Los Angeles-based producer/ writer/director, Alan Denman presents this intensive weekend course for screenwriters wanting to bring a commercial edge to their writing.

Do you want to sell your screenplay? Do you want to write a script that producers and investors cannot resist? Do you want to learn how to build a viable career as a screenwriter and filmmaker?

The course teach you how to hone your skills in commercial storytelling, pitching and writing loglines, as well as give you insights into the current workings of the film industry and how to raise your status in order to achieve your goals.

Alan Denman has over 20 years’ experience of working in the UK and US film industries. He currently has projects with Sam Raimi’s Ghosthouse Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Ealing Films and Phoenix Pictures. He is also producing and directing his own project, The Listening, to be filmed in the UK this year.

This two-day course will give you with the following tools:

Sample option forms that writers and producers can use
The 5 key elements of a commercial script
The importance of your title
An industry map to help you find out where you are at
Outlines for a business plan and a mini-business plan
An overview of the filmmaking process from page to sales and distribution
A working timeline for the development of your own project
The top 10 tips for making it in Hollywood