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Screen Training Ireland Announce Screen Adaptation Course
31 Jan 2018 :
Screen Training Ireland has announced a new screen adaption course with tutor Beth Serlin. The course is designed for experienced screen writers and development executives, and begins on Friday, March 2nd running for five days until Tuesday, March 6th.

The five day course is €350 and will take place in Dublin.

Course Profile:

Since the earliest days of cinema, adaptations from novels and other source material have provided audiences with many of the world’s greatest films. And with ‘Room’, ‘Brooklyn’, and many other successful films – adaptation is proving to be particularly popular at the box office.

The goal of this screen adaptation course is to explore the process of successfully adapting pre-existing material to the big screen. Participants will analyse how a variety of source materials – including novel, stage play, short stories and history – can transform into a powerful cinema story. Group discussions will explore the unique challenges of each source. Participants will also explore the process by adapting pre-assigned short stories and discussing the results. By combining the creative and analytic, writers will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to adapt stories from one medium to another. There will be a case study on the multi Oscar-nominated ‘Room’.

The course will explore the following:

  • Where stories come from
  • Conceptualisation
  • Comparative adaptation
  • Adaptations from novels (case study: ‘Room’)
  • And adaptations from plays, history/articles, short stories and comics/graphic novels.

About The Tutor: 

Beth specialises in Frank Daniel’s approach to scene analysis and story structure, and recently tutored the highly successful Chrysalis development course for Screen Training Ireland. She is currently an Associate Professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television in Los Angeles. She has led script development seminars in Mexico (Laboratoria de Escritura de Guiones) and throughout Europe (North by Northwest, Screen Training Ireland, The Binger Institute, Master School Drebuch). She earned a M.F.A, in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California and believes in the universal nature of film language and that the craft of screenwriting promotes communication across borders, cultures, and linguistic barriers.

Participant Profile:

Ideally participants will have an adaptation project currently in development. Applications from directors attached to adaptation projects will also be considered. Please note that the course is intensive – there will be preparation material in advance, and assignments throughout the week.

Applicants can apply online here 





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