ScriptLab Story Editing 2018

ScriptLab – story editing is a hands-on training for film professionals willing to accompany writers and directors in the development of their fiction feature film projects. It is aimed at forming professionals with knowledge of how a project can be developed at its best – focusing especially on the script development stage.

The programme is structured into 3 week-long residential workshops and 2 on-line sessions (taking place in between the 1^st and 2^nd, and the 2^nd and 3^rd workshop).

Each of the 5 selected participants joins a specific group, which involves 4 projects and is guided by a tutor, who has a wide international experience as a script consultant, and with whom the story editor trainee works side by side.

Participants will acquire skills in the fields of treatment and script analysis, assessment of project development and script consulting. More concretely: they will improve the ability to work closely with the writers from the treatment stage up to a draft of the script, first helping them digging to find the core of their story, then giving them feedback on the quality of their work and suggesting options for improvements that can be made - maintaining the film loyal to the intention of the writer and/or director.

In addition, Talent Advisors, active in the fields of development, production & legal issues, will accompany the participants along the programme, meeting with them at every workshop to assess the progress of their work and to give them broader advice on their career.

A final presentation of the projects during the TFL Meeting Event in November concludes and completes the training: the ScriptLab – story editing participants present themselves to an audience of international producers, sales agents and other film industry professionals, have dedicated moments of networking with Decision Makers, and are granted visibility thanks to the TFL Catalogue.

ScriptLab – story editing is aimed at script consultants, producers, development executives, film festivals and funds representatives, readers for production companies/film funds, etc. from all over the world, interested in gaining hands-on experience working on fiction feature film scripts.

Applicants must confirm their availability for all the workshops. The working language of all workshops, meetings and events is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential in order to participate.

Course participation fee: 1.500 Euro. 

^{This amount covers workshop training, on-line sessions, accommodation and subsistence during the workshops. Participants must pay travel costs. In many countries scholarships are available for this training.} 

A number of partial scholarships, covering tuition costs, will be assigned to participants coming from low audiovisual capacity countries*.

^{* Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.}

The requested materials – to be submitted all together in one PDF – are:

- a motivation letter explaining why you would like to take part in the programme;
- a CV (2 pages maximum).

Please click on the “Apply Now!” button in the right-side column of this page to access the on-line application form and submit your materials. Before starting the application process, you will need to create an account on the TFL Visitor Page.

Deadline for applications: December 1^st, 2017, 12:00 p.m. CET (noon).

Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed via Skype meetings on February 2-4, 2018.

For more information please contact: 
agata.czerner@torinofilmlab.it

1^st residential workshop: 19-25 March 2018 (Sounion/Lavrion, Greece)
2^nd residential workshop: 23-30 June 2018 (Brignogan, France)
3^rd residential workshop and TFL Meeting Event: 20-25 November 2018 (Turin, Italy)

1^st on-line session: April-June 2018
2^nd on-line session: July-November 2018