The training and further education offerings include various formats – from one-hour impulse lectures to one- to multiple-day workshops, several-week Writers' Room simulations, or concrete content development.
This offering is aimed at small groups or larger companies that want to familiarize themselves with the working methods and mindset of the Writers' Room model.
Topics:
Serial dramaturgy – US Writers' Room – German Room – European Room – plotting with beats – writing and reading beatsheets – giving and receiving feedback – roles and responsibilities for head writers, staff writers, producers, directors, and editorial staff in the Writers' Room.
References:
THE US WRITERSʹ ROOM AND THE GERMAN ROOM: for HFF Munich, masterschool drehbuch (Berlin), ifs Cologne, focal (Switzerland), midpoint Institute (Prague), Filmschool Lodz (Poland).
The US Writers' Room and plotting with beats for HFF Munich, focal (Switzerland), Filmschool Lodz (Poland).
STRUCTURE FOLLOWS FUNCTION: Writers' Room from the perspective of organizational consulting (impulse lecture co-presented with Verena Michl) for focal (Switzerland), Tatort Eifel Festival.
SERIAL DRAMATURGY: An introduction for Serial Eyes/dffb (Berlin), Filmschool Lodz, ifs international filmschool (Cologne).
THE PILOT: An introduction for Netflix Incubator/dffb (Berlin)
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LET’S GO SERIAL: Financing and organization of series
(one-day seminar co-presented with Petra Mirus) for masterschool drehbuch, Berlin.
THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY (impulse lecture) for Hochschule für Medien, Stuttgart
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WRITERS' ROOM (6 week workshop) for ifs international filmschool Cologne and masterschool drehbuch, Berlin (Showrunner: Michael Gantenberg).
GERMAN ANGST (writing project) for University of Marburg.