FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS - FREE LECTURE

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FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS
with authors/producers
RONA EDWARDS & MONIKA SKERBELIS
("I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out")

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Hollywood Film Office Studio Store
6324 Hollywood Blvd. (Corner of Hollywood/Vine)
Hollywood, CA 90068

RSVP to: workshops@esentertainment.net

Edwards & Skerbelis present "Finding & Developing New Ideas." This free seminar will offer an overall view of finding ideas and developing them into cohesive stories. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and book signing with Edwards & Skerbelis. One lucky participant will win a free Gorilla Budgeting & Scheduling Software courtesy of Jungle Software.

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 for film. Edwards & Skerbelis 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.
Topics covered:
- Where to find ideas;
- Developing the genre and logline;
- Structuring the idea in a 3-act structure;
- Things to think about before pitching idea.

ESE provides professional film instruction without leaving your home. Offering user-friendly web access, students need only know how to "click, type, download and read." All ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE courses have one-on-one interface with Edwards & Skerbelis! Therefore, students have ongoing access to these two industry professionals for the length of the courses, 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. She produced two movies ("Killer Hair" and "Hostile Makeover") for the Lifetime Movie Network that will air June 21 and June 28, 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. She is an associate producer on two movies ("Killer Hair" and "Hostile Makeover") for the Lifetime Movie Network scheduled to air June 21 and June 28, 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, offering comprehensive film courses without leaving your home. 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 taught "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.

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