WIFT-T: Production

• TELETOON Masters Program: Writing for Animation
• Imarion Post-Production HD Primer
• Evening with Robert McKee
• NBC Universal Feature Film Writing Program
• NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop
• NBC Universal Development Incubator
• NBC Universal Feature Film Marketing and Distribution Series

NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop

Presented by Women In Film and Television – Toronto in partnership with Telefilm Canada and the Ontario Media Development Corporation

Women In Film and Television – Toronto, in partnership with Telefilm Canada and the Ontario Media Development Corporation, is pleased to present the 2006 NBC Universal Development Incubator. The Development Incubator is an initiative designed to develop market-driven feature films and support the next generation of Canadian feature film professionals.

The NBC Universal Development Incubator includes a three day Incubator program and the opportunity to work with UK or National Story Editors on a current project for selected applicants. Additional programming is open to both the selected applicants, general public and WIFT-T members. The Women Writers Workshop will target emerging women screenwriters who have a detailed outline or treatment, and are working on the first draft of a feature script. The Feature Film Writing Program is a three-part refresher course that will take writers through the elements of developing a feature film script. Components will include Feature Structure, Character Development and Dialogue.

Women Writers Workshop

Instructor:
Maureen Dorey, Story Editor Consultant (more...)

Workshop Description:

Part of the NBC Universal Development Incubator, the Women Writers Workshop is a three evening workshop where writers are expected to study the work of other writers in the workshop and participate in discussions and feedback sessions led by a professional story consultant. At the end of the workshop, writers will have enough detailed feedback on the key points they need to address in order to progress to the net stage of development.

Each evening will consist of interactive discussions of five treatments. Each session will build on the previous session so that, for example, development of character will be strongly related to the theme under exploration, while the structure will be determined by choices of action for the character which develop that character in the direction of the theme.

The first evening will focus on the issues of theme, genre, the world of the story, working the theme and limits of the theme.

The second evening will move to intensive work on the journey of the protagonist, the development of character motivations, the pursuit of goals, the design of secondary characters and relationships to serve the protagonist.

The third evening will look at the question of the structure of the story, mapping out the story beats, structure as character growth, identifying the turning points, reversals and reveals, plot and sub-plot.

Requirements: In order to register you must submit a detailed outline or treatment and must be working on the first draft of a feature script.

Maureen Dorey(cont.)
Maureen Dorey is a freelance analyst and story editor who helps writers renew their inspiration and find their voices. Her production credits include: A STONE¹S THROW (writer/director Camelia Frieberg), MOCCASIN FLATS, SEASON II, RANDOM PASSAGE, an eight-hour mini-series directed by John N. Smith, produced by Passage Films and Cité-Amérique for broadcast on CBC and RTE (Eire), and MILE ZERO, a feature film produced by Anagram Films. Other credits include THE MYSTERIES OF ICE FISHING by writer-director Paul Fox for Sienna Films, EXTRAORDINARY VISITOR, THE WAR BETWEEN US; LYDDIE, VIOLET and ON MY MIND, 6 x 30 min. children¹s dramas. She has acted as consultant to the National Screen Institute, Praxis Film Works and B.C. Film, and has been Story Editor in Residence to the Canadian Film Centre for the past four years. Working with the Feature Film Project, she was story editor on four produced Canadian Film Centre Feature Film Projects: THE DARK HOURS, SIBLINGS, HORSIE¹S RETREAT and SHOW ME.

Location: National Film Board, Atelier, 150 John St. (at Richmond)
Date: Monday August 21, Wednesday August 23 and Monday August 28, 2006
Registration: 5:30pm-6:00pm
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Fee (3 Part Series): $195 + GST Members , $285 + GST Non-members

Registration for the NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop is required by August 18, 2006.

To register: call (416) 322-3430 x221 or email a completed registration form, along with your resume to wift@wift.com or fax your registration to (416) 322-3703

Space is limited (maximum 25 participants).

* Cancellation of registration with more than 3 business days notice is subject to a $25.00 administration fee; for cancellation with less than 3 business days notice, no refund will be given. WIFT-T reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or substitute guest instructors as necessary. Should the workshop be cancelled, WIFT-T will issue a full refund or credit the fee to another WIFT-T Professional Development program.