Want to write a screenplay? Here’s your chance

Posted on 29 November, 2018

Do you have a screenplay in you that’s dying to be written but not sure you have the tools to do it justice? 

We’re not talking about a computer or pen and paper. We’re talking about the institutional knowledge and contacts needed to take a screenplay from idea to reality. Screen Canberra’s Accelerator FILM POD is the answer.

Based both in Canberra and online, the Accelerator FILM POD is an intensive gateway program for writers, directors and producers seeking to develop and market-test feature film projects with strong commercial prospects. The program is facilitated by story developer Karel Segers, and supported by Screen Canberra’s experienced staff.

Accelerator FILM POD is an intense, carefully structured and collaborative experience and offers participants a unique pathway to generate market-driven concepts, and complete a first draft script within 12-months.

SO HOW DOES IT WORK?

The program employs a mixture of industry panels, masterclasses, project work, webinars, pitching, feedback sessions and group work.

The course has four interconnected learning streams that complement one another for a more complete experience:

1) Accelerator FILM POD – A 6-month program to first develop and pitch a feature project with feedback from industry before seeking market interest/attachment.

2) Industry Panels and Pitch Meetings – An access portal to leading industry professionals to learn about the feature film business model – for both Australia/NZ and internationally – and understand how audience and market shape the commercial prospects of a project.

3) Immersion Screenwriting – An optional 6-month online self-course that puts participants through a rigorous reading and writing regimen in order to understand the written screenplay more intimately.

4) Developer POD – A 12-month program for trainee professional story and script developers who will provide ongoing support to the Accelerator FILM POD program.

IS IT FOR ME?

The POD has been designed to embrace both individuals and teams in the key creative roles of writer, director or producer who want to develop a commercially viable feature film project.

You will use your project to explore development techniques and processes during the workshops and online. Development is about a lot more than the script, and the workshops raise questions about audience, market and financing in addition to key story questions.

Screen Canberra will be working closely with all participants to tailor the program experience to your circumstances, using online components so you can interact with the program outside of the four workshop/pitching weekends in Dec 2018, Feb 2019, Mar 2019 and May 2019.

HOW TO APPLY

Head to Screen Canberra’s website for more information.