Right-brain scriptwriting - RADA seminar 18th June £50
18 June - Jurgen Wolff - From one of Europe's leading scriptwriters, script consultant and NLP practitioner.
“Are British films failing because writers are using the wrong side of their brains?” Scriptwriter and teacher Jurgen Wolff says yes. "Unfortunately, the pattern of British films is to that there is one success, such as 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels,' and then everyone goes to work making dozens of less successful clones. The same thing applied for years with people trying to copy the success of the Merchant-Ivory films. For twenty years you saw only people with cucumber sandwiches in their hands, now you see only people with pistols in their hands."
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The key to changing all that, Wolff suggests--and teaches in a one-day Masterclass at RADA--is not following formulas, but allowing your own creativity (the right side of your brain) freer reign.
The techniques he teaches are based on NeuroLinguistic Programming, a branch of psychology that looks at the interaction between the mind and body, and how feelings and meaning are conveyed. How does that relate to writing scripts? "The reason that many American films are so successful," Wolff says, "is that they appeal to the emotions first and the intellect second--if at all. I'm not suggesting that we make mindless movies, but that we make movies that appeal to the whole person." In his workshop, he shows writers how to use visualisation and other techniques to create three-dimensional characters and stories with emotional appeal.
"Put the story first," he advises. "Let it reveal its shape to you, rather than trying to cram it into the same shape that happened to apply to the most recent hit." Wolff practices what he preaches, too. He wrote the film, "The Real Howard Spitz," starring Kelsey Grammer, and has written more than 100 episodes of television including "Benson," "Family Ties," and "Relic Hunter."
His original children's series, "Norman Normal," has lasted for 52 episodes and another 13 are in production. "I've even written comedy series for Germans," he says. "If my methods work for that, they'll work for anything." RADA Box Office: 020 7908 4800 For full details of the courses, speakers' biographies and course location go to:
http://www.scriptwritermagazine.com/WolffMC.htmor: http://www.scriptwritermagazine.com/and click on ‘Masterclasses’.
“Are British films failing because writers are using the wrong side of their brains?” Scriptwriter and teacher Jurgen Wolff says yes. "Unfortunately, the pattern of British films is to that there is one success, such as 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels,' and then everyone goes to work making dozens of less successful clones. The same thing applied for years with people trying to copy the success of the Merchant-Ivory films. For twenty years you saw only people with cucumber sandwiches in their hands, now you see only people with pistols in their hands."
Interested in Business NLP? Join our free newsletter, come to a free taster session or book a phone discussion on-line
Any questions please write or gve me a call,
Michael +44 (0) 1908 506563
PPI Business NLP
The Business NLP provider of choice
The key to changing all that, Wolff suggests--and teaches in a one-day Masterclass at RADA--is not following formulas, but allowing your own creativity (the right side of your brain) freer reign.
The techniques he teaches are based on NeuroLinguistic Programming, a branch of psychology that looks at the interaction between the mind and body, and how feelings and meaning are conveyed. How does that relate to writing scripts? "The reason that many American films are so successful," Wolff says, "is that they appeal to the emotions first and the intellect second--if at all. I'm not suggesting that we make mindless movies, but that we make movies that appeal to the whole person." In his workshop, he shows writers how to use visualisation and other techniques to create three-dimensional characters and stories with emotional appeal.
"Put the story first," he advises. "Let it reveal its shape to you, rather than trying to cram it into the same shape that happened to apply to the most recent hit." Wolff practices what he preaches, too. He wrote the film, "The Real Howard Spitz," starring Kelsey Grammer, and has written more than 100 episodes of television including "Benson," "Family Ties," and "Relic Hunter."
His original children's series, "Norman Normal," has lasted for 52 episodes and another 13 are in production. "I've even written comedy series for Germans," he says. "If my methods work for that, they'll work for anything." RADA Box Office: 020 7908 4800 For full details of the courses, speakers' biographies and course location go to:
http://www.scriptwritermagazine.com/WolffMC.htmor: http://www.scriptwritermagazine.com/and click on ‘Masterclasses’.
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