Aspö Writing Lab ASPÖ 2017

Aspö Writing Lab is back were it all started, on our annual summer camp on the creative Aspö Island, Karlskrona archipelago Sweden. Our goal: Stronger screenplays enriched by diversity.

We are exited once again to collaborate with award winning professor, screenwriting coach and Wift member Marilyn Horowitz, New York, writing coach Fredrik Lindqvist and many more of the best creative minds in the industry. Join us on Aspö, August 26 - 30th 2017.

DESCRIPTION

What you get

• The structure and craft of screenwriting
• Your key-scene performed and filmed by professional actors
• Learn what producers want (and don't want) in a screenplay and why diversity matters
• Develop your screenplay or idea / free consultation 
• Network with writers and experts in the industry

The structure and craft of screenwriting

Learn the structure and craft of screenwriting, with examples from award winning professor Marilyn Horowitz, New York  'How to write a screenplay in 10 weeks' and Swedish best-seller Fredrik Lindqvist 'Att Skriva Filmmanus' ('How to write Screenplays'). 

Your key-scene  performed by professional actors and filmed

Have a key-scene from your screenplay performed by professional actors and filmed - an unique opportunity to improve not only your scene, but your entire screenplay. Explore what happens to a screenplay when stereotypes are changed. An unique opportunity to explore the craft of screenplays with some of the best minds in the industry. 

What a producer wants (and doesn't want!) in a screenplay - and why diversity matters
Skype sessions with producers who will discuss what producers want and don't want in a screenplay, and the importance of diversity. 

Short-film-Jam
We watch and analyze film, and work in progress  by Aspö Writing Lab delegates.

Network
Since it start in 2016, Aspö Writing Lab has fast developed a network in the film industry, amongst writers, directors, actors, photographers and filmmakers in Sweden, New York, Los Angeles, London and Berlin. Welcome to our family!

PROGRAM

(changes may occur as new speakers join)

Time for writing / consultation will be merged into the daily program.

Saturday August 26th (12am – 8pm)

• Coffee/Brunch
• Welcome & introduction
• Writing Class I – Plot & Premise question
• Diversity and Stereotypes - the power of screenplay
• Joint dinner / Film history with Filip Hallbäck

Sunday August 27th (10am-8pm)

• Coffee /Lunch
• Writing Class II – Scenes & Turning points
• Scenes analysed/filmed with director and professional actors
• Prof. Marilyn Horowitz, New York: when your longline sell your script (SKYPE)

Monday August 28th (10am-10pm)

• Coffee/Lunch
• Writing Class III – Scenes cont'd.
• Scenes analysed/filmed with director and professional actors
• Fredrik Lindqvist - Writing Scenes (SKYPE)
• Joint dinner / Film Jam - show your work in progress

Tuesday August 29th (10am-10pm) 

• Coffee/Lunch
• Writing Class IV – Character
• Scenes analysed/filmed with director and professional actors
• CIFF Carl International Film Festival 2017
• Dinner at the Citadel (own expense)

Wednesday August 30th (10am-4pm) 

• Coffee/Lunch
• Writing Class V – How to sell your screenplay
• Pitch at London Screenwriters Festival
• What a producer want (and don’t want!) in a screenplay
• THE END

Aspö Writing Lab ASPÖ ISLAND 2017 is produced in collaboration with Carl International Film Festival (CIFF), London Screenwriting Festival (LSF) and Women in Film and Television (WIFT) and Aspö Kulturförening.

How to apply

Your application should include:

• A few words about yourself and why you'd like to join Aspö WritingLab on Aspö Island
• If you have a project / an idea: A treatment, or work in progress / a key scene from your screenplay,  or a few words about an idea you might have.
• Food restrictions and / or other important information you think we should know. NOTE! There are ticks in the Swedish archipelago, that might carry diseases such as borrelia or TBE. Vaccination recommended.

Send your bio and any added material as a pdf to: liljedahl.birgitta@gmail.com

Note! 
Limited number of places. If your application has been accepted you will be given information by August 10th.