Where do ideas come from? What Makes a good Story? Story to Screenplay what does it take? Why Cinema?
The course focuses on elements of screenplay writing. From an idea to a story to a screenplay, the course takes you through the art and craft of cinematic writing domain.
Character or Plot? Who drives the story? Story or Structure what drives the treatment?
Get all your screenwriting questions addressed in a 9 day workshop focusing on screen writing for short films.
We help you construct your first screenplay for a ten-minute short film. We nurture your short film idea into a full-fledged screenplay. And eventually elements of Screenplay writing for short films are taken to the next level in a Masterclass with the best Screenwriting Guru, Anjum Rajabali.

Workshop Details:
Duration: 9 Days
Date: 2nd to 10th December, 2017
Time: 10:00 am to 06:00 pm
Venue: Living Bridge Training Centre, Aundh, Pune
Fees: Rs.27000/- (Including tea/Lunch)
Early Bird Offer: Rs.24000/- (if paid by 22nd November)

Scope:
Understand the various elements of Screenplay Writing and their Fundamentals through interactive lectures, screenings, writing exercises and a step by step development of a Story Idea into full Screenplay for a 10-minute short film.

Mentors:
Vaidehi Sancheti.
An Engineer by profession, a Writer by occupation Vaidehi Sancheti is an adept and motivating teacher. A self-critical and hardworking Writer; writing is like breathing to her. Films are her passion and Storytelling is her primary vocation.
Having studied Screenplay Writing at FTII, Vaidehi loves to encourage more and more people to write. She has been conducting Story Building workshops and Screenplay Writing workshops for new writers. 

Anjum Rajabali,
is one of India’s best known screenwriters, with over ten feature film credits including Aarakshan, Raajneeti, The Legend of Bhagat Singh and Ghulam. He wrote his first film Drohkaal in 1992, in collaboration with director Govind Nihalani. He’s mentored writers at many international script labs and has also been a script doctor and consultant to several well-known films. In 2004, he designed the Course in Screenplay Writing at FTII and in 2006 he set up the Screenwriting department at Whistling Woods, Mumbai. Anjum holds a Masters' Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pune.

Workshop Content:
-What is a story:
What are the elements of a good story? What keeps you hooked to the narrative? Story is Universal.
-What is an Idea:
What is the origin of ideas? What does a writer do with his ideas?
How to break down your own idea to understand its scope and nature?
-What is a Character:
How to detail out characters? Where do memorable characters come from?
What all do I need to know about my character?
-What is a Plot:
What are the events in the story? How are they tied together? Do I need subplots?
Is Plot married to the climax?
-What is Conflict:
How do I find conflict? What creates a rich Conflict? Where to look for it?
-What is Structure:
Do I need to adhere to some structure? What are the prescribed structure patterns?
Three Act structure: Why?
-Writing Scenes, Sequences
What is the basic unit of screenwriting? How to write a scene?
How to write a sequence and place it in the story?
-Deciding a treatment
What does treatment mean? How does it change the story?
-Writing a Screenplay
What is a Step Outline? Writing a Screenplay with cinematic elements?
Just the right language: what is it?
-Master Class: Cinematic Writing