Robert McKee's Story Seminar The masterclass is 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."
• The writer and the art of story
• The decline of story in contemporary film, television, theatre and literature
• Story design : the meaning of story, the limitations and inspiration of story structure & genre, the debate between character vs story design.
• Premise Idea, Couner Idea, Controlling Idea
• Story structure : beat, scene, sequence, act, story
November 29th : 9:30 AM- 7:00 PM
• Mapping of story universe : Archplot, Miniplot, Antiplot
• Shapping the source of story energy and creation
• 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
November 30th : 9:30 AM- 7:00 PM
• The principles of antagonism
• Crisis, climax and resolution
• Putting the elements of story together
• The principles of character dimension and design
• The text : description, dialogue, and poetics
• The spectrum of story genres
December 1st : 9:30 AM- 7:00 PM
• Story adaptations
• Scene analysis : text and sub-text; design through dialogue vs 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 2-1/2 days applied in a 6-hour, scene by scene screening and analysis of Casablanca
LIST OF FILMS THAT ROBERT MCKEE REFERS DURING THE STORY SEMINAR :
A Beautiful Mind
About Schmidt
Accidental
Tourist, The
Adaptation
After Hours
Alien
Amadeus
American Beauty
And Justice For
All
Artificial
Intelligence
Babel
Being John
Malkovich
Big Chill, The
Brokeback
Mountain
Carnal Knowledge
Casablanca
Chinatown
Crying Game, The
Deer Hunter, The
Departed, The
Diabolique
Die Hard
Empire Strikes
Back, The
English Patient,
The
Farewell My
Concubine
Fight Club
Fish Called
Wanda, A
Godfather I & II
In The Realm Of
The Senses
Jaws
Kiss Of The
Spider Woman
Kramer V. Kramer
Last King of
Scotland, The
Law & Order
Leaving Las
Vegas
Life Is
Beautiful
Little Miss
Sunshine
Million Dollar
Baby
Mystic River
Mrs. Soffel
Ordinary People
Parenthood
Piano, The
Pulp Fiction
Queen, The
Reservoir Dogs
River, The
Sex and the City
Sideways
Six Feet Under
Star Wars
Streetcar Named
Desire, A
Talented Mr.
Ripley, The
Tender Mercies
Terminator, The
Terms Of
Endearment
Trading Places
Unmarried Woman,
An
Verdict, The
Wall Street
Story will take place at the Comedia, 4 boulevard de Strasbourg - 75010 Paris - France
Subway : Strasbourg Saint Denis, lines 3/8/9
Bus : Strasbourg Saint Denis : 38 / 47 and Réaumur Sébastopol : 20 / 39
