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SCREENPLAY WRITING

The Screenplay Writing course was designed with Arghya Lahiri and Akarsh Khurana

Akarsh Khurana

Akarsh is the proprietor, producer and a regular director of Akvarious productions. By profession a script writer, Akarsh has been involved in theatre from a very young age. Having acted on stage as a child, he began directing his own plays in college for inter college festivals and Thespo, where he won the Best Director Award twice. His most recent play is the hugely successful children's play, A Special Bond. His feature film writing credits include Krrish (on which he was also a direction assistant) and Ajay Devgan's directorial debut U, Me aur Hum. He is also working on screenplays for Anurag Basu and Rohan Sippy.

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Arghya Lahiri

Arghya has worked in the theatre for over 10 years, for the most part as a lighting designer and director. He is one of the founders of Q Theatre Productions, Mumbai and has been involved in the running of Thespo - an annual Theatre Group Youth festival. He is also a filmmaker, having graduated with a Master’s degree in Film and TV Production from the University of Bristol, with a specialisation in Cinematography for Super 16mm film. He was the director of Crab (part of Writer’s Bloc II), as well as the Chief Assistant Director on Anwar and the researcher and writer for Shilpa’s Yoga. He is currently at work on a handful of screenplays.

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You Should Take The Writing School�s Screenplay Writing Course If:

  • You are interested in writing a screenplay.
  • You want to learn how to translate ideas and images on to paper.
  • You want to understand the rules of writing a screenplay.
  • You want to understand screenplay writing format.
  • You want to understand screenplay writing tools.
  • You want to learn how to add the finishing touches to your screenplay.
  • You want to learn how to protect and market your screenplays.

What You Will Learn in the Screenplay Writing Course at The Writing School:

  • A step by step guide to story development.
  • Explanations with examples for tools used in the screenplay writing process.
  • Understanding the marketability of an idea.
  • Tips and tricks behind writing screenplays.
  • Screenplay writing terms and their usages.
  • A start to finish look at screenplays
    • The different parts of a screenplay and their importance.
    • The timeline of screenplay development.
    • Character development.
    • The importance of conflict and the film�s journey.
    • A final look: Once the screenplay is ready.
  • Assignments:
    • Write a brief synopsis of your film idea.

Course Fee:

Rs. 5,000 for 42 days (Time needed for this Screenplay writing course)

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Successful students will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.

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