UPCOMING COURSES
Day, Weekend, Evening and Week-long courses cover everything you need to improve your writing. All our tutors are writers and filmmakers. All believe good writing is at the heart of great filmmaking and have designed practical courses to help you develop your screenplay.
CALENDAR 2024
scripT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Develop your script from initial idea to a final draft of your feature or short film, web or TV comedy or drama series and improve your writing, story assessment and editing skills in these monthly feedback workshops, hosted online by Theresa Boden on selected Mondays from 6.15pm - 9.15pm & from 1.15 - 4.15pm and at BECTU in-person on selected Mondays from 1.15-4.15pm. The drop-in workshops are for a maximum of 6 writers ( writing teams may attend as one participant) so booking is advised a week before the workshop. You don't have to come every month just as and when you want to.
HOW TO WRITE THE WINNING TREATMENT
(in time to enter it for the
30th Euroscript Screenwriting Competition 2024)
Date: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
ONLINE
Congratulations. You’ve finished your script.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Now, you’ve got to entice producers to read it.
In this immersive workshop, learn valuable skills to take your marketing tools to the next level.
Write the Winning Treatment and enter it into our competition.
Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
ONLINE
Congratulations. You’ve finished your script.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Now, you’ve got to entice producers to read it.
In this immersive workshop, learn valuable skills to take your marketing tools to the next level.
Write the Winning Treatment and enter it into our competition.
HOW TO CREATE COMEDY CHARACTERS
Date: Friday 19th April 2024
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
ONLINE
It's not the jokes that make a character funny - it's the character that makes the jokes funny.
Learn the secrets behind successful comedy characters in any format or medium that you're writing for, be it film, TV, radio, theatre, stand-up, or digital platforms. (Suitable for any level of experience.)
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
ONLINE
It's not the jokes that make a character funny - it's the character that makes the jokes funny.
Learn the secrets behind successful comedy characters in any format or medium that you're writing for, be it film, TV, radio, theatre, stand-up, or digital platforms. (Suitable for any level of experience.)
INTRO TO: WRITING FOR CHILDREN
Date: Wednesday 29th May 2024
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
ONLINE
Interested in writing films or series for children?
This live webinar gives you all the basics. Discover how to tell stories for a younger audience!
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
ONLINE
Interested in writing films or series for children?
This live webinar gives you all the basics. Discover how to tell stories for a younger audience!
INTRO TO: WRITING FOR ANIMATION
Date: Thursday 30th May 2024
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
ONLINE
Ever dreamed of writing for Walt Disney or Pixar?
This live webinar gives you an introduction into the world of animation. From 2D to 3D, and stop-motion, discover how to tell animated stories!
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
ONLINE
Ever dreamed of writing for Walt Disney or Pixar?
This live webinar gives you an introduction into the world of animation. From 2D to 3D, and stop-motion, discover how to tell animated stories!
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