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Seminar PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSED But seats are available To attend this course, show up at the hotel during the 8am-8:45 am registration period. On-site registration is $139; $99 with current student card About Creative Screenwriting Magazine | The
Edge Of Your Seat: Writing
Horror And Thrillers The One-Day Seminar May 3, 2009 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (See main seminar page for hotel information) On-site registration 8 a.m-8:45 a.m. Registration fee: $139. SPACE IS AVALIABLE. PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSED But seats are available To attend this course, show up at the hotel during the 8am-8:45 am registration period. On-site registration is $139; $99 with current student card What You Will Learn In This Seminar: Two
popular genres driven by suspense. The horror section
covers creating
dread, loss of free will, fear of the unknown, classic horror (like THE
OTHERS) vs. Stalk & Slash and Modern Horror. How to create a
monster and find and *original* horror idea. What do ROSEMARY'S BABY,
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE EXORCIST, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE
OTHERS and OPEN WATER have in common? Examples from the new FRIDAY THE
13th and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT movies, plus dozens of others.
The thriller
section covers the essentials of a thriller
screenplay, using examples from MINORITY REPORT, NORTH BY NORTHWEST,
BOURNE IDENTITY, BREAKDOWN, THE LADY VANISHES, THE GAME and THREE DAYS
OF THE CONDOR as primary examples - what do all of those films have in
common? Plus the 20 iconic scenes in Thriller films, and how
suspense
works using MINORITY REPORT as an example and how plot twists work
using BOURNE SUPREMACY and other films. We will look at
*contained*
thrillers, MacGuffins, character arcs and finding a high
concept twist
for your story.
WILLIAM MARTELL has written eighteen produced films including three HBO World Premiere movies two Showtimes 
some CineMax Premieres and two USA
Network thrillers. Ebert discussed his work on 'Siskel and Ebert's If
We Picked The Winners' Oscar show in 1997 he was on the 2004 Raindance
Film Fest jury (London). Here is more information on him from
his blog:I've written 19 films that were carelessly slapped onto celluloid: 3 for HBO, 2 for Showtime, 2 for USA Net, and a whole bunch of CineMax Originals (which is what happens when an HBO movie goes really, really wrong). I've been on some film festival juries, including Raindance in London (twice - once with Mike Figgis and Saffron Burrows, once with Lennie James and Edgar Wright). Roger Ebert discussed my work with Gene Siskel on his 1997 "If We Picked The Winners" Oscar show. I'm quoted a few times in Bordwell's great book "The Way Hollywood tells It". My USA Net flick HARD EVIDENCE was released on video the same day as the Julia Roberts' film Something To Talk About and out-rented it in the USA. I've also written a whole bunch of theatrical projects that never got made (I got paid) and was stupid enough to actually *turn down* the job of adapting Dan Brown's ANGELS & DEMONS. Who Should Attend: THIS SEMINAR IS DEAL FOR: Screenwriters, TV Writers, Producers, Directors, Creative Executives and more.
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