Workshops
Where do you find ideas? How do you turn those ideas into a full storyline, and then a script?
Script Storylining for Film & TV is a writing workshop designed to help you go from an idea to a full outline for a film or TV script. Based around James Moran's writing process, he'll take you through the actual techniques he uses to come up with ideas and work them up into a full storyline for a script, showing you how you can apply them to your own work. This tried and tested method works for James every time he uses it, and makes the process as fast and fun as possible.
In this intensive, informative and highly interactive workshop, the group will take an idea from a current news headline, then brainstorm and build a movie outline together from scratch. You'll see how to construct a story from even a very simple idea, and fill in any gaps. At the end, there'll be time for questions and answers, and discussion of what to do with your scripts next. |
James regularly gives talks, seminars and workshops at events around the world, and has developed this workshop over several years. It is specifically designed to help work up an idea from a simple, one sentence concept, to a full story that can sustain an entire film or TV episode. It is what James uses to write his own work, and he will use examples from his own produced scripts to demonstrate this, discussing how he gets through the first draft without stopping.
He has been a guest speaker at the Met Film School, the National Film and Television School, film & TV conventions, keynote speaker at the Swanwick Writers' Summer School, and has delivered this workshop at YouTube, FrightFest, Dublin WebFest, and GeekyCon USA. |
Testimonials:
James’ writing workshop at FrightFest 2016 was a terrific success. A brilliantly crafted and presented session. He is a very inspiring person and his passion, knowledge. experience, humour and authenticity really motivated the audience. It is easy to WANT to write a screenplay but James makes it easier to actually go and DO it.
--Greg Day, Co-Director of FrightFest
James ran a fantastic Horror Writing Workshop for Script Yorkshire. Fun and informative, we left not only with a group outline for “Kinder Egg the Movie” but with lots of ideas and insight into not just how horror scripts work - but how all scripts work. James was also very generous about sharing his own writing process with the group and I certainly find that my own process of turning ideas into stories has freed up following James' unique story-structuring methods.
--Sharon Oakes, Co-Chair of Script Yorkshire
James’ writing workshop at FrightFest 2016 was a terrific success. A brilliantly crafted and presented session. He is a very inspiring person and his passion, knowledge. experience, humour and authenticity really motivated the audience. It is easy to WANT to write a screenplay but James makes it easier to actually go and DO it.
--Greg Day, Co-Director of FrightFest
James ran a fantastic Horror Writing Workshop for Script Yorkshire. Fun and informative, we left not only with a group outline for “Kinder Egg the Movie” but with lots of ideas and insight into not just how horror scripts work - but how all scripts work. James was also very generous about sharing his own writing process with the group and I certainly find that my own process of turning ideas into stories has freed up following James' unique story-structuring methods.
--Sharon Oakes, Co-Chair of Script Yorkshire
Due to the current situation with the pandemic, all workshops are taking place online. If you'd like to attend one, please register your interest using the form below.
If you have different workshop needs and would like a bespoke solution, please contact James to discuss your needs.
If you have different workshop needs and would like a bespoke solution, please contact James to discuss your needs.