ShanghaiTech-USC SCA screenwriting workshop has now opened its call for screenwriters for the Spring 2020 screenwriting workshop. The entire workshop will be taught in English without translation assistance.
If you are...
——a working screenwriter with excellent proficiency in English language
——a film student who has returned to China that is looking for an opportunity to develop your own feature
——looking for creative opportunities in co-productions
——looking for international writing partners
OR
——if you are an English-speaking expat in China and are looking for creating a compelling script of your own...
Submit your application now! We're looking forward to getting inspired by you!
1、GENERAL INFORMATION
TIME：Feb 22 – May 17, 11 weeks in total
Saturdays & Sunday afternoons, with breaks during the Qingming holiday and Labor Day holidays
LOCATION: Main Campus, ShanghaiTech University (No. 393, Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong, Shanghai)
CLASS SCALE: 10 people
LANGUAGE：English
COURSE CONTENT: screenwriting techniques; script analysis; dramatization and scene writing; character development; writing for genre films; ideation; step-outline writing; script analyses; pitch skills
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND FINAL DELIVERABLE：
1）Weekly writing assignments (Prose writing & Scene Writing); Synopsis; Treatment
2）The step outline of a feature-length film（Outstanding works may have the opportunity to be further developed with corporate support.）
FEE:37,000 RMB (early bird fee, available only for submitters before Dec 30th, 2019)
40,000 RMB (regular price)
INSTRUCTOR: Peter Gamble Robinson，adjunct professor in USC’s screenwriting program since 2008. He began his career as the ghostwriter of House of Sand and Fog and then worked for 12 years in the writers’ room of A-List screenwriter Ed Solomon on films including Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2. His script The Harrowing has won awards at Scriptapalooza, the CAPE New Writer’s Award and was a semi-finalist for the Nichol. He is the co-writer of Office Uprising (starring Brenton Thwaites, Zachary Levi & Jane Levy) which was developed for Crackle. Most recently he’s completed the animated features Wish Police &The Mischievians for ReelFX, and is developing the project Supervillain Academy with them.
Peter is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s film program where he received both his BFA in screenwriting (Cum Laude) and his MFA in directing. He has taught various screenwriting masterclasses since 2010.
2、QUALIFICATION & APPLICATION
QUALIFICATION:
The applicant should have professional or long-standing creative experience in screenwriting and have completed scripts for either films or TV.
HOW TO APPLY：
1）Application Form and CV (required)
Please copy the URL link to your browser (https://www.wjx.top/jq/51364916.aspx) and fill out the Application Form. Please also send over your CV in English to screenwriting@shanghaitech.edu.cn w/ subject line: “YOUR NAME – 2020 ShanghaiTech-USC Screenwriting Workshop Application”.
2）Creative Challenge 1 (required)
Please write a scene between two very different kinds of people who get stuckin an elevator on New Year’s Eve. Please write in English, prose form, 12pt, double space, 1-2 pages. There should be no flashbacks in the story.
3）Creative Challenge 2 (required)
Please write about the Most Challenging Moment in your life: Convey in writing the greatest challenge you have faced and how you responded to it. The challenge may be of any kind you care to write about – physical, emotional, moral, creative, personal, professional or some other sort. Please write in English, prose form, 16px, double space, 1-2 pages.
4）Excerpt of your previous works (optional)
Please provide an excerpt of up to 10 pages from one of your scripts or other narrative form of writings. It can be either in English or Chinese. (Please indicate if the script was produced or the novel was published, if applicable. ）
DEADLINES
Please submit your application form, CV and previous works by Jan 31st, 2020
Please submit your Creative Challenges by Jan 31st, 2020
Please note that we have extended the final deadlines. The admission committee has started the selection process and will enroll on a rolling basis.
3、CONTACT INFORMATION
WECHAT PUBLIC ACCOUNT：上科大创艺 (ShanghaiTech _CY)
Please follow our public account, where we will regularly publish the updates of our programs.
WECHAT SERVICE ACCOUNT：18917008036（Wechat only, please）
CONTACT PERSONS：Ms. QIN; Ms. ZHANG
TEL: 021-20685066; 021-20685598 (Mon thru Fri，10:00-11:30，14:00-17:00)
EMAIL：screenwriting@shanghaitech.edu.cn
