LLA0004 - Screenwriting Workshop
Course Description
You have an idea for a movie! But you're staring into a blank screen? You don't know how to start your story or how to structure it. If you answered yes, this workshop is the class for you. Short films are hot! Based on your commitment, this workshop could be your ticket into the festival and feature-film markets. Students should have basic computer skills. Our cutting-edge, fast-paced workshop will explore:
• idea development
• 3-dimensional character development
• dialogue
• inciting incident
• story structure
• scene sequences
• genres
Students will need the following attributes to begin this workshop:
• A passion for storytelling
• A strong work ethic
• Willingness to critique and to be critiqued
• Willingness to post your work on a secure site to exchange feedback with other students
The goal of this workshop will be to write one of the following:
• The first act of a 3-act feature-length screenplay
• A short film with a beginning, middle, and end
• A half-hour soap opera (for two days)
If you have something to say, this is the workshop for you.
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| LLA0003 - WRITING THE TV PILOT |
| LLA0026 - PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP |
| LLA0029 - ADVANCED SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP |
Virginia Bailey's favorite saying is, "Writers write because they have something to say." Raised in Gary Indiana, Virginia studied ballet from the age of four and was a principal dancer at the Edgerton Ballet School. She began her eclectic career as a dancer in musical productions, worked in film, video, and commercials, in front of and behind the camera. Virginia tutors and teaches screenwriting for the Upward Bound Trio Program. Her screen and playwriting specialties include feature-length screenplays, theatrical musicals, and soap operas. She is the radio coach of an award-winning high school radio team that is on the air weekly, on WEPS 88.9 FM. In 2019, her students took first place, in the interviewing category, at the Terri Hemmert High School Radio Competition. A self-published author of children's books, Virginia has written and narrated several audiobooks, eBooks, and a softcover book. Created to provide youth with magical stories that are a delight and inform, Virginia's passion is helping kids of all ages to envision, see and experience the possibilities. She wears many hats and is also a very active Illinois licensed real estate broker. Virginia earned a BA degree in Communications from Roosevelt University and an MA degree in Film and Video from Columbia College Chicago.