ADVANCED CLASS: Writing for Soap
Monday nights
Facilitator: Charles Sapadin
Date and time: Mondays: 16 July, 23 July, 30 July, 6 August at 18h00 to 20h00
Venue: 125 3rd Street, Linden, Johannesburg
COST: R450 for WGSA members and R900 for non-members
INTERMEDIATE CLASS: The Art and Craft of Building Character
Tuesday nights
Facilitator: Jarryn Katia
Date and time: Tuesdays: 17 July, 24 July, 31 July, 7 August at 18h00 to 20h00
Venue: 125 3rd Street, Linden, Johannesburg
COST: R450 for WGSA members and R900 for non-members
BEGINNERS CLASS: Introduction to Writing for Children's Television
Thursday nights
Facilitator: Natasje van Niekerk
Date and time: Thursdays: 19 July, 26 July, 2 August, 9 August at 18h00 to 20h00
Venue: 125 3rd Street, Linden, Johannesburg
COST: R450 for WGSA members and R900 for non-members
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
· All payments are due in advance
· Payments must be made directly into the WGSA bank account
· Bookings are essential and non-refundable – a maximum of 15 participant. Bookings close on 13 JULY
· Workshops will only be confirmed once the minimum number of participants (10) has confirmed attendance.
PROFILES OF FACILITATORS
CHARLIE SAPADIN: A graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television and the UCLA Graduate Screenwriter's Workshop, Charlie has written, produced, and edited numerous television drama, documentary, and feature film projects. He trained in story development in Los Angeles, working for producers Lawrence Bender (PULP FICTION, GOOD WILL HUNTING) and Richard Donner & Lauren Shuler-Donner (LEATHAL WEAPON, X-MEN). He’s written numerous feature film scripts, one of which was optioned by 20th Century Fox. Locally, he was head writer on SABC1’s GAZ’LAM and TSHA TSHA. He’s helped develop and write for other shows such as TAKALANI SESAME, HARD COPY, THE LAB, and SCANDAL. He edited the local feature film GUMS AND NOSES, wrote and produced the straight-to-dvd comedy SWOP! He’s currently serving as head writer for etv’s RHYTHM CITY.
JARRYN KATIA is a screenwriter for television, a script editor and story consultant for motion pictures, a skills facilitator and creative producer for audio and video documentary and a consultant for alternative media productions. Jarryn’s field of concentration in his media work is in assisting projects with strong social value in optimizing their impact. In addition to his undergraduate education in Psychology, he has been trained as a writer and editor through the National Film and Video Foundation’s Masters Programme. He spent a year-and-a-half attached to the NFVF’s SEDIBA initiative helping to further motion picture scripts in development, eventually consulting on a total of six projects that passed through the programme. He has since worked on three television series, almost a dozen feature film projects in development, documentary and actuality programming, and radio broadcast productions with themes as varied as HIV/AIDS education, crime prevention, healthcare access, poverty alleviation and xenophobia. Currently, he is contracted as a writer on Mzansi Magic’s ‘Inkaba’. Jarryn has facilitated workshops in film for the Center of Creative Arts, DIFF and various not-for-profits, and his film and television credits have earned him full membership of the Writers’ Guild of South Africa, and an invitation to the prestigious Berlinale Talent Campus in 2011. He is also in the process of developing and facilitating training programs in narrative, character development and scriptwriting principles for audio and visual documentaries with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism.
NATASJÉ VAN NIEKERK started her career in the entertainment industry as an actress. While struggling in London auditioning and taking classes, she managed to get hired by Gymboree Play and Music as an interactive play teacher. In layman’s terms she sang “the wheels on the bus” to babies and toddlers with their parents. Upon her return to South Africa, as part of a clear cosmic plan she landed a job playing the puppet-girl, Thandi in Thabang Thabong. And so one thing lead to another and her inner Dr. Seuss was activated. She started writing for Thabang Thabong – I’m sure we will look back at those naive scripts and shudder – and then School TV, Just Chill, Magic Cellar... which opened up the wonderful world of animated series. With great pride and gratitude you will hear her speak fondly of how Clive Endersby, acclaimed Canadian story editor, mentored her and hand-reared her as an apprentice children’s writer. And here she is: Many nominations and an international award later, writing for international animated series, goo-goo-ga-ga-ing for Baby TV and relishing every moment of Charlie and Lola. It’s probably also worth mentioning that Natasjé has also written soap, sitcom, drama series, romcom and magazine programmes. So yes, she is grateful to also be an all-rounder. Her most recently completed Children’s project is Madam Meerkat currently ridiculously early in the morning on SABC 3.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: admin@writersguildsa.org / wgsainfo@gmail.com or call 011 888 4349
Website: http://www.writersguildsa.org
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