Sept 25th - Feature Film Screenwriting-online (10months)

Starting in September 2010, an online feature film writing course aimed at scriptwriters who would prefer to work online rather in a classroom situation.

The course consists of 2 face to face Workshops/ 6 Online Tutorials (skype) / 10 online lessons

The course focuses on rigorous, tutor-based script consultation from idea to third draft screenplay.

Framing the online education will be two live events: the first, on September 25th, at course start; the second, at Edinburgh International Film Festival in June of 2011 where students will have the opportunity to pitch their scripts to industry professionals (as well as get a pass to  attend EIFF).

The aim of the course is to provide concrete, practical feedback at SIX crucial milestones of script development and to anchor that feedback through the use of course literature, online lessons and exercises and peer support.

The milestones where Skype feedback will be given to students are:
• pitch
• one page proposal
• rough treatment
• final treatment
• first draft screenplay
• second draft screenplay

The emphasis will be on continuous development feedback but independent study is required so some prior experience of writing is advisable.

TUTOR - Brian McGill
Brian McGill has been a professional scriptwriter for twenty five years and has written for several television series in the UK, including Taggart (Scottish Television), A and E (Thames) and Call Red (Granada) as well as a feature film in France ( La Guerre Des Moutons).
He has also been commissioned to write many feature film scripts in the UK, Germany, France, Sweden and the USA (for Phyllis Carlyle – co-producer of Se7en). Amongst several awards, Brian received a Scottish International Education Trust grant (run by Sir Sean Connery) to attend NYU film school in New York. He presently teaches film writing at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland and at Örebro University, Sweden.

HOW TO APPLY
You will need to send in your CV and participants will be selected following a short phone interview. Please email your cv to info [at] screenacademyscotland [dot] ac [dot] uk

DEADLINE FOR CVS & BOOKING FORMS: August 9th
NB: we will be in contact by the 18th August to organise your phone interview

Fees: £1,500 (£1,200 conc.)
Need help with fees? ILA Scotland £200 accounts: www.ilascotland.ac.uk
PAYMENT OF FEES
It is possible to pay for your course fees in 3 instalment of £500 each. The payment schedule is as follows:
• Payment 1: £500 due August 25th 2010
NB: BOOKING FORMS AND ILA NUMBERS ARE ALSO DUE BY THIS DATE
• Payment 2: £500 due Friday 3rd December 2010
• Payment 3: £500 due Friday 4th March