Panel
The Writers Guild of America, East invites you to attend
The Fundamentals of Screenwriting, Part 4:
Write & Produce Your Own Short Film or Digital Series
Create a memorable calling card—an essential component of a filmmaker’s repertoire that’s one of the hardest types of screenwriting to get right!
Some of the topics and techniques we’ll cover include:
- Stand out from the crowded marketplace with a unique hook
- Grab the audience in the first 10 seconds
- Showcase your voice, style, and idea quickly and economically
- How a short film or digital pilot’s structure is fundamentally different from longer forms
- Examples of great shorts/webseries that led to industry success for their creators
- Create instantly recognizable characters with strong POVs
- Budget, cast, crew up, and shoot using the resources you already have
- Demonstrate the viability of a larger feature/series concept
- Show your vision to the world in the most universally accessible, budget-friendly way possible
…and a whole lot more. Hope to see you there!
Timothy Michael Cooper is an award-winning filmmaker, comedy writer, and script consultant. He wrote and directed the Writers Guild Award-nominated Concierge: The Series, starring Kate McKinnon. His short comedy Lemon premiered at Tribeca, played at dozens of international festivals and on United Airlines, and is currently in development as a sitcom. Plus, he’s been part of the writers’ room for the Writers Guild Awards for the past six years, writing monologue jokes and sketches for numerous hosts/presenters.
Through his company, Blueprint Screenwriting Group, he’s taught hundreds of writers. His clients and students have sold their scripts to major studios; staffed on multiple network and cable TV shows; screened/won at SXSW, Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, etc.; and got their movies and shows made across the globe.
Timothy is a proud member of the WGAE, the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective Writers’ Workshop, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society, and the WGAE Softball Team.
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About The Fundamentals of Screenwriting Series
The Fundamentals of Screenwriting with Timothy Michael Cooper is a new WGA East seminar series. This series aims to live up to its name – to teach the fundamentals for screenwriters that need a refresher or journalists looking to learn for the first time. The next topics we will cover in this series are:
- TV vs. Film Requirements on Monday, November 4
- Pitching 101 on Monday, December 2
- I’ve Finished a Draft—Now What
- Gatekeepers & Festivals
- The Short Film
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Three-Strike Rule
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