Analysing Script for Actors
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This intensive 2 Day workshop with Mary Kate O’Flanagan is aimed at actors looking to get a greater understanding of script, the mechanics behind the craft of screenwriting and how to discover as much information and clues from audition scenes. The 2-day programme is designed to train actors on how to read screenplays and make the best choices for the story being told. Some of the topics covered include:
- How to read a screenplay and pick a winner
- Understanding how story beats affect an audience
- How to stand out without stealing a scene
- Working with the intentions of the writer and director
- The actor’s role in creating and sustaining dramatic tension
- The actor’s role in visual storytelling
- Parsing a scene and bringing it to life
- Characters and gleaming details
This workshop is ideal for actors seeking to get an advantage in auditions and for prep work on scripts throughout the rehearsal process.
Mary Kate trained in the craft of screenwriting with the professors of screenwriting at The University of Southern California. She has worked as a tutor alongside her former professors for the last ten years. She has continued to be mentored by them, in particular David Howard, author of The Tools of Screenwriting. She is a guest tutor at the Czech Film School FAMU and The National Film School in Ireland as well as a lead tutor on pan-European programmes.
In the last year she has given workshops and lectures on screenwriting in Prague, London, Cologne, Pilzen, Valletta as well as Dublin, Cork and Galway. She has also given workshops in Africa. She is a working writer who has written six feature-length screenplays, all of which have been funded by The Irish Film Board and subsequently optioned, currently in development. She holds an MA in Screenwriting, has won pan-European awards for her screenwriting, is a published short story writer and Ireland’s Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at The Moth.
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