What do Lucy and Desi, The Dissident, The Cove and Icarus have in common? Emmy nominated filmmaker Mark Monroe is the writer behind each of their stories. If you thought documentaries didn’t need a script, think again. With over sixty documentary writing credits under his belt, Mark will discuss how he works with directors, editors and producers to craft a compelling story and shape heroes and villains the audience will go all in on. Using clips from the many different genres he’s worked in, Mark will explain the research and collaboration processes he employed as well as how to find the story in prep, production and post. In this live and interactive three-hour master class, you will have the opportunity to ask questions about the craft of writing the documentary and how to collaborate with a writer when working in nonfiction.
Topics covered include:
- Creating a structured plan: who says what, when do they say it
- Determining the right process for the project
- Working with archival vs. produced interviews
- Crafting an outline
- Creating a paper edit
- Identifying transitions
- Shaping a character
- Writing voice over
- Collaboration styles in documentary filmmaking
- Working with directors, editors and producers
Past classes have included Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams on Documentary Storytelling, Finding Dory’s Victoria Strouse on Comedy Writing, Emmy-nominated director Lesli Linka Glatter on Blocking a Scene, The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara on TV Writing, and more.
More info HERE.
