Aspö Writing Lab 

MINDIGHT SUN 2018

Aspö Writing Lab is thrilled to host our first MIDNIGHTSUN WRITING LAB in Talvik, Norway, in the far north by the Barents sea, including a planned trip to Nordkap.

We are exited once again to collaborate with award winning professor, screenwriting coach and Wift member Marilyn Horowitz, New York, director Zanyar Adami and many more of the best creative minds in the industry. Join us in Talvik and Nordkap, June 27th - July1st 2018.

Our goal: Stronger screenplays enriched by diversity.

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, filmmakers 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'  

Your key-scene  performed by professional actors and filmed

Have a key-scene from your screenplay performed by professional actors and filmed - an opportunity to improve not only your scene, but your entire screenplay. 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, 

Norway Film industry

Meet the film industry in northern Norway

Diversity and stereotypes

Explore what happens to a screenplay when stereotypes are changed, and the importance of diversity. 

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

Network
Since our 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, Finland, Norway and Berlin. Welcome to our family!

PROGRAM (NOTE! Changes are foreseen)

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

Wednesday June 27th (10am – 8pm)

• Welcome & introduction
• Writing Class I – Premise question & Turning points
• Scenes filmed with director Zanyar Adami and actors
• Joint Dinner / Meet Talvik & Barents Sea   

Thursday June 28th (8am-10pm)

• Tour to Nordkap and Film sites
• Outdoor scene Zanyar & actors Nordkap (weather permitting)
• Diversity & Stereotypes (bus session)

Friday June 29th (10am-8pm)

• Writing Class II – Plot & Scenes
• Scenes filmed with director Zanyar Adami and actors
• FilmJam: Sharing our work / work in progress

Saturday June 30th (10am-8pm) 

• Writing Class III – Character & Dialogue
• Professor Marilyn Horowitz, New York: What a producer wants (and don’t want!) in a screenplay (SKYPE)
• Meet Alta & Norway film-industry (I)

Sunday July 1st (10am-4pm) 

• Writing Class IV - How to sell your screenplay
• Meet Alta & Norway Film Industry (II)
• How to pitch with AWL @ London Screenwriters Festival
• What did we learn & Way ahead

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HOW TO APPLY

Your application should include:

• A few words about yourself and why you'd like to join Aspö WritingLab MIDNIGHTSUN in Talvik / Nordkap
• 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. 

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 May 30th.