TEAM & ENGAGEMENT

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Team Intros and Lab Rules of Engagement!

Screening (Drama): The Phone Call (Oscar winner, Matt Kirby/James Lucas 2023) 21m

Brief Lecture on Structure: Concept/Premise and how to build an original short with a central question that gets answered by the end.

MENTOR LECTURE/DISCUSSION/Q&A

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Mentor: Asher Jelinsky will present her shorts lecture as heard at The Big Apple Film Festival.

We’ll screen their Cannes winning short, MILLER AND SON, followed by a brief Q&A moderated by a Screenwriting Sprint Team member.

WRITING EXERCISES

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

In Class Exercises: Using a template provided by AC, and notes from the lecture, revise your original submission idea outlining the Beginning, Middle and End beats.

Read Aloud: several cohort will read their revised beat exercise and get notes from the team.