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This course is only offered on a customised basis. Please contact our training department on 07870 206 583 for details.
Price:See Rate card
Prerequisites:
A desire to develop your scriptwriting skills
Platforms: N/A
Duration: 1 day
10:00am-5:00pm.
Further Details:
Learn To:
+ Work to a brief
+ Make effective use of research
+ Plan your writing, pace yourself and meet deadlines
+ Understand your audience
+ Tailor your writing to specific audiences
+ Write a strong treatment
+ Boost your creative skills using six powerful techniques
+ Write in a viewer-friendly and director-friendly way
Benefits:
Presented by a professional scriptwriter, this course provides step-by-step guidance on how to create scripts that are fresh, sharp and engaging, as well as practical and fit for purpose. By the end of the course you will understand how to: brainstorm ideas and develop creative solutions structure your ideas for maximum impact attract and hold your audience's attention write compelling voiceovers and dialogue use music, special effects and visual resources to good effect avoid common mistakes evaluate and edit your script continue to develop your scriptwriting skills
Who Should Attend?
Anyone who has to write scripts for corporate or promotional videos. Effective Video Scriptwriting is especially valuable for those involved in: advertising, marketing, publicity, press and PR, fundraising, campaigning and communications roles
Course Content:
Packed with practical hints and tips, this is a highly interactive course involving creative exercises, review sessions and group discussion. Our tutor will show you how to create effective scripts that convey key messages in a powerful and original way. You are encouraged to bring along examples of your work for expert analysis. Topics covered include:
layout for treatments and scripts
key challenges for scriptwriters and how to address them
telling stories and exploiting characters
points of connection and disconnection
the viewer's journey
using comedy appropriately
teases and rewards
wrong footing your audience
the principle of "show don't tell"
letting your audience do the work
back story and off-screen action
the scriptwriter's essential checklist
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