Creation Workshop

Have you started your screenplay but are not sure how to proceed? Are you struggling to make your characters complex and believable? Not sure if the dialogue feels natural and organic to the plot and story? Will the pacing keep audiences engaged? Take this workshop with screenwriter/director Tanya Hamilton and get advanced instruction in story, plot, structure, pacing, dialogue, and character development. You will also develop critical reading and writing skills through close readings and thoughtful critiques of your own and fellow participants’ screenplays. Participants are encouraged to have at least the first act of their screenplay written.

Register by calling 215-222-4201 or online now and bring confirmation receipt on day of workshop. Thank you for registering.

Indy filmmakers are embracing video capable DSLRs for their large sensors, portability, ease of set up, and performance in low lighting situations. Learn how to maximize the DSLR’s capabilities from director Nadine Patterson and producer Brian Glazer
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Fresh from wrapping principal photography (using three DSLRs) for her feature Tango MacBeth, Patterson will discuss lighting design for multi camera shoots, the use of double system audio, and how to achieve a filmic look using the DSLR.

Glazer will present a case study of The President's House, a series of short films he line produced, now on permanent exhibit at Independence Mall. He will focus on budgetary, creative and technical considerations a producer must make when choosing between camera platforms for a given project.

Participants are invited to discuss their respective projects.

Participants will shoot a silent project as a group while learning basic 16mm (Bolex) camera operation techniques, operation of light meters, lighting for film and editing on Scribe’s Steenbeck flatbed film editor. Each participant will also have the opportunity to shoot a 100-ft roll of 16mm film. Additional workshop hours will be required for production and editing exercises.