DEEP SCREENPLAY ANALYSIS for the FILMMAKER

Peter Sellers in BEING THERE.

DEEP SCREENPLAY ANALYSIS for the FILMMAKER

$339.00

UNDERSTAND the essence of every element of DRAMATIC NARRATIVE.

GRASP how these fundamentals empower your filmmaking.

DRIVE all aspects of craft from the engine of Story.

CHART your Character’s journey through your movie.

DESIGN your Audience’s journey through your movie.

DISCOVER A common language for the screenwriter, director, and creative team.

Class Opening Soon!
RETURNS MID '25

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COURSE

ON ZOOM with VIDEO PLAYBACK

Recordings will be available for a limited time.

Based on my book WHAT’S THE STORY? THE DIRECTOR MEETS THEIR SCREENPLAY: An Essential Guide for Directors and Writer-Directors (Focal Press)

SIX 2 1/2 HOUR SESSIONS


Learn how to engage with the multiple fundamental elements of your story that you need to understand before embarking on all other facets of the Director’s craft. Developed initially from the thesis presentation class that as Head of the Graduate Directing Program I taught at the American Film Institute Conservatory for sixteen years, and now greatly expanded, this class shows how the Filmmaker can apply rigorous analysis of the elements of dramatic narrative and construction in a screenplay to the creative vision of their film, whether short or feature, TV episode or season.