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In recent years, the
Internet has created space for an entirely new storytelling format: the
web series. Cheap to make and easily accessible for viewers, a web
series can be the perfect way for you to get started as a filmmaker and
be noticed for your talent. All you need is the right set of tools and
skills.
Although unique in format and distribution, the web series at its core
contains the same basic elements that we look for in every type of
visual entertainment: memorable characters, satisfying stories, and
intriguing conflict. If you can demonstrate your writing talent in a
web series, you’ll also be proving your ability to handle larger-scale
formats like feature screenplays and television scripts.
By the end of the
course, you’ll have your pilot in hand — and a plan for where
you want to take your series in subsequent episodes. With skills that
are applicable not only to this format but to writing any kind of
script — and an understanding of how to keep viewers coming back for
more — you’ll be well on your way to writing your own viral web series
that will stand out from the crowd! Whether you’re interested in comedy
or drama, this course will give you the tools you need to get started
writing and producing your very own series from the ground up.
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- How
to create a unique premise with a striking hook
- Ways
to develop indelible characters
- How
to write powerful dialogue
- The
ideal pacing for your narrative over multiple episodes
- How
to budget your project
- Ways
to stand out in the marketplace
- and
much
more!
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- Writers
who want to develop a web series
- Writers
looking for alternative ways to break in
- Writers
who want to get their work in front of millions on a shoestring
budget
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Last Chance to Sign Up!
December 10 -
January 7
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Instructor: Rebecca Norris
Rebecca Norris is
award-winning writer, producer, and web series creator with her
production company Freebird Entertainment, and a script consultant with
her company Script Authority. Her web series Split won two
Outstanding Achievement Awards at LA WebFest, was nominated for an
Indie Series Award, and was chosen as one of WebVee Guide's Favorite
Web Series of 2015. Her debut feature film, Cloudy With a Chance of Sunshine,
won Best Feature in its category at the Manhattan Film Festival, and
was nominated for 5 awards at the Love International Film Festival in
Los Angeles, including Best Film and Best Screenplay. Her short films
have won multiple awards and have been optioned and distributed on TV,
including on PBS, DirectTV, and AT&T U-verse.
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Active Interest Media
5710 Flatiron Parkway Suite A Boulder, Colorado, 80301 United States
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A Special Offer from our Trusted Partner
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FREE FEEDBACK WITH
EVERY ENTRY
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WeScreenplay
Feature Screenwriting Competition
Late
Deadline — December 15th
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This
year, the WeScreenplay Feature Competition is giving away a $1,000
cash grand prize. But more importantly, the top
scripts will be considered by our industry jury
which includes Hollywood producers, reps, and
successful writers. Plus, every entrant to the
Feature Competition will receive 1-page
of free feedback from professional
readers to help improve their craft.
Every
Entry Gets Free Feedback
Past
WeScreenplay winners have optioned their
projects, developed work with producers, and been
signed by places like Heroes and
Villains, Industry
Entertainment, Zero
Gravity, and more.
What are you waiting
for? Enter the WeScreenplay
Feature Competition today and take the next
step in your screenwriting career.
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MEET THE
SPRING 2020 FEATURES JURY
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Jon Levin — President of
TV/Film Production, Literary Manager
Jon Levin is the President of
TV/Film production for Fourward where he also
manages top literary talent. He had a long run
(30+ years) as an agent at CAA, where he
represented talent such as Andy Serkis, Neil
Gaiman, and Mimi Leder, and packaged such films
as SHREK, HOOK, MIDNIGHT RUN, ICE AGE, WHERE THE
WILD THINGS ARE, THE LEFTOVERS, THE KARATE KID,
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and AMERICAN GODS. He's
worked with top industry talent such as Brad
Pitt, Natalie Portman, Steven Spielberg, and Tom
Hanks, and films he's been involved with have
acquired over 100 Academy Award nominations
and 25 Oscar wins.
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Camille Tucker — Screenwriter
Camille’s feature CLARK SISTERS:
FIRST LADIES OF GOSPEL from executive producers
and Grammy Award winners Queen Latifah, Mary J.
Blige and Missy Elliott had 2020 Emmy buzz and is
one of Lifetime’s most successful films of the
last several years. She has sold seven other
screenplays and a TV pilot, and Camille is a
professor of Writing TV & Film at Biola
University.
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Brian Goldberg — Literary Agent
Brian Goldberg works as a literary
agent at Worldwide Production Agency – WPA. WPA
clients have been involved with projects like IT:
CHAPTER TWO, RIOT GIRLS, and AMERICAN HORROR
STORY.
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Lynn
Chen —Writer/Director/Actor
Lynn wrote, directed, and starred in
the feature film I WILL MAKE YOU MINE, which had
its world premiere in competition at the 2020
SXSW Film Festival. She has a 3-decade career
with credits in over 50 television shows
(SHAMELESS, SILICON VALLEY), films (SAVING FACE,
GO BACK TO CHINA), audio books (CRAZY RICH
ASIANS) and video games (CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS
III & IV). Lynn is also an Ambassador with
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
and Miry’s List.
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SEE PAST
WESCREENPLAY WINNERS
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Jim
Maceda
LANDED A PAID WRITING GIG
After winning the 2018 WeScreenplay
Feature Competition with his spec, LAST TO
FALL, Jim Maceda worked closely with WeScreenplay
to develop his materials and take studio meetings
before landing a paid feature writing assignment.
“After
winning its 2018 Feature runner-up award,
WeScreenplay’s staff took me under its wing and
hooked me up with successful pros, guiding me
through the maze. WeScreenplay has been
instrumental in my career. Its coverage gave me
the confidence to get my stuff out there, and to
place in a number of screenwriting competitions.
Earlier this year a production company
hired me to script and consult on a Cold War
docudrama. After four years of staring at the
door, I’m finally in the room. What a thrill…
thanks in no small part to WeScreenplay.”
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