Advanced Scriptwriting with Tanya Hamilton

Tanya_Hamilton_WEB.jpg

Thursdays, December 1, 15, January 12, January 26; TIME: 6:30-9:30PM; FALL 2011- 2012

Instructor: Tanya Hamilton
Workshop Location:
Scribe Video Center
4212 Chestnut Street
3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Fee: $140.

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.

INSTRUCTOR: Sundance Fellow Tanya Hamilton has received numerous individual artist grants in recent years, including a prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts Grant for Night Catches Us (the only screenwriter to ever receive the award), the Gordon Parks Screenwriting Award, the Urban World Film Festival Screenwriting Award, a 5-County Arts Grant of the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship. Her debut feature film, Night Catches Us (2010), starring Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington Her, was nominated for numerous awards.