Following up from an exciting Memoir Workshop in February, HELENA KRIEL is back in South Africa to teach a SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO WRITE A MOVIE SCRIPT? This two-day workshop - WITH HELENA KRIEL - will focus on the craft used by industry professionals writing in Hollywood.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
- The development of an interesting story idea.
- The interplay of the protagonist and antagonist.
- The eight act structure that underpins any professional screenplay.
- Thinking visually.
- Considerations of what makes for good dialogue.
- Learning to put conflict into every scene.
- Defining and using your personal theme.
DATES AND TIMES
- SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH 11:00 - 17:00
- SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 11:00 - 17:00
ABOUT HELENA KRIEL
Helena Kriel was raised and educated in Johannesburg South Africa. After graduating with a Dramatic Art and Literature degree from University of Witwatersrand she worked in Television, directing and writing. Her plays Pigs on Passion, Arachnid and I Can't Wait To Tie You To The Sofa premiered at the National Arts Festival and were all produced a number of times.
She was nominated for playwright of the year. She emigrated to America and won the Steven Spielberg Dianne Thomas Award for her first screenplay Virtuoso. She has been a working screenwriter in Los Angeles writing for the studios and independent producers for twenty years.
Ahab's Wife, The Good Soldier, The Arabian Nights, Tsotsi, Valley Song, and Wuthering Heights are a few of her adaptations. Heated and The Other Woman are amongst her original screenplays. Kama Sutra was produced with Academy nominated director Mira Nair directing and released in 1996. Skin was produced by Elysian Films and released in 2009. Skin has won over eight festival awards and was named in the best ten independent films of 2009.
She has finished her first novel The Burning Ground and is busy with a memoir Sweet and Savage. Helena teaches screen writing at the low-residency Masters Programme in Writing at Spalding University. She lives in Los Angeles.
PRICE: R2 500 PER PERSON.
INCLUDES:
Two full days working in a group and one-on-one with Helena Kriel. A festive indian lunch cooked by alexis kriel on both workshop weekends.
BOOKING AND ADDRESS
The workshops will be held in a private house in atholl, sandton. The full address will be sent to you on confirmation of your place on the course. Contact Alexis Kriel for updates on forthcoming India excursions.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: alexis@alexiskriel.co.za
Website: http://www.alexiskriel.co.za
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