SHORT FILM WRITING
Discover the unique characteristics and benefits of the short film form

Schedule:
Monday, July 26th, 6pm - 10pm
Wednesday, July 28th, 6pm - 10pm

Cost:
Members $75
Non-members $95

Enrollment is limited to 12

Some of the most audacious films ever made have been under thirty minutes. Although there are so many amazing film festivals throughout the world devoted to the short form and all film students are required to make short film productions, there is very little out there about writing the short film script. Like the poem or the short story, the short film is so much more than just a stepping-stone to the long form narrative. This workshop will focus on the unique characteristics of the short film form through the screening of films, group discussion and the work shopping of participants' work. This two-part workshop will first lay down the foundations of the short form, then second focus on the participants' submitted work.

Participants must come on the first day with a short script in some stage of development.

Instructor:
Maureen Dorey is a free-lance analyst and story editor who helps writers renew their inspiration and find their voices. Her production credits include: Hidden, written by David Shamoon, now filming with director Agnieska Holland, Amal written by Shaun and Richie Mehta (2007), A Stone's Throw written by Garfield Lindsay Miller and Camelia Frieberg (director) (2006), Moccasin Flats, Season II, Random Passage, an eight-hour mini-series directed by John N. Smith, produced by Passage Films and Cité-Amérique for broadcast on CBC and RTE (Eire), and Mile Zero, a feature film produced by Anagram Films. Other credits include Born Into This by writer-director Emmanuel Shirinian, Extraordinary Visitor, The War Between Us; Lyddie, Violet and On My Mind, 6 x 30 min. children's dramas.

She has acted as consultant to the National Screen Institute, Praxis Film Works, NIFCO and B.C. Film, and has been Story Editor in Residence to the Canadian Film Centre's Writers Lab for the past seven years. She has acted as story editor on several Canadian Film Centre Feature Film Projects, including: Nurse.Fighter.Boy (produced 2008), The Dark Hours, Sibilings, Horsie's Retreat and Show Me.