Summer Intensive - Spoleto, Italy - August 2012
Italy Summer Writing Program - Screen writing/Script Writing Intensive
75 miles north of Rome - August 14th to August 27th, 2012
The summer screenwriting intensive in Italy is focused on the craft and logic of writing for film. In the historic center of this breathtaking medieval town in the heart of Italy, with a blank sheet of paper (laptop) come and learn how to take ideas from character, location, time, to dialogue, to plotting of story, to writing in full film form, in a step-by-step incremental process. With the beauty of Spoleto as the backdrop we cover the screenwriting process as well as the screenwriter's perspective on how the industry works. There is a daily one-on-one individual tutorial allowing for diverse levels within the group.
“Having written non-fiction all my working life I approached writing fiction and dialogue with some trepidation. Irv is an absolutely stunning teacher and with his unique steps to get us all to produce a 20 minute film script by the end of two weeks, no mean feat. I now feel confident that I can indeed write fiction and dialogue!” Suzi - writer - Brighton, UK - 2010
“I came to Spoleto with no background. By the second week I was well into my invented story and enjoying every minute.” Nur Sat-Ayoubi - Copywriter - Jordan, 2009
Spoleto is a small and unbelievably charming city nestled in the hills of Umbria seventy five miles north of Rome. The city pre dates Roman times and has welcomed artists since the fifties when Italy was at the forefront of the film and modern art movement. For the past fifty years it has also been host to the famous Due Mondi Music Festival. With its gracious medieval architecture, its narrow cobble stone streets, and balconies oozing with flowers, Spoleto is a cultural and visual feast. As a bonus, in an atmosphere of creative camaraderie, enjoy an insider experience of bella italia, the food, the wines, the warm and friendly Spoletini.
“Irv teaches a method of getting into story that is almost fool proof.” Leigh Rogers - Media, Australia, ‘09
“Time well spent which gave me a short script that I can now work into the longer version because I have learned how and have not stopped writing since.” Stuart Eastwood - Golfer, Kenya, ’09
“I sorely needed: structure, guidance, a way to shape and contain the material. I received the gift of a wonderful tool, like scissors if you've been trying to cut cloth with your teeth all your life.” K.M. Chen - New York City, 2008
“As an independent producer Irv’s workshop was a huge benefit to me in knowing where the fundamentals of a script are solid and where the weaknesses are.” Steve Shapiro - Producer, New York, ’07
“I had a wonderful experience at Irv Bauer’s Screenwriting Workshop. Thanks Irv!” Jean Estevez - Cartoon Network, Atlanta, ’05
