OBS ON TOUR - NYC 2010

Rosa Parks Campus (Studio Museum Bldg.)

144 West 125th St., 5th Floor

New York, NY 10027

This two-day intensive workshop will put you on the path to writing and selling your screenplay or landing that staff job as a television writer.  OBS will provide you with the tools and resources you need to get that story out of your heard and on to out on the page!

Our thanks to Campus Director Dr. Barbara Adams for hosting us.

Guest Speakers Include:

WARRINGTON HUDLIN (Producer, 'Boomerang,' DV Republic, Black Filmmaker Foundation - Friday evening, 9/24)

TINA ANDREWS, (Screenwriter, producer and author, 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love,' 'The Jackie Kennedy Onassis Story,' 'Sally Hemmings: An American Scandal' - Saturday afternoon, 9/24)

EXCEL SHARIEFF (Entertainment Attorney, Saturday morning, 9/25)

This Exclusive Screenwriting Workshop will cover:

- The OBS on the Grind Quick and Dirty Loglines Class  

- Hollywood Script Structure the OBS (Right) Way   

- Dynamic Ways to Introduce Your Protagonist & Antagonist   

- Creating Characters That POP!   

- You Got 1 to Hook ‘Em & 5 To Keep ‘Em  

- Creating Dilemma - Writing Secrets for Success from OBS 

- Writing Backwards/Eliminating Writer’s Block

- Television Writing Workshop  

Please let your CNR students know!  CNR Students, Staff and Faculty can RSVP by responding to this e-mail.  Seating is limited and admission is first-come, first-served.  Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity!

E-mail contactus@obswriter.com. For information on OBS, visit www.obswriter.com.

NY Coordinator: Tracy Grant – 917-806-3945,  Grant9311@yahoo.com

ORGANIZATION OF BLACK SCREENWRITERS HOSTS

SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP, SEPT. 24-25

(Los Angeles) – Sept 10, 2010 – The Organization of Black Screenwriters (OBS) brings Hollywood to Harlem when it presents “OBS on Tour New York: Telling Your Story One Script at a Time.” The dynamic workshop designed to help writers on all levels in the development and writing of a feature film or television script, OBS On Tour New York will be held at the College of New Rochelle’s Rosa Parks Campus, 144 W. 125^th St. in Harlem on Sept. 24 – 25.

The workshop includes two tracks, one for feature film writing and one for television writing. The full price for each workshop is $190 and $150, respectively. Individually-priced sessions are also available. Visit www.obswriter.com.

According to OBS President Jennifer Williams, the feature film writing workshop will focus on creating the high concept, commercial movie script, which has a universal story line, a unique twist and mass appeal. The television writing workshop will provide instruction on writing a spec (or speculative) script for a show already on television or an original pilot script for a new show concept.

“We have a comprehensive curriculum that takes writers from start to finish, from the initial idea to a completed script. We show those with a sincere desire to write how to create the best screenplay they possibly can,” she said.

Topics include loglines, outlines, beat sheets, story structure, story flow, conflict, character descriptions and character arcs.

“The workshop is very hands on. We encourage writers to bring their ideas, projects and questions. We will provide feedback and solutions to help move their projects forward. Our goal is to teach writers what they need to know to enter the competitive world of screenwriting” Williams said.

The sessions will be taught by an expert cadre of OBS writers who have either successfully completed writing fellowships, sold scripts, have screenwriter credits, have scripts that have been produced and/or are readers who are paid by major studios or production companies to read and recommend scripts for purchase. Speakers will share information and insight gained from their experiences in the entertainment industry.

Click here to register for OBS ON TOUR-NYC

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