TAPS Summer School Schedule
Kick off the summer with a series of one day workshops aimed to inform, entertain and inspire. Tailor your learning by mixing and matching short courses to your needs.
From Saturday 25th July to Friday 7th August TAPS will offer industry focussed workshops as put forward by its Artistic Advisory Board, made up of forward thinking industry professionals.
Workshops on offer:
*For more details on each workshop visit our website - www.tapsnet.org
Comedy - TV Sitcom Workshop
Price: £125 + VAT (Total £143.75)
Location: London
Date: Wednesday 29th July 2009
Meet working industry professionals in the comedy business. Submit the first 5 pages of your own TV sitcom idea and watch your words come to life (or death) as professional actors read your lines and discuss your ideas in a constructive workshop environment.
Beyond the Usual Suspects - Criminology & Character Creation Workshop
Price: £125 + VAT (Total £143.75)
Location: London
Date: Friday 31st July 2009
Find out how to write convincing characters with ‘The Bill' Writer Stuart Morris and Met Detective Jackie Malton, the inspiration for DI Tenant in Prime Suspect and long term story consultant on The Bill.
Screaming ‘Blue Murder' - TV Drama Series Workshop
Price: £125 + VAT (Total £143.75)
Location: London
Date: Monday 3rd August 2009
Producer Mike Dormer will take you, step by step, through the process of turning a one line idea into an episode of the popular ITV1 show Blue Murder.
Persuasive Storytelling - Workshop 1
Price: £150 + VAT (Total £172.50 for a 2 day course)
Location: London
Date: Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th July 2009
TAPS veteran Writer Director Sam Snape will take you through all the forms of screen storytelling from the 30 second commercial to the feature script. You will be shown what is message-driven, what is pure art and what will actually make someone want to watch the finished film.
Persuasive Storytelling - Workshop 2
Price: £150 + VAT (Total £172.50 for a 2 day course)
Location: South Wales (Southerndown)
Date: 8th- 9th August 2009
TAPS veteran Writer Director Sam Snape will take you through all the forms of screen storytelling from the 30 second commercial to the feature script. You will be shown what is message-driven, what is pure art and what will actually make someone want to watch the finished film.
Script Analysis Workshop
Price: £100 + VAT (Total £115)
Location: London
Date: Saturday 1st August 2009
Whether you are an Industry Professional or a Writer this course is for you. You will study script reports and the need to write a clear synopsis and critique. You will then progress to a Radio Drama script seeing it develop from the idea to the finished broadcast script. You will be led by Script Consultant Diane Culverhouse and Writer Stuart Morris.
Scriptwriting Software - Using Final Draft
Price: £100 + VAT (Total £115)
Location: London
Date: TBC
Do you want to know why Final Draft is the industry standard in TV and film? Do you think you know everything about scriptwriting and Final Draft? This one day course will teach you about the software and how to format your script. Follow script writing rules and present your work in the way production companies expect.
Visit the TAPS website www.tapsnet.org for more information or email Shamsul@tapsnet.org for an application form.