Monday, October 24th HSSW is proud to present a discussion with Corey Mandell, renown script guru and award-winning playwright and screenwriter.
Corey Mandell Writing the Spec that Launches Your Career
At a Glance:
– Learn what kind of TV and feature scripts agents and managers are looking for in the current marketplace
– The specific tools and skills required to write a script that can launch your career
– How to avoid the common mistakes writers make when trying to break into the business
– How to get an agent or manager to read your script – and how to know when your script is ready to be read by an agent or manager.
Description:
What if most of what’s being taught about screenwriting and TV writing is wrong? What if the rules, paradigms and secrets widely touted in books, seminars and classes not only don’t improve your chances of making it, but could actually sabotage you? And what if there were specific skill sets nobody talks about that could dramatically boost your chance for success?
In the past two years, Corey Mandell has had 47 students and clients sell or option scripts with dozens more landing writing assignments on existing programs.
Corey explains, “An extremely well executed spec script is required to break into the business, yet too many writers waste valuable time writing a script with little to no chance at success. This seminar covers what agents and managers are looking for in today’s marketplace and shares the best ways to launch a career. It also provides the specific tools required to write screenplays and pilots at a professional level.”
What you’ll learn:
– The strategies actual writers have successfully used to break into the business
– What is required to write a script that can truly grab and hold a reader’s attention
– Avoiding the 5 mistakes that can sink your chances
– Why most scripts are rejected
– How to know if your script is ready to be read by the industry
– How to get your script read by the right people
– What exactly agents and managers are looking for.
About The Instructor:
Corey Mandell is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who has written projects for Ridley Scott, Wolfgang Petersen, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Family, Working Title, Paramount, Live Planet, Beacon Films, Touchstone, Trilogy, Radiant, Kopelson Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures.
Corey is also a distinguished instructor at UCLA, where he earned his MFA. He is also a teacher and mentor for Film Independent’s Screenwriting Lab. His students have gone on to sell or option scripts to Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox, Fox 2000, MGM, Universal, Showtime, FX, USA Network, AMC, MTV and HBO. Others have been staffed on such shows as Community, Justified, Bones,The Mentalist, The Fosters, Young and Hungry, Playing House, BoJack Horseman, Up All Night, Stitchers, The Leftovers and Treme.
Event at 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Cost $15.00 Students $10.00
A SPECIAL THANKS TO RULE/BOSTON CAMERA FOR THE DONATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR THIS EVENT.