit to midpointcenter@famu.cz !!!
Applications must be submitted in English, the workshop language is English.
· Travel costs are NOT included.
The workshop will take place at the Lodz Film School in Lodz, Poland.
The Training the Trainers workshop is for teachers of screen writing, script consultants, screenwriters and other professionals involved into script development process. The workshop is designed to enhance skills in story development. This 5-days workshop is designed to give all the participants practical skills for their part of the script development process.
The basic concept of the workshop: The programme exists to give advanced skills in working with screenplays and writers to professionals. Over the course of the workshop the six screenwriters will attend development sessions on their works-in-progress which will provide examples and experience for the trainers.
MIDPOINT is an international script development training programme for graduating students and film professionals. It was conceived at FAMU Prague in 2010 with the aim of strengthening creative collaboration between writer, director and producer in the development process. MIDPOINT has grown into a platform that provides several types of workshops designed to cover the area of film and TV dramaturgy. One of them is Training the Trainers workshop. In 2015 Training the Trainers is organized by the Lodz Film School with the financial support of The Polish Film Institute and MIDPOINT/FAMU Prague.
Screenwriters and producers with feature film or television drama projects for development. Projects can be at outline stage or draft, as long as further development is needed. For each project, the attendance of the writer is necessary; other members of the creative team, e.g. producer, script editor or director, are invited to attend. Writers can also apply with projects alone.
Professionals whose work includes training and developing screenwriters, e.g. lecturers and assistant lecturers at film schools and script consultants.
Professionals whose work includes evaluating screenplays and providing reports and feedback to writers, producers, funders and other parties.
This includes creative producers, commissioning editors, agents and those who evaluate scripts at film funds.
TRAINERS / Group A / — experienced screenwriting teachers and script consultants (4 people). These people will read all projects and each will run one development session with a writer, guided and prepared by the tutors.
These people will read all projects and will participate in briefing sessions before and after the development sessions.
SCREENWRITERS / Group C / — Screenwriters with their projects / accompanied by directors, script editors or producers if possible (6 projects, max. 2 people per project).
These people will read all projects and will participate in each development session.
• Travel costs are NOT included.
• The workshop is planned for 5 days.
Special event: If you attend Polish Film Festival in Gdynia you are welcome to join on Wednesday, September 16 Pavel Jech’s master class: Ten Jokes That Will Teach You Everything You Need To Know About Screenwriting.
Pavel Jech is a screenwriter, screenwriting teacher, Dean of FAMU and MIDPOINT Head of Studies. Official presentation of the Training the Trainers Workshop will follow after the master class.