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Jane Lee
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Biography
Screenwriter, Consultant
Jane has written five screenplays and was a quarter-finalist in the American Screenwriting Competition. She worked with the major studios and networks in the Hollywood media milieu for 10 years and served as marketing director for the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. She is the author of several books and has produced numerous award-winning websites and videos. Jane studies Archetypes and Sacred Contracts with Caroline Myss and produces the Filmmakers and Screenwriters Guide to Archetypes seminars in Los Angeles. She is currently working on her new book, "Contemporary Spirituality".


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Seminar   Using Archetypes to Ignite Your Creativity, Your Characters, and Your Screenplays
Seminar Description: Do you ever struggle with flat, two-dimensional characters? Do your characters refuse to tell you what they must do to keep your story moving forward? The shadow and light aspects of the four survival archetypes are active in our own lives every day. These same archetypes can assist you in developing your most believable, compelling, and engaging characters.

Why study archetypes? Archetypes are an essential element in the creative process. Understanding archetypes gives you the tools to animate your characters and bring their energy to life. You?ll learn about yourself and your characters through the prism of archetypes while sharpening your ability to create captivating, gripping, and character-driven screenplays. This seminar will help you:
  • Identify and define the four survival archetypes: victim, child, prostitute, and saboteur.
  • Recognize other key archetypes: knight, damsel, queen, mentor, shape shifter, vampire, villain, hermit, hedonist, rebel, femme fatale and others.
  • Create a nuanced vision of your characters? light and shadow aspects, frequently the basis of character arc.
  • Learn how characters use their archetypes to announce who they are in the first 10 pages.
  • Recognize and use archetypal voices, vocabulary, and body language.
  • Use archetypal information to transform character development.
  • Identify archetypal characteristics and their stories in films such as "Erin Brokovich," "Cast Away," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Titanic."
    • Friday, Jun 4        3:15 PM - 4:45 PM