Masterclass Recording: Screenwriting

Making your pilot episode stand out from the crowd is one of the hardest challenges a screenwriter faces. The ‘world’ of drama or comedy is a key place to start and is part of any pitch you’ll make to a broadcaster. How do you, the screenwriter, create a world that quickly propels your pilot to a green light?

Join award-nominated screenwriter Neil Biswas and learn how to use what he calls your ‘greatest weapon’ as a screenwriter: your personal truth. In his career as a writer/director for TV and film, Neil Biswas has created original, authored dramas for the British screen, from the brutal docu-drama world of Bradford Riots to the heightened-super-reality of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man to the Indian mystical horror of Darkness Visible. Using writing exercises and examples, Neil will guide you in how to best use your own experiences, background and relationships in the creation of a distinctive, individual world for your screenplay. You will learn that at the heart of this process are techniques of filtration, self-exploration and exaggeration and that choosing what to leave out is as important as choosing what to include.

Often the key to originality is found by ‘shifting the lens’ when exploring your own history, and having the right toolkit to translate this into drama is essential. This Masterclass will benefit screenwriters at all stages, whether you’ve already had work on screen or you are pushing for that first credit.

This recording will be available to watch at your convenience. Please see the ‘Access’ tab for information on how to find it.

Online: £25.00

Concessions: £12.50

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When you make your purchase, you will receive an email confirmation, including a link to the recording. You can access it at any time using that link. It can also be accessed by logging in to your account on our website, opening the course card on your ‘My Bookings’ page, and clicking on the green ‘Recording’ button. Any course materials that may have been shared for the live session will also be available via a button in the course card. All Masterclasses are recorded with auto-generated captioning, which appears on the recordings.

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