Screen Tasmania in association with Screen Australia are partnering with Eurista Development to deliver a week long script development skills residential workshop in Freycinet, Tasmania in July 2009. In response to current industry needs the workshop has been designed with a specific focus on developing the skills of story developers.
General Information
The Eurista Development Skills Workshop is designed and led by international story development consultant Stephen Cleary, supported by international script consultant/tutors, Simon van der Borgh, Paddy Caneen and Peter Speyer. For the first time there will also be an Australian script consultant/tutor on the team.
Up to seven project teams and 14 developers from around Australia will participate in an accelerated development process.
Screen Tasmania will support up to three creative teams and up to three developers to participate in the workshop.
It is expected teams and developers will have varied experience levels and be at different stages of development. Teams will be assigned developers at an appropriate level of experience and skill for their stage of development.
Screen Tasmania will cover all workshop costs for Tasmanian teams and developers including accommodation, meals and travel between Hobart and Freycinet.
Projects must be intended for production in Tasmania.
About Eurista Development
Eurista Development was created in 1996 by Stephen Cleary, then Head of Development at British Screen, to provide the first serious script development skills training for development executives, producers and writers. Eurista Development now provides expert training and consultancy in the craft of storytelling and the business of film and television development to industry professionals around the world, and has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the MEDIA Programme in the European Union.
About the Workshop
Dates: Sunday 12 July 2009 – Saturday 18 July 2009 (workshop concludes Friday 17 July)
Location: Freycinet Lodge, Coles Bay (3 hours north of Hobart on the east coast of Tasmania) Transport will be provided between Hobart and Freycinet
The workshop is designed with a specific focus on developing the skills of story developers and will include up to seven project teams and 14 story developers.
The week long residential will include:
·development skills training for development executives, script editors, producers and other story developers focusing on methods and tools required to facilitate the writing process to ensure the story reaches the screen in the best possible shape
·an intensive script development process for project teams providing development tools and fresh creative inspiration for the ongoing development of not only their current project but their future work.
Deadline
Applications close 5.00pm Monday 22 June 2009.
Successful applicants will be notified no later than Tuesday 30 June 2009.
Who should apply
Teams should consist of:
·a writer and a producer (or) a writer, producer and director.
·single writers may also apply.
·writers must be a Tasmanian resident to be eligible, however producers or directors collaborating with Tasmanian writers are eligible
·producers, script editors, development or production company executives and/or anyone working in script development who wants to further their knowledge and skill base through practical application of development techniques
·in the case of a developer attached to a team (for example the producer of a participating team) there is the option of either working with a different project team or remaining with their own team. In the latter case it would need to be understood that the week is not solely about their own project’s development but a commitment to their own individual development as well as the developers they are working with. That is, the intention is that this workshop will be primarily a development skills training experience which involves the development of projects, not simply a project development workshop.
