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    • The Hero’s Journey (NSW)

    TATOOINE TO RATATOUILLE - 30 YEARS OF HERO’S JOURNEY IN THE MOVIES

    Date: Sunday 31 August, 2008
    Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm
    Location: The     NSW Writers Centre
    Callan Park, Rozelle
    Contact: 0407 955 555
    Email:     karel@ozzywood.com

    “I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.” -Luke Skywalker

    WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

    The only way to really touch a large audience is to connect the archetypes in our universal sub conscience with those elements that can be found in EVERY fairytale, myth, legend or religion. Those who do it well, have become phenomenally successful. The stories of those who ignore it, will never be really understood.

    Joseph Campbell demonstrated how the elements of The Hero’s Journey have permeated all forms of storytelling, anywhere in the world, since the dawn of creation. George Lucas transformed mainstream filmmaking by applying Joseph Campbell’s theory of the Hero with a Thousand Faces to the movies.

    MYTH IN THE MOVIES:
    Almost all successful films are indebted to the mythical structure of storytelling. This workshop shows you how the Hero’s Journey works for any film genre. It teaches you how to enrich the traditional Three-Act Structure using the twelve journey stages within a three-act structure. Finally, it will prove how the Hero’s Journey works on every level, from the story, over the sequence to the scene.

    A solid understanding of this popular theory will help you build a successful career in screenwriting. Using examples from CASABLANCA, STAR WARS to THE LIVES OF OTHERS and RATATOUILLE, this workshop proves how the Hero’s Journey’s story stages are present in all great films of the past thirty years.

    INTENDED AUDIENCE:
    Screenwriters - First identify the story stages, then use them to improve your own work.
    Novelists - The Hero’s Journey as a metaphorical journey that can be used for any story.
    Producers & Directors - Find the journey in a story to determine the depth of its telling.

    THE LOCATION:
    The inspirational NSW Writers Centre under the jacarandas of Callan Park, Rozelle where parking is never a problem. Check out the second hand book shelf with gems at $2 to keep you entertained during the breaks. (click for a map)

    COURSE FEE:
    - $165 includes short notes, script software and access to online resources.
    - $125 for Early Birds (payment received by 31 July) and past students.
    - $100 in conjunction with other Story Workshops (call for details)

    BOOK NOW: $125 Early Bird Rate
    Phone:     0407 955 555
    Email:     workshops@thestorydepartment.com

    PAYMENT:
     - Direct Bank Deposit, Cheque
    - PayPal, Credit Card


    Registrations are open until the last working day before the workshop. Click here to receive registration information.

    ABOUT THE TUTOR:
    Executive Producer and Story Analyst Karel Segers, a Licentiate of Germanic Philology (University of Louvain, Belgium) has produced two short dramas and co-produced a documentary and a feature film. He is in post-production with a feature film and has just completed a short 3D CGI animation, both in association with the AFC. Over the past few years Karel has consulted to award-winning writers, directors and producers on films in development as well as post-production. His views are published in The Story Dept. and ‘Karel’s Feedback Forum’ on the AWG web site. Both nominees for the 2007 AWG Monte Miller Award were Karel’s clients.

    WHAT OTHERS SAY:
    “Your ability to condense the best of screenwriting stucture theory into a concise, simple 1 day course is brilliant, bizarre & a life saver. I could’ve read 10 books in 10 months and still be confused why my script is out of kilter. I take your course and in one day I get it. That easy. Needless to say I am a convert.”
    -Dean Friske
    Associate Member AWG

    “I enjoyed the day enormously and thought you were just wonderful. My knowledge and understanding of films was expanded enormously, and many things I understood instinctively but had never heard articulated about the art of storytelling were nailed firmly in place.
    It was fantastic!”
    -Kate Forsyth
    Best-selling Author ‘Witches of Eileanan’

    “Karel is the new breed of Teachers who not only conveys the technicality so effortlessly, but makes you want to write your story. He is passionate, focused and he knows his stuff. Karel you Rock, dude!”
    -Gerard John
    Producer / Entrepreneur

    “I came to you with a bunch of scenes in the hope of finding a story and when I look back I’m still surprised at how far we have come. Now the script has won the 2007 Monte Miller award. Thanks again Karel.”
    -Nathan Fielding
    Winner 2007 AWG Monte Miller Award

    “He never gets distracted with the little stuff that tends to fix itself when the important parts are working harmoniously. Karel is a rare beast amongst story consultants - a film literate and long-standing aficionado of many film genres. I
    hold Karel in very high regard.”
    -Kieran Galvin
    Writer / Director PUPPY
    Writer FEED


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