Professional Development : NEW!! Second Draft: Screenwriting for TV Series
This four-day program will see participants bring their scripts through the process of development via instruction, workshopping, as well as group and one-on-one mentorship opportunities. This program will prepare the participant to bring in other stakeholders and move their project forward as a business opportunity. This course is an introduction to the techniques of screenwriting with an emphasis on dramatic structure, visual language, and character development. This workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of screenwriting through speaker-led instruction, case studies, exercises and class-led workshopping of participants’ work.
Professional Development : Scripted Digital Series Incubator
The Scripted Digital Series Incubator is an intensive four-day program that introduces emerging content creators to the key aspects required to ensure the successful development of an original scripted digital series. A small number of projects, represented by an individual or teams consisting of a producer and a writer, will be selected to participate in this program. Create a more polished and marketable script with stronger characters and a narrative arc that is ready for the next stage of funding applications. Gain the knowledge needed to create a strong funding application and learn about available funding options. Build a marketing and audience engagement strategy. Strengthen your industry network.
Professional Development : Lights! Camera! Learn!
Learn about the lighting, camera, electrical and grip departments in the form of instruction AND hands-on work in this 5-day program. Our program, LIGHTS! CAMERA! LEARN!, created with our supporting partner Sunbelt Rentals and in conjunction with our community partners IATSE 873, IATSE 667 and NABET 700, is designed to engage all those who identify as women with the departments (lighting, camera, grip) that historically have been male-dominated. This program will introduce them to the basics of their functions within the production process, to give them hands-on opportunities with equipment, and to give them the information that will help them to determine which (if not all!) of these areas they wish to pursue.
Mentorship: Banff World Media Festival Scholarship
Are you an emerging Canadian content producer who is passionate about production and development, with a focus on scripted broadcast content? This is the perfect opportunity for you!
Professional Development : Pitch Perfect (Advanced)
Your project is ready to pitch? Fine-tune your pitch by fine-tuning your characters, storyline and more in this 2-day program. Hit ALL the right notes with this intensive pitching workshop. Identify the key components that contribute to a good pitch: the introduction, cut line, logline, synopsis, the heart, the package of pluses, all the way to the close. In this thorough, in-depth course, you will learn: how to research an audience before the meeting, improve story telling skills, clarity, structure, economy, visuals, review the essentials required for a pitch one sheet PLUS so much more, including an individual, one-on-one consultation!
Professional Development : Ontario Creates IDM Futures Forward program
Learn how to prep your very best funding application for Ontario Creates with this 4-day program. The Ontario Creates IDM Fund Futures Program is a three-day program that provides potential funding applicants (companies and individuals) with the skills required to fast-track their knowledge acquisition and enhance the competitiveness of their company when applying to the Ontario Create’s Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund Concept Definition and Production programs. The curriculum focuses on application requirements and deliverables to provide less-experienced applicants with the knowledge and resources necessary to submit a complete and well-crafted funding application.