Description

THE ART & CRAFT OF HORROR

Mastering Genre Storytelling for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

Horror has consistently been one of the most profitable and successful movie genres of all time, and many emerging filmmakers feel it’s a good genre to cut their teeth on — especially as a genre to write for micro-budget. But what makes horror screenplays work? And how do you create the next great horror hit?

This one-evening course — part of the Mastering Genre series — provides an overview of genre and helps you understand the conventions and tropes of specific genre storytelling. Whether you stick to the conventions or bend them, your ability to write a horror screenplay that sells requires a deep understanding of the style and structure of the genre as a foundation to make your script exceptional.

This evening class is available separately or as part of the Mastering Genre Workshop Series.

What you’ll learn:

• Explain and demystify what “genre” is and what exactly makes a story “genre?”

• Defining the horror genre and its many sub-genres

• Structural and story conventions of horror genre scripts

• Style and thematic conventions of horror genre scripts

• How and where to bend and play with these conventions in the script

• How understanding “genre” can enable you to improve not just your storytelling but your chances for success

Whether your passion is to create an award-winning short film, the next viral web series or feature screen gem, this master class will help provide a road map for your script.

About the instructor, Randall C Willis