Screenwriting Course Singapore – The First Draft
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If you’re interested in writing a feature film or you have a feature film project you’ve already been working on then you may be interested in this screenwriting course. “The First Draft” is Singapore’s first professional screenwriting development programme. It’s supported by The British Council (Singapore), MDA and Sinema. The First Draft focusses on developing a full-length feature film script over 1 year.
Structure of The First Draft
There are 2 live-in, intensive workshops – one at the beginning of the year in March and the second in September. The first of these 5 day workshops focusses on the building blocks of screenwriting: from structure, characterisation and genre to motivation, active questions and mise-en-scene.
Following the first workshop there are monthly meetings with a small group of writers and bi-monthly feedback phone calls with the UK tutors.These first 6 months focus on the story structure and development leading to a detailed and very polished treatment.
Then in September a further 5 day intensive workshop will begin work on the actual screenplay: expanding the polished treatment into the full length script.
Video about “The First Draft”
Express Interest
For those interested in the next intake of The First Draft – contact Layhong:
ker.layhong@britishcouncil.org.sg
with “FIRST” in your subject line – include your contact details.
Selection Criteria
Applicants must be Singaporean Citizens or PR.
The application involves submitting a 1 page treatment of your feature idea along with two scenes in screenplay format. An interview will take place after the first level of selection. The cost is approximately SGD$ 2500 for the year – inclusive of accommodation costs for the two live-in intensive workshops.
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