Screenwriting (Autumn)

Ready to take your screenwriting to the next level?

Every Tuesday, 7pm – 9pm from the 3rd November t0 8th December

This six-week Screenwriting course is designed for writers who already understand the basics and want to deepen their craft and refine their voice. Working alongside established screenwriters, you’ll develop the tools needed to build more compelling, professional-level scripts.

The course will cover the following topics – but will be also open to input from the students:

• Narrative Structure Continued – moving on from the basics to writing inciting incidents that work, building conflict, writing effective climaxes and resolutions etc.
• The Language of Cinema – visual storytelling, showing not telling, film grammar, image and meaning.
• Genre and Storyworld – understanding genre conventions and audience expectations, designing story worlds that emphasise your central theme and conflict, choosing the details that create a world in the reader’s mind)
• Professional formatting and the mechanics of scriptwriting (types of scene writing, layout, industry standards, individual style etc)

Actors trained at Collective have gone on to work in Hollywood films, on Broadway, for the National Theatre, in the West End and in series for Netflix, HBO, BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

We are passionate about working with actors from underrepresented groups and we will always seek to break down barriers to access in professional actor-training. Scholarships are available for those who are facing challenging circumstances. If you want to learn more about how to apply, email reception@collectiveactingstudio.co.uk

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