Tuesday, August 10, 2010

One-Day Screenwriting Class

Trusted WNBA buddy Carla Danziger recommends this teacher and screenwriting class:

WHAT: 1 Day Screenwriting Seminar
WHO: Any level of writer or movie lover
DATE: Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010
TIME: 1pm – 6pm

PRICE: $100 (Includes $20 Course packet & Option to buy Screenplays & Discounted Final Draft #8 in class)

SPACES: Spaces are limited so sign up soon to reserve your spot!
LOCATION: 1 minute walking from Friendship Heights metro with parking garage below building. Detailed Directions will be emailed to you upon sign up.(Limited spaces remain!)
SIGN UPS: http://www.DistrictGroove.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION & PROFESSOR'S BIO:
Learn the basics of writing and selling your own screenplay with a Yale Professor! Professor Marc Lapadula is a full-time lecturer at Yale University where he runs and teaches the entire screenwriting curriculum in The Film Studies Program. He has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate Film School, Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania. He has lectured at The Smithsonian Institution and many other venues.

Former students have written: (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, THE HANGOVER, THE BREAK UP, BRIDE WARS as well as several other highly successful and critically-acclaimed films. They have also scripted award-winning teleplays for TV: FAMILY GUY, LAW AND ORDER, SVU, SCRUBS, THE AGENCY and other shows. Marc produced the short film, ANGEL PASSING, starring Hume Cronyn, which was screened at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Award at WORLDFEST, the Houston International Film Festival. Most recently Marc co-produced the film, MENTOR, starring Rutger Hauer (Actor from the movie BLADE RUNNER). Marc has been an expert analyst in major lawsuits and has been a screenplay analyst to several studios and film production companies.

SIGN UPS: http://www.DistrictGroove.com

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