film, video & TV training | professional development

Discipline/s:	production | writing & directing
Level:	Beginner/Intermediate
Course code Date/s & times:	Saturday and Sunday; 9:30am - 4:30pm - see below for various workshop dates
Contact hours:	12
Places:	10 per workshop
Fee:	$245 for Open Channel Members, $265 for non-members (Membership: $55 / $44 concession - join Open Channel here)
Prerequisites:	Basic English literacy necessary

 

Have you got the next big screen idea? Bring it to light!

The 2013 Ideas Incubator series develops strong concepts for film, television and transmedia with clear market direction. Workshop your ideas, in a collaborative hot-house together with leading industry practitioners & other participating filmmakers.

Comedy Ideas Incubator with Tim Ferguson (Doug Anthony All Stars, author of Cheeky Monkey - Writing Narrative Comedy) Weekend Workshop Dates TBA Send your expressions of interest to training@openchannel.org.au
Television Format Ideas Incubator with Paul Horan (7PM Project, Rove) Weekend Workshop Dates TBA Send your expressions of interest to training@openchannel.org.au If you have sat on the couch and yelled at the TV "I could do better than that!" ? Then now is you chance to put you ideas where your mouth is! We will take your idea and make it into a pitch. In this course we start at the very beginning by asking exactly where does my idea sit in the bewildering and ever changing broadcast universe. Then we give you the tools to express exactly what the essence of this great idea is. Finally, we point you at the right people to talk to. Its about making your great dream into a great pitch
Short & Feature Film Ideas Incubator with James Hewison (Not Quite Hollywood, Snowtown, MIFF) Weekend Workshop Dates TBA Send your expressions of interest to training@openchannel.org.au
Children's Drama Ideas Incubator with Robert Greenberg (Round the Twist) Weekend Workshop Dates TBA Send your expressions of interest to training@openchannel.org.au

 

These two-day workshops are limited to only 10 places.

Learn how to:

• Brainstorm, pitch and select ideas
• Position your project in the marketplace
• Learn concept and development techniques
• Create early project concept documents

This course fee includes a light luncheon for participants.

Who should do this course?
New or experienced practitioners with existing concepts needing refining, or people wanting to develop new screen ideas.

Where can I go after this course?
Open Channel offers other courses to help you write your first draft (Concept to Script), or to develop a first draft for the marketplace (Feature Film & TV Series Development Program). We also run events such as Short and Sharp pitching competition and the Raw Nerve production initiative.

How do I Enrol?

Simply print an Enrolment Form and return to us with payment to secure a place in the Short Course. See the Enrolment Form for details on how to pay.

Short Courses Application Form (pdf)

Tutors

ROBERT GREENBERG
Robert is an award-winning Screenwriter and Script Editor. He has written and script edited hundreds of hours of television including episodes of Round the Twist (for which he won an AWGIE and three AFI-awards). He has also served as a Script Development Manager at Film Victoria, as well as a feature film and TV series script assessor and has been a judge for the Emmy Awards. Robert's students include Cannes Film Festival award winners and screenwriters who have worked on Underbelly and the BBC.

PAUL HORAN
Paul has worked as a series producer and script editor for 20 years in New Zealand and Australia on production such as the 7PM project and Rove.

TIM FERGUSON
Australia's internationally acclaimed 'comedy doctor', Tim Ferguson is a comedian, producer and screenwriter. He toured internationally with comedy trio the Doug Anthony Allstars (DAAS) and is Australia's foremost narrative comedy teacher. He has written for dozens of comedy and entertainment TV series in Australia and Britain. Recently, Tim wrote The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy (Currency Press).

JAMES HEWISON
James Hewison is former long-term executive director of the Melbourne International Film Festival, and former Head of Theatrical Distribution of prominent independent distributor Madman Entertainment.