NIFCO Presents a "Picture Start" workshop meant to prepare writers hoping to submit to the Picture Start Program.

Writing a short screenplay? Thinking about submitting to Picture Start?
Join Picture Start alumni Wanda Nolan in this hands on short film screenwriting workshop.

Through lecture, watching shorts and writing exercises, we will cover:
dramatic premise
character
ethos/world
story structure
screenplay formatting

We will also talk about the Picture Start process and the big picture things to consider in order to make your film the most successful it can be, including:
Writing a film you can shoot
Impacts of budget on your story
Actors and background actors
Locations
Scope
Workshop date: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Tuesday July 30, 2019

Bio

Wanda Nolan is a writer, director, and story consultant. Her writer/director credits include the soon-to-be released supernatural thriller, Always Going and Never Gone, sponsored by the Telefilm NIFCO Picture Start program. The short animation, Mystery of the Secret Room, produced by the National Film Board of Canada which was nominated for a Golden Egg Award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival and for Best Emerging Director and Best Animated Short at the Yorkton Film Festival; and, Crocuses, winner of the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award and Best Short at the Nickel Film Independent Festival. Her feature screenplay The Magic of Boxer Connors was the winner of the Inspired Script Harold Greenburg Award. And, in 2017, her feature The Royals was selected for the FIN script development program. Wanda story consults for various independent projects and for the National Film Board of Canada. She also owns a production company, Haven Productions Inc, with Deanne Foley and Elisabeth de Mariaffi. They are developing several projects, including the TV series, Bar Haven. She has a Masters of Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.