In english, with a simultaneous translation in french
Ideal for Screenwriters, TV Writers, Novelists, Playwrights, Filmmakers,
Directors, Producers, Documentary Makers, Actors and more!
We invite you to join us for four stimulating and information-packed days with Robert McKee as he reveals the essential elements of story design that help separate great stories from the rest of the pack. Using examples from over 100 films, in addition to television shows and novels, Robert McKee demonstrates why structure and story design are about form and principles, not formulas and rules.
Each 4-day Story event runs Wenesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday , beginning at 9:30am and closing at 7:00pm each day.
Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman wrote, in his most recent book, "It's four full days over a single weekend, and no one feels cheated when he's done. I wish he had been around when I started writing CUT TO for a living."
Bestselling novelist Steve Pressfield simply said, "McKee is not only the best teacher of writing I've ever had, but the best teacher of anything."
Story design: the meaning of story, the substance of story, the limitations and inspirations of story structure & genre, the debate between character vs story design
Premise Idea, Counter Idea, Controlling Idea
Story Structure: beat, scene, sequence, act, story
Mapping the Story universe: Archplot, Miniplot, Antiplot
Shaping the source of story energy and creation
Day 2 : 9:00 AM- 7:00 PM
Putting the elements of story together
The principles of character dimension and design
The composition of scenes
Titles
Irony; Melodrama
False endings
The text: description, dialogue, and poetics
The spectrum of story genres
Day 3 : 9:00 AM- 7:00 PM
Act design: the great sweep and body of story
The first major story event (the inciting incident)
Scene design in Story: turning points, emotional dynamics, setup/payoff, the nature of choice
Ordering and linking scenes
Exposition: dramatizing your characters, the story setting, creating back story
The principles of antagonism
Crisis, climax and resolution
Day 4 : 9:00 AM- 7:00 PM
Story adaptations
Scene analysis: text and sub-text; design through dialogue versus design through action
The writer’s method: working from the inside out; the creative process from inspiration to final draft.
How it all works: the principles of the previous 3-1/2 days applied in a 6-hour, scene-by-scene screening and analysis of CASABLANCA
The spectrum of story genres
LIST OF FILMS THAT ROBERT MCKEE REFERS DURING THE STORY SEMINAR :
A Fish Called Wanda
After Hours
Alien
American Beauty
And Justice For All
Armadeus
Artificial Intelligence
Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis
Bridesmaids
Brokeback Mountain
Carnal Knowledge
CASABLANCA
Chinatown
Coco Before Chanel
Death in Venice
Deer Hunter
Diabolique
Godfather I & II
Intouchables
Jaws
Kiss of Spider Woman
Kramer vs. Kramer
La Vie En Rose
Leaving Las Vegas
Life is Beautiful
Mrs. Soffiel
Ordinary People
Rocky
Star Wars I, II, V
Streetcar Named Desire
Tender Mercies
Terminator Witness
The Artist
The English Patient
The Reader
STORY SEMINAR
Cinema : LE BALZAC
1 rue Balzac 75008 Paris - France
