This online workshop is one of the first of our the new, exciting range of digital masterclasses that we are offering. In this live online workshop, you will have the opportunity to engage in real time with our brilliant course tutors, as well as other participants - with additional pre and post-course support from our learning team. To celebrate, we are offering an exclusive early bird discounts of up to 45% on our first workshops – we hope you enjoy them!
What makes a great film or TV series? What makes a great novel? What do the two have in common - and what can that answer tell you about the rules of narrative and how to apply them?
Whether you’re a casual watcher or an experienced professional there’s always more to learn about your craft, this masterclass with screenwriting guru John Yorke will help you to understand the skillset behind all narratives. By analysing their common structures, John will explore just how all addictive narratives are put together, and supply you with the tools to do the same.
John has trained a generation of screenwriters who now work on everything from Killing Eve to My Mad Fat Diary, as well as making numerous shows in his own right – Life On Mars, Shameless, Bodies, EastEnders and many more. He will explore these and many more on an exploration of what makes good stories work and how the lessons we find in screenwriting have a relevance and application far beyond.
You will be sent a link to the webinar 1hr before the start time of 3pm (BST).
Course content
What makes a ‘good’ story?
How do screenplays work?
What are the essential “rules” of narrative structure?
How do they apply to novels, rhetoric, journalism and beyond?
Where does three act structure come from…?
… And why did Shakespeare write in five acts?
Tutor profile
John Yorke is a drama producer, author and teacher who has spent 30 years studying our insatiable appetite for stories. His long career in TV drama has given him the tools to identify the underlying shape common to all successful narratives. As former head of drama at Channel 4, controller of BBC drama production and managing director of Company Pictures, John has shaped stories that have attracted some of the biggest audiences for drama in the UK’s TV history.
You will be sent a link to the webinar 1hr before the start time of 3pm (BST).
Details
Date: Sunday 24 May 2020
Times: 3pm-5.30pm (BST)
Price: Early bird discount price of £25 (plus £ booking fee)
Event capacity: 60
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