Screenwriting Course Outline

According to Hitchcock’s famous line the essentials of a good movie are, ‘the script, the script, the script’.   It is reassuring for all of us writers focusing our talents on film.  We pay our respects to this idea in this screenwriting course, by studying some masters in the field. The Russian filmmaker, Tarkovsky also said something worth noting, that it is not pacing that moves a film quickly along but the strength of ideas expressed in the writing.  What you can expect in this course is authentic scrutiny and analysis, help with self-questioning of creative ideas and development to the maximum.

A screenwriting coach from Hollywood whose classes I attended said that, ‘all writing is about re-writing’ and intimated to us, his students, that anyone not ready to accept this would not last the pace.  If you have a script completed, we will work on re-writes.  If you have an idea, we will work to develop an outline and firm that up before you structure your script.  When you are ‘chomping at the bit’ to get your story out, we will work on your pitch, polishing it until it shines.

Before selling my first film scripts to television, I trained and worked as an actor where I landed a few film parts.  On my first days on a film set what excited me was the process of putting all elements together.  I have taught screenwriting, as you see, but it is my experience as a practitioner, in front on the cameras and behind that is invaluable in understanding the blood, sweat and tears of taking ideas to script and screen.

Anne’s first film script was made into a television drama, which was co-produced by Channel 4 in the U.K., and RTE. (‘Spring Cleaning’, 1986). It won two international awards and has the distinction of being the first ever non-commissioned script to be bought by RTE.

2012–A four-hour documentary series for television is in development with Tile Films.

Her feature script “Wild Horses” is the recipient of Irish Film Board and European Media 11 production funding.

She has been awarded a number of Arts Council of Ireland awards for film and stage, her most recent was in 2010.  She was the first writer to receive a Banff Residency Award (Canada) in 1988 and has received a number of other residency and travel awards. Her short stories and radio plays have been broadcast on BBC4 and RTE.  Two of her stage plays have toured with the support of the Arts Council.

Anne worked on a number of commissioned scripts through agents Film Rights Limited. She has taught Screenwriting at  Dublin Film Schools (Ballyfermot and BIFE) and has twice worked as Writer In Residence.

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