"On the Page: the DVD" is a compilation of all of the tools found in the first draft and rewrite classes.
THE FIRST DRAFT: Six Steps to a Screenplay Brainstorming the story you want to tell. Outlining without writing a novel. Getting your story out of your head and on the page quickly, efficiently and creatively. That's what we do in this class. And, we do it in six weeks. Step 1: Idea Brainstorming Step 2: Story Outlining Step 3: Scene Crafting Step 4: Page Formatting Step 5: Dialogue Writing Step 6: Script Revising This is a fresh approach to writing a screenplay. Expect unique writing tools and a streamlined approach. You'll be writing in class, moving forward in your project. We don't waste time with busy work. We don't wallow in film theory. Instead, each week covers a new step in the writing process, moving you from premise into pages on the spot. Six Steps to a Screenplay is open to feature writers and television writers starting with just an idea and those with an early draft of a script.
THE REWRITE: Six Steps To A Rewrite You know your script has to be rewritten. You know it has to be original, active, polished and poignant before it goes into industry hands. But, where do you start? Six Steps to a Rewrite takes you through your rewrite one storytelling element at a time, helping you find the right "pass" for your script; the one that will turn it into the perfect writing sample, a contest winner, or a lucrative spec sale. Rewrite 1: The Story and Structure Pass Rewrite 2: The Activity Pass Rewrite 3: The Character Pass Rewrite 4: The Tone/Format Pass Rewrite 5: The Dialogue Pass Rewrite 6: The Clean-up Pass This class inspires you to write! We "script doctor" in class. Workshop pages. Find new approaches to character. Breathe new life into dialogue. At the end of the six weeks, writers leave with a script that's restructured, reworked and ready for the industry. Six Steps to a Rewrite is open to feature writers and television writers with an outline or first draft of a script
ABOUT PILAR PILAR ALESSANDRA is the director of the popular writing program "On The Page." A sought after teacher and lecturer, she's traveled the world teaching screenwriting and is in high demand at major writing conferences and film festivals. As a consultant, she's helped thousands of writers create, refine and sell their screenplays. Her students and clients have sold to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Sony and have won prestigious competitions such as the Austin Film Festival, Open Door Competition, Fade-In Competition and Nicholl Fellowship. Pilar jump-started her career in film as a script reader for Amblin Entertainment. With the formation of DreamWorks, she became Senior Story Analyst and a reader liaison between the studio and Robert Zemeckis's company, ImageMovers. Her expert script analysis was also sought out by The Robert Evans Company, Cineville Entertainment, Handprint Entertainment and Saturday Night Live Studios, and work at Interscope Communications led her to a position as Senior Story Analyst for Scott Kroopf's production company Radar Pictures. Pilar was later bitten by the "teaching bug" while teaching screenwriting and story analysis at the UCLA Writers' Program. In 2001 she started her own company, "On the Page," and in 2004 opened the On the Page Writers Studio in Sherman Oaks, California. In the interest of expanding access to her teaching tools, Pilar has created a new instructional "On the Page" DVD. She also presents weekly "On the Page" podcasts with guest hosts from within the industry. The shows regularly appear in the iTunes Top 100 list of film and TV podcasts.
