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The Schedule
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LEGEND:   SS = Screenwriting Symposium   HC = The Hollywood Connection
Cnf Event Type Event Name Faculty /
Producer


FRIDAY, May 27

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SS Registration Check-In / Hospitality

10:01 AM - 11:30 AM
SS Social Event Bocce Tournament

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
SS Lunch Lunch Break

12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
SS Seminar Fade In Presentation: Brainstorming Through the Block Pilar Alessandra

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
SS Seminar Adaptation: Turning Source Material into a Screenplay Mike Farris
SS Seminar Less is More Steve Davis
SS Seminar Screenplay Formatting: What's In? What's Out? Darren Foster

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
SS Seminar Transmedia Storytelling Carolyn Handler Miller
SS Seminar Cardboard Characters: How to Avoid Creating One-Dimensional People Darren Foster

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
SS Award Ceremony Killer First-Page Contest

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
SS Social Event Welcome Party


SATURDAY, May 28

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
SS Seminar Writing Warm-Up Anne Randolph

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
SS Registration Check-In / Hospitality

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SS Academy Lab Kirk Ellis' Academy Lab Kirk Ellis
SS Mentor Lab Bill Martell's Writing Screenplays That Sell Lab William Martell
SS Mentor Lab The No B.S. Tools of the Trade Mentor Lab Danny Manus
SS Mentor Lab Wendall Thomas' Mentor Lab Wendall Thomas
SS Mentor Lab Dara Marks' Transformational Arc Lab Dara Marks
SS Mentor Lab Terry Borst's Lab for Beginning and Emerging Screenwriters Terry Borst
SS Mentor Lab Writing Compelling Cinematic Scenes That Make a Reader Want to Keep Reading Corey Mandell

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SS Lunch Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
SS Panel Ask the Mentors
SS Seminar Rewriting: The Essential Skill That Separates Professionals From Amateurs Corey Mandell

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
SS Seminar Getting Past the First Draft: It Doesn't Have to be Perfect -- It Just Has to be Finished! Kirk Ellis

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
SS Seminar Fairy Tales Can Come True Terry Borst

5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
SS Award Ceremony Actors Choice Awards


SUNDAY, May 29

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
SS Seminar Writing Warm-Up Anne Randolph

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
SS Registration Check-In / Hospitality

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SS Academy Lab Kirk Ellis' Academy Lab Kirk Ellis
SS Mentor Lab The No B.S. Tools of the Trade Mentor Lab Danny Manus
SS Mentor Lab Writing Compelling Cinematic Scenes That Make a Reader Want to Keep Reading Corey Mandell
SS Mentor Lab Bill Martell's Writing Screenplays That Sell Lab William Martell
SS Mentor Lab Wendall Thomas' Mentor Lab Wendall Thomas
SS Mentor Lab Dara Marks' Transformational Arc Lab Dara Marks
SS Mentor Lab Terry Borst's Lab for Beginning and Emerging Screenwriters Terry Borst

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SS Lunch Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
SS Seminar Harnessing the Power of Myth in the Movies Dara Marks
SS Seminar WHAT THE HELL ARE EXECUTIVES THINKING? - Looking at Your Script from the Exec's Perspective Danny Manus

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
SS Seminar Secrets of Action Screenwriting William Martell
SS Seminar DIALOGUE AND GENRE CASE STUDY: Romantic Comedy Wendall Thomas

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
SS Seminar Writing Cinematically: How to Tell Your Story on the Screen Mike Farris
SS Seminar Screenwriting as a Profession - It's Show BUSINESS, Baby Jeff Graup

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
SS Seminar Screenwriting Software: Beyond Script Formatting Steve Carter
SS Seminar Finding Representation Jeff Graup

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
SS Social Event Sunday Night Party


MONDAY, May 30

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
SS Seminar Writing Warm-Up Anne Randolph

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
SS Registration Check-In / Hospitality

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SS Academy Lab Kirk Ellis' Academy Lab Kirk Ellis
SS Mentor Lab Terry Borst's Lab for Beginning and Emerging Screenwriters Terry Borst
SS Mentor Lab Bill Martell's Writing Screenplays That Sell Lab William Martell
SS Mentor Lab The No B.S. Tools of the Trade Mentor Lab Danny Manus
SS Mentor Lab Wendall Thomas' Mentor Lab Wendall Thomas
SS Mentor Lab Dara Marks' Transformational Arc Lab Dara Marks
SS Mentor Lab Writing Compelling Cinematic Scenes That Make a Reader Want to Keep Reading Corey Mandell

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HC Seminar The Art of the Pitch Daniel Manus
SS Seminar The Art of the 5-Minute Pitch Jeff Graup

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SS Lunch Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
HC Panel Producer Panel I
Jeff Graup
Marc Manus
Sammy Montana
Larry N Stouffer
David Kohner Zuckerman

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
HC Panel Producer Panel II
Victor Constantino
Matt Dixson
Andy Horwitz
Daniel Manus
Gersh Talent Agency TBD
The Donner's Company TBD

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
HC Pitch Sessions Pitch Sessions Victor Constantino
Jeff Graup
Andy Horwitz
Daniel Manus
Marc Manus
Sammy Montana
- TBD
Gersh Talent Agency TBD
The Donner's Company TBD
David Kohner Zuckerman

4:15 PM - 6:30 PM
HC Seminar The Pitch Doctor Darren Foster


TUESDAY, May 31

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
HC Registration Hospitality Table

9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
HC Pitch Sessions Pitch Sessions Victor Constantino
Jeff Graup
Andy Horwitz
Daniel Manus
Marc Manus
Sammy Montana
- TBD
Gersh Talent Agency TBD
The Donner's Company TBD
David Kohner Zuckerman


This schedule is based on the availability of instructors and Producers and is subject to change without notification.

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