Script writing & development training
Over the last decade, I've been actively involved with some of
the best European training organisations, such as
ACE (for producers),
ARISTA (for
producers, story editors and writers), and
MOONSTONE (for writers
and directors) as a supervising tutor, advisor, consultant and
lecturer.
A few years ago, I decided to design my own 3-day development
workshop. It's primarily aimed at experienced creative producers and
development executives, but it can also be adapted for writers, as I
recently did for
Ealing
Studios.
The design of the workshop is regularly updated and features the
screening of dozens of film clips. Its documentation includes
extensive notes, detailed scene breakdowns from produced scripts,
extracts from out of print theory books, a list of recommended
readings, and a collection of more than 300 produced scripts on
CD-ROM!
This workshop is usually fine-tuned to the needs of a specific
production company / regional agency / development funding body.
Here are a few testimonials about the workshop:
“Emmanuel’s 3 day advanced development workshop for Ealing
Studios [in April 2007] was very useful and stimulating. I’m a big
fan of Emmanuel’s teaching style because it’s non prescriptive and
flexible – tools not rules as he always reminds us. All the feedback
I’ve had from the writers who attended was extremely positive, I
think they responded particularly well to the collaborative
atmosphere and interactive sessions”.
Sophie Meyer
Head of Development
Ealing Studios /
Fragile Films
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“Many thanks for such a stimulating and inspiring course. The
tools are already coming in extremely useful and I hope will
transform my approach to any new project from now on”.
Smita Bhide
Writer
Agent: Charlotte Kelly
/ Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
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“I took Emmanuel's Advanced Development workshop this year [2003]
and I wholeheartedly commend it to producers and anyone connected
with the development process. It is not an exaggeration to say that
I learned more practical tools for working with scripts and writers
in 3 days than I did in 3 years at the
This course goes well beyond the "gut reaction" school of script
analysis and leaves behind most of the structural screen writing
tools available "over the counter" in bookshops (you know the ones I
mean…)
For anyone that's undecided I would simply say: do it! I'm sure your
writers will thank you for it in the short run, and you'll have
stronger scripts to take to the market in the long run!
Emmanuel is a highly motivating tutor, his boundless enthusiasm
matched only by his deep knowledge of the subject”.
Lee Thomas
Producer
Pipedream Pictures
(Crush, 2001)
Head of Development and Production
Screen West Midlands
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“Emmanuel is the right kind of teacher for inherently creative
people. He does not instruct, or impose, or prescribe.
He displays and explains a box of first-class tools, and encourages
the writer to use the ones that suit the work in hand. In this
way the work is improved, and the writer gains confidence at the
same time, which in turn leads to even better work. Emmanuel is very
tall, but he never talks down to you.”
Simon Perry
Producer
President of
ACE
Co-designer of the International Producing course for the
Irish Film Board
Chief Executive
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“I cannot thank you enough for such an extraordinary course full
of so much wisdom mixed with a rare humility and delivered with real
passion. The practical tools will be tremendously useful and the
resources a huge bonus.”
Independant Producer
Dreamfinder Productions
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“I have learnt more on this workshop than any previous
development course that I have attended. It's as if up to now I have
been looking in through a window and now the door has been opened. I
came away not just with an effective set of diagnostic tools but the
confidence to approach script development in an enthusiastic and
positive way.”
Sunandan Walia
Independant Producer
Endboard Productions
For a full description of the content of the workshop:
ID2 Films Advanced Development workshop
Fees on January 1st, 2008 (excl. VAT):
Advanced development workshop, for one production company (2-5
participants):
From £2 995 (4 495 €), all including.
Advanced development workshop, for regional / national film
organisation (6-12 participants):
From £5 995 (8 995 €), all including.
This workshop can be delivered in English or in French, anywhere
in the world. All travel and accommodation costs come on top of
these fees unless the workshop takes place in
For more information about this Advanced Development Workshop, or
for all other training needs, please
contact me.
References for this advanced development workshop include:
Cologne International Film school - Production department (G)
Cornwall Film (UK)
Ealing Studios (UK)
Ideal Audience / Kaleo Films (F)
Jim Henson's Creature Shop (UK)
Film I Väst - SVT - Svenska Filminstitutet (Sweden)
Pipedream Pictures (UK)
Screen Training Ireland (IR)
Screen West Midlands (UK)
UK Film Council - Development Fund (UK)
Zephyr Films (UK)
References for other scriptwriting workshops include:
ACE - Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (F)
Arista Story Editor Workshop (UK)
European Conservatory (F)
European Commission (B)
Galway Film Centre (IR)
Lighthouse (UK)
Moonstone (UK)
Scrawl (South Africa)
Sgrin Wales (UK)
Zimmedia (Zimbabwe)