TEST - Tools for European Screenwriters' Training

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· programme · lectures · documentation		The TEST SEMINAR will gather up to 40 professionals among which screenwriters, screenwriting trainers and script consultants, industry representatives and training programs managers. It will consist of a 3-day creative confrontation embracing:
		the transmission of specific methods and tools for creative writing for the screen the narrative identities of the “American Studio” and the “European Workshop” script development models the interaction between industry, training/development programmes and screenwriters.
		Participants are expected to take an active part not only in the discussions and working groups that will be proposed by lecturers during the Seminar, but also to be actively involved in the online Forum. A questionnaire will be sent to all participants before the seminar starts. This Questionnaire is a tool for debate and to provide the essential structure of the TEST Seminar. Date and venue 25 to 27 June 2004, in Valencia, Spain Participants 1st target group: Screenwriting Trainers, Script Consultants, Script Doctors and Training Programme Managers 2nd target group: Screenwriters, Heads of Development, Script Editors, Producers Participation conditions Registration fee is 300€, covering accommodation (***hotels) and full boarding during the seminar, tuition fees, documentation and the use of FIA resource center including internet access and e-mail address. Registration deadline 10 May 2004. Please add a CV. Language English Information & Applications FIA Palau de Pineda Pl. del Carmen, 4 46003 VALENCIA (Spain)

programme		TEST SEMINAR 25 to 27 June 2004 Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo / Palau de Pineda, Valencia

		Thursday 24 June
21.00		Welcome Dinner

		Friday 25 June
9.30		Prologue
		The challenge of audiovisual writing. Roman Gubern Presentation of the TEST Seminar, Comments on the Questionnaire as a common reference and proposal of a methodology. Joan Álvarez
10.00 - 13.30		Session 1 The transmission of specific methods and tools for creative writing for the screen. Lectures
		Bleach-resistants. What can be taught and how? Talent and technique. Manolo Matji Some like it Frank Daniel. A method praised by many. Beth Serlin From craftsman to craftsman. The transmission of skills. Michel Gaztambide Between the bull and the chameleon. How to understand somebody else’s project from the inside without talking about oneself? Antoine Jaccoud
		Moderation Susan Benn, Pierre Agthe
13.30 - 15.30		Lunch
15.30 - 18.30		Session 2 The participants will split in three working groups, lead by the moderators. The Questionnaire and other materials will be used as an additional base for discussion.

		Saturday 26th
9.30 - 11.30		Session 3 The narrative identities of the "American Studio" and the "European Workshop" script development models. Lectures
		Script development according to Hollywood, the predominance of the producer. Steve Solot The European tradition of the author and its influence on script development strategies. Isabelle Fauvel The current scene of script development practices in Europe. Christian Routh
		Moderation Rosa Vergés, David Wingate
11.45 - 13.30		Session 4 Panel about the interaction between industry, training programmes and screenwriters. Panellists Lola Salvador, Colin Vaines, Julian Friedmann, Michael Weber and Franz Mangelberger. Moderation Antonio Saura
13.30 - 15.30		Lunch
15.30 - 18.30		Session 5 Continuation of the work in the groups.

		Sunday 27 June
10.00 - 12.00		Session 6 Reports from the working groups, discussion and conclusions of TEST Seminar 2004
12.30		Farewell Lunch.