We have extended the early-bird discount to encourage enrollment. Last time we ran this class, participants had a really great time, so sign up soon!
Wednesdays, October 27-December 8th
(no class November 24th, for Thanksgiving)
6:30 - 9:00
RIFC, 172 Exchange St. Pawtucket
Instructor Jenn Dlugos
Price: $250
To Register go to http://www.rifcfilms.com/education.aspx
This class explores the concepts of structure, character-driven stories, formatting and dialog, with instruction from an award-winning instructor and with numerous exercises. Topics like how to market your screenplay, deliver an elevator pitch and enter contests are also covered. Great for beginners or experienced writers looking for a jump-start.
Jenn Dlugos is an award-winning screenwriter, winning awards for six screenplays (two shorts, four features) including the Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Competition, the Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Twin Rivers Media Festival, The Vine Entertainment Film Festival, the Kids First! film festival, the Feel Good Film Festival, The Beverly Hills Film Festival and the NYCMIDNIGHT Screenwriting Challenge. She was the screenwriter for the short film The Pitch for the 2007 Providence 48 Hour Film Project. The film won four awards, including 2nd Runner-up for Best of Providence, Audience Favorite and Best Twist Ending.
Her screenplay The Last Promise of Giles Corey is contracted by Firesite Films for their Historic Haunts & Legends of America series, and she is the screenwriter for Big Hope Films, a charity which helps disabled children realize their dream of making a film. Most recently, a producer in Seattle acquired the rights to her screenplay Followed, and she is making her documentary directing debut with a humorous documentary There She Is, Mrs. Massachusetts, which finished filming in Spring of 2009.
Her edgy humor won her the Shock Your Mama! humor writing competition, and she was recently published by Travelers' Tales in the book, Whose Panties Are These? and Chicken Soup for the Soul. In 2000, she published her first book, How to Survive a Small Town Without Being Trampled by a Cow.