Director Adarsh Eshwarappa of Shuddhi and Bhinna fame is conducting an online workshop on writing Screenplays, spread across 5 evenings, starting from July 13 2020.
Adarsh, a mechanical engineer by education, took to films almost immediately after graduation. After completing his course from New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, he came back to Bengaluru and started making films right away. Right from his first feature film BE-Mech, through his second film Shuddhi, for which he won the Karnataka State Award as Best Director and now with Bhinna; Adarsh has always believed that good writing leads to good films.
Adarsh is a voracious reader and a film-buff with a very unique taste. He has just finished writing the screenplay for his next film and is looking forward to don the director’s hat once again, once the lock-downs are lifted.
Adarsh is among the best writer-directors in our industry. Having been a techie himself, his insights on writing good screenplays almost feels like insights on writing good code.
If you are someone looking to pick the tricks-of-the-trade to write good screenplays, this workshop is for you!
We are thrilled to announce that Director Adarsh Eshwarappa will be using Scrite in his workshop as the de-facto Screenplay writing app!
Workshop Contents
The workshop is a mix of theory and practice. Director Adarsh believes that no amount of knowledge can replace real life experience, so in his workshop a lot of stress is given to the actual practice of writing screenplays.
Day #1: The Basics
- Basics of Screenplay
- Difference between Story and Screenplay
- Types of Screenplay & Narratives,
- Choosing an Idea,
- Importance of Research,
- Writing a Treatment & Logline
Day #2: Getting started with Writing
- Writing Action
- Writing Dialogue
- Subtext
- Exposition
- Script to Screen
- Studying screenplay of Bhinna
Day #3: Screenplay writing Software
- Survey of screenplay writing software from Final Draft to Celtx
- Introduction to Scrite
- Using Scrite to write your screenplays
- Writing your first screenplay
Day #4 and Day #5: Hands on Sessions
- Develop a two to five page screenplay from scratch
- Experimentally discover the myriad of things to keep in mind while writing a screenplay.
- Open Discussion On: Once you finish writing, what next?
Schedule & Logistics
The workshop sessions will be conducted on Zoom from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, on each of the 5 days starting on 13th July until 17th July 2020.
On some days, the sessions may extend by another 30 minutes if the participation requires it. Director Adarsh is open to extending the workshop by another day if required.
Prerequisites
- A laptop or desktop computer running Windows or macOS
- Your laptop or desktop must have speaker and microphone, otherwise you can tether a headphone+microphone set to it.
- Latest version of Zoom (https://www.zoom.us)
- Latest version of Scrite (Click here to download)
- A stable broadband Internet connection.
Registration
Registration Fee: ₹5,000 per participant.
To register, please make the payment to the following UPI ID: adarsh.eshwarappa@okhdfcbank.
Once you complete making the payment, please provide details of the same on this form.
If you have any questions regarding this workshop, please feel free to WhatsApp or call Mr. Preetham on +91-96637-02220. If you prefer to communicate via email, please drop in an email to bopsonline@gmail.com.
Note: TERIFLIX Entertainment Spaces Pvt. Ltd. is facilitating the workshop and is not in anyway commercially involved in the workshop.