FILM DAY - Thursday, September 25

1:15 - 2:30 PM
Character Development: Screenwriting Master Class (FTV09)

Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver), Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction), Margo Channing (All About Eve), Roger "Verbal" Kint (The Usual Suspects), Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs). What makes these characters so memorable? Great, unique character development! But if it's not on the page, it won't be on screen! This session will provide you with a screenwriting toolkit to help you clarify your characters' motivations; use all of your senses to give your characters more depth; add texture to scenes using a character's small gestures and habits; use their past history to inform their choices within the story and drive the narrative arc. Sponsored by Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund.

Moderator:
Simon Barry, Writer, Shake Hands with the Devil

Guest Speaker:
Michael Goldenberg, Screenwriter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Don McKellar, Screenwriter, Blindness