Seminars & Workshops

Get real, practical instruction from writers, directors and producers who actually work in the industry.  Here is the current list of seminars, workshops:

For Writers & Developing Writers

Get your full first draft completed with this three-part seminar series by writer-director Diamond Monique Washington IPG, the Artistic Director of Stage And Screen Innovations.  Take one, or all three!

Developing Your Story (Part 1 of 3)

90 minutes. LIVE: $99.00, with brief question period & materials. Download $49

This session covers:

  • Organizing your ideas to discover a concept
  • Character creation and breakdowns
  • World building
  • Mapping plot points to create a beat sheet
Designing Your First Draft (Part 2 of 3)

90 minutes. LIVE: $99.00, with brief question period & materials. Download $49

This session covers:

  • Converting your beat sheet into a scene summary/treatment
  • Optimizing your treatment to ensure you have the essentials to start your first draft.
  • Key points to writing a successful first draft
  • Managing the writing process
All About The Rewrite (Part 3 of 3)

90 minutes. LIVE: $99.00, with brief question period & materials. Download $49

In this session you will learn how advanced writing techniques to optimize your first draft for a successful rewrite and to develop your unique writing voice. In this session, we will analyze:

  • Plot
  • Scene Structure
  • Character Arc
  • Dialog

For Producers & Directors

Camera For Directors and Producers

An overview seminar of essential information for the producer or director who is unfamiliar with the technical aspects of camera and working with cinematographers and camera operators. The camera captures the image for your story. Effective camera department operation and direction is therefore vital and the decisions you make relating to camera will affect both your budget and your artistic expression. This seminar will prepare you to select an appropriate camera for your project, and to structure your production so that camera is integrated properly. Areas covered:

  • Basics of digital cameras
  • Bsics of camera lenses
  • terminology
  • work flow of a camera department
  • camera department personnel
  • communicating effectively with your DP and operators
Producing Unique New Creators (PUNC) Series

THE IPG has a series of practical producer-oriented seminars and workshops, complete with pro tips, conducted by very experienced producers. This is administered through Stage And Screen Innovations Producing Unique New Creators (PUNC) program.

PUNC seminar and workshop curriculum is available to the general filmmaking community at a low cost. IPG General Members get a discount on PUNC seminars and workshops, and IPG Full Members can access them free.

 

Pitch Deck Surgery

Live workshop focusing on the pitch deck and how to improve it. Full description and schedule coming soon.