FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS - Online Workshop

Description

In order to have success at finding and developing your ideas, you need to know how to look for them and then how to structure them on paper. This course will provide valuable tips and resources to help you organize and develop your ideas and get them out of your head and on paper. Knowing how to do this will also help writers, producers and filmmakers alike have a place from which to pitch their ideas and/or jump to the next step: writing the screenplay.

With their upcoming ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE course, students will work with articles, ads, newspapers and magazines, in order to find new ideas and develop them into pitches and potential ideas for motion pictures that flourish in this 4-week online course.

"Finding New Ideas" will begin its online workshop on June 17, 2009. The cost for this 4-week workshop is $275 and will cover such topics as:

- Where to find ideas;
- Developing the genre, logline, theme and hook;
- Structuring the idea in a 3-act structure;
- Things to think about before pitching idea.

All ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE courses have one-on-one interface with Edwards and Skerbelis! Therefore, students have ongoing access to these two industry professionals for the length of the courses, which usually runs 4 to 6 weeks each. ESE provides professional instruction in film without leaving your home. Offering user-friendly web access, students need only know how to "click, type, download and read." For more information or to register for ESE Film Workshops Online courses visit www.esentertainment.net

About the Instructors:
A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, Rona Edwards was Vice President of Creative Affairs for Emmy-winning actor, John Larroquette, Emmy-winning producer, Fern Field and Oscar-winning producer, Michael Phillips. With nine movies to her credit, including Out of Sync (VH1) and The Companion (USA/SciFi), she set-up up a feature Matchmakers at Warner Bros. as well as developed the movie Blind Trust which aired in 2007 on Lifetime Television. She is developing two documentaries (Unforgettable and Military Nurses) as well as a mini series on the true story of Richard the Third. Recently, she sold a series of books subtitled Crimes of Fashion which she is producing for the Lifetime Movie Network that will air in 2009.

Monika Skerbelis has fifteen years of studio executive experience working in the story department at Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and running the story department at Universal Pictures. She is the Artistic and Programming Director for the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival and is a producer with Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE) developing projects. Recently, ESE sold a series of mystery novels subtitled Crimes of Fashion to Lifetime Movie Network scheduled to air in June 2009.

TOGETHER:
Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis are the authors of the book, "I Liked It, Didn't Love It (Screenplay Development from the Inside Out)" published by Lone Eagle. Last year, they kicked off ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE, an online film school helping writers and filmmakers improve their knowledge in 4 to 6 weeks without leaving their home - Just "Click, Type, Download & Read."

Currently, they teach "Introduction to Feature Film Development" at UCLA Extension both on campus and online as well as "Story Development Process" at Riverside Community College and "Basic Screenwriting" on campus at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film & Media Arts. Recently, they formed Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE) a company dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and screenwriting talent. Their Web site (www.esentertainment.net) offers more conclusive information on how they can help with careers in the entertainment industry with consultations and online workshops.

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