ScriptLab 2021 Immersive feature script development program.

ScriptLab 2021

Immersive feature script development program.

Following the success of the ScriptLab 2019 and 2020, CineSud is going to launch the third edition of the development program for first, second or third feature film scripts. If you have written or directed one or more short films and are currently working on the treatment for your feature film, you are welcome to join this intensive training lab starting from March 2021! Participation is open for filmmakers from the Netherlands and Dutch-speaking Belgium.

Startdatum

09 juni 2021
om 10:00

Einddatum

01 maart 2022
om 00:00

Locatie

Heerlen

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ScriptLab

Starting in June 2021, this 9-months feature film development program will enable scriptwriters to finish their scripts (or drafts of scripts) starting from the treatment stage. The course will feature two multiday residence-sessions with writers rooms, masterclasses and discussions (on several locations in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands), online sessions with script consultants and networking and pitching sessions during filmfestivals. The decision-makers are producer Hans de Wolf & screenwriter Chris Westendorp. The coaches of the 2021 edition are Sander Burger, Rogier de Blok and Anne Gensior.

First feedback sessions of Script Lab 2019.

ScriptLab 2021 | Decision Makers & Coaches

Meet next year's selectors and mentors!

Decision Maker | Hans de Wolf

Hans de Wolf is a television, documentary and film producer. From 1985 to 1989 he was the director of the Netherlands Film Festival. From 1990 onwards he was producer at the production company Egmond Film & Television, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards with the film Antonia's Line. His recent works include De Vogelwachter, Dreamlife, Wat Is Dan Liefde, The Beast in the Jungle, Dorst, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, Soof: een nieuw begin, Welkom, Josine, Het begin van het einde.

Decision Maker | Chris Westendorp

Chris Westendorp is an Amsterdam based writer and director. She started as a documentary filmmaker before she got into screenwriting. She graduated from the Dutch Film and Television Academy in 2001 with the documentary Westwood Loves You. With this film she won, among others, the Prins Bernard Culture Prize. After her graduation, she immediately started to write for cinema and television. Her recent works include feature films Hemelrijken Dorsvloer vol confetti and tv-series Zeven Kleine Criminelen, Black Widow, Vechtershart.

Coach | Rogier de Blok

Rogier de Blok is an experienced screenwriter and script coach. His feature films have been selected for many festivals, including Cannes, Berlin and Toronto and have won many (inter)national awards, including Gouden Kalveren and an EMMY Award. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam and studied Scriptwriting at the Film Academy. His works include Infiltrant, De Nieuwe Wereld.

Coach | Anne Gensior

Anne Gensior works as an international script consultant for feature films and documentaries and as a script reader for funds and workshops. Since 2017 she has been a core tutor at MIDPOINT Feature Launch and works regularly for EAVE Workshops. Anne participated as a story editor in the Script&Pitch Programme of TorinoFilmLab and works for the script development agency Script House in Berlin.

Program ScriptLab 2021

ScriptLab 2021 | June 9-13, 2021 | Session 1 - Synopsis, Structure and Treatment

09 juni 10:00 Meeting: Getting-to-know the coaches: Anne Gensior, Jolein Laarman, Rogier de Blok

During the first meeting, the participants will get to know all the coaches before the embark on the journey of working on their stories!

Time slot: 10:00-10:30.

09 juni 10:30 Get-together Session with Anne Gensior

Together with Anne Gensior the participants will start the first discussions about their projects.

Time slot: 10:30-18:00.

09 juni 18:00 Dinner & Networking

The first evening the participants will meet up, have dinner, get to know each other and network!

Time slot: 18:30-19:30.

10 juni 10:00 Talk: Synopsis, Treatment, Structure

The participants are going to learn with the coach about story ideas, story elements, synopsis and treatment development.

The coach will be announced in November 2020.

Time slot: 10:00-11:00.

10 juni 11:00 Writers Room: Synopsis, Treatment, Structure

Get ready for the intensive work with your story! Starting from this session all the writers will immerse into the ground work of making their stories stronger with their coach and get ready for the next rewriting session in the evening.

Time slot: 11:00-18:00 (including lunch 13:00-14:00).

10 juni 18:00 Dinner & Networking

Time slot: 18:00-19:30

10 juni 20:00 Individual task - Writing session

The participants will have to rewrite the synopsis based on the feedback. The new version will be read & analysed the following day at the workshop with the coach.

Time slot: 20:00-22:00.

11 juni 10:00 Writers Room: Treatment

The participants are going to have a writers room session discussing their synopses and treatments with their coach.

Time slot: 10:00-18:00 (including lunch 13:00-14:00).

11 juni 18:00 Dinner & Networking

Time slot: 18:00-19:30

11 juni 20:00 Individual task - Writing session

The participants will have to rewrite the synopsis based on the feedback. The new version will be read & analysed the following day at the workshop with the second coach.

Time slot: 20:00-22:00.

12 juni 10:00 Writers Room: Treatment

The third writers room will be devoted again to the treatment, however, with a different coach. Together with the coach Sander Burger, the participants will read the new version of the synopses/treatments and proceed with the in-depth work while preparing for the two-months treatment rewrite.

Time slot: 10:00-18:00 (including lunch 13:00-14:00).

12 juni 18:00 Dinner & Networking

Time slot: 18:30-19:00

13 juni 10:00 Writers Room: Character Development with actors

During this sessions the writers together with the coach Sander Burger will have a chance to work with actors on analysing the protagonists from a story and building up the layers of their characters.

Time slot: 10:00-18:00 (including lunch 13:00-14:00).

13 juni 18:00 Dinner & Networking

Time slot: 18:00-19:30

ScriptLab 2021 | Online Sessions - July-October 2021

June-July 2021 | Individual Task: Treatment

After the sessions in June 2021, the scriptwriters will have a task to work on their treatments for the feature films.

The scriptwriters will need to send in the projects no later than August 9, 2021, 12:00 for the revision. The participants will get the feedback at one 60-minute online session with the coach around August 16-22, 2021 (the date can be adjusted).

The participants will get on August 10 the projects of their fellow writers and will need to write a short feedback on each work till August 22.

August 2021 | Online Session 1

During the 60-min one-on-one online session the scriptwriters will get the feedback from Anne Gensior on their treatment and will proceed with the scene-by-scene breakdown.

August-October 2021 | Individual Task: Scene-by-scene Breakdown

Following the online-session in August 2021, the scriptwriters will continue their work on the scene-by-scene breakdowns for their stories.

The scriptwriters will need to send in the projects no later than October 18, 2021 for the revision. The participants will get the feedback at one 60-minute online session with Jolein Laarman in end of October 2021.

The participants will get on October 19, 2021 the projects of their fellow writers and will
need to write a short feedback on each work till October 31.

October 2021 | Online Session 2

Within the period of October 25-31 the coach Jolein Laarman will give feedback and recommendations for the story structure after reading S-b-S breakdown of the projects during one-on-one online session.

November-December 2021 | Individual Task: Script, First Draft

Here we go, now the writers are ready for the first draft! A little more than a month to write the whole script? It is quite a challenge! However, the deadline of December 20, 2021 isn't going anywhere, the coaches will be waiting for the first drafts.

The participants will get on December 21 the projects of their fellow writers and will need to read them before the Session 2.

Script Lab 2021 | January 12-16, 2022 | Session 2 - Script: First Draft

ScriptLab 2021 | January 12-16, 2022 | Session 2 - Script: First Draft

12 januari 10:00 Get-together Session with Anne Gensior

Together with Anne Gensior the participants will start the first discussions about their projects.

Time slot: 10:00-18:00.

13 januari 10:00 Writers Room: First Draft

The participants are going to analyse with coach Roger de Blok the first draft of their scripts, choose the part of the script that the writers will be working on during the rewriting session following the same day.

Time slot: 10:00-19:00 (including lunch & dinner).

14 januari 10:00 Writers Room: First Draft

During this session, the writers will continue analysing with coach Roger de Blok the first draft of their scripts.

Time slot: 10:00-19:00 (including lunch & dinner).

15 januari 10:00 Writers Room: First Draft & Scenes

During this session, the writers will continue analysing with the coach Moniek Kramer the first draft of their scripts.

Time slot: 10:00-19:00 (including lunch & dinner).

16 januari 10:00 Writers Room: Scenes & Dialogues with actors

During this group workshop the ScriptLab participants together with the coach Moniek Kramer will work with the scenes of the first draft of the script (one hour per project) together with the invited actors. During improvisations (acting out scenes) the participants will try to find out which improvisations can bring the script further: what works, what doesn’t work? How can we refine the dialogues and scenes?

Time slot: 10:00-19:00 (including lunch & dinner).

ScriptLab 2021 | January-March 2022 | Individual Task & Online Sessions

January-March 2022 | Individual Task: Script, Second Draft

After the sessions in January 2022, the scriptwriters will have a task to work on their second draft for the feature films and get ready for the last session.

The scriptwriters will need to send in the projects no later than March 14, 2022 for the revision. The participants will get the feedback at one 60-minute online session with the coach in the end of March 2022.

The participants will get on March 15 the projects of their fellow writers and will need to write a short feedback on each work till March 30, 2022.

March 2022 | Online Session 3

The very last session of the ScriptLab 2021 will be held with Rogier de Blok who will share the final feedback and give recommendations for future development of the project.

Dit initiatief werd mede mogelijk gemaakt door Grensverleggers, regeling ter ondersteuning van culturele samenwerkingen tussen partijen in Vlaanderen, de Provincie Noord-Brabant, de Provincie Limburg en de Provincie Zeeland.