The One-Day Intensive covers the following topics:

Focusing Ideas – Moving from broad idea to focused idea. Finding the most interesting and marketable angles of a story.

Producer's Wish List – Exploration of all ingredients that need to be gathered, from original and archival footage. Determining who should be interviewed for the project.

Interviewing – Analysis of effective interview techniques, some specific to on-camera interviews. Preparation for interviews.

Creating a Script – Exploration of the entire script process, from logging and organizing raw material to plotting a developing story. How to introduce and resolve a story’s “major dramatic question.”

Storyteller's Voice – Exploration of the range and effectiveness of different voices. How the filmmaker finds a voice in both the shooting and writing stages.

Business – Exploration of the business, from production considerations to business structures to marketing techniques for trailers and completed projects.

Content may vary slightly among individual classes.

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