Overview
Robert Thirkell is TV’s ‘Troubleshooter’; the person the broadcasters and indies turn to to create - or rescue - their key series, ranging from Jamie's School Dinners to The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, and Blood on the Carpetto the Heston Blumenthal series Big Chef Takes On Little Chef.
This revelatory one-day workshop provides a unique opportunity to learn how to structure your stories and series so they have drive and drama, create successful formats and fix problematic productions.
Although Robert often delivers his hugely popular CONFLICT talk to students and film festivals around the world, this is his only in-depth course, allowing filmmakers to explore fully the ideas and techniques he uses in a small, intimate classroom setting.
- Storytelling Toolkit – the 8 key elements to successful storytelling (Character; Out of the box and before Filming; Narrative drive; Front; Loving your character, Interview technique; Care; Timeline, Title and Truth)
- Getting off on the right foot - choosing the right stories, and making them different
- Importance of cross-fertilising genres
- Casting and Presenters – thinking laterally;’ when and why unorthodox presenters can work – and how to handle them; which contributors to avoid
- Honing your script and how to lay them out
- The importance of research – and how to do it effectively
- The importance of Pre-titles – common mistakes and how to avoid them
- Commentary – enhancing the sync
- Storytelling Tookit part 2 – 9 advanced tools for story planning and edits
Course Content
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