Billy Marshall Stoneking

Saturday July 26th 2008, 9.30-4.30pm

THE DRAMA OF STORY is an inspiring, one-day trek in the company of one of Australia’s most inspiring and knowledgeable screenwriting teachers, Billy Marshall Stoneking .

This is seminar as odyssey… as journey of self-discovery. It aims to illuminate and provoke interest in the efficacy of character-based storytelling for the big and small screen, as well as other platforms that wish to employ dramatic storytelling.

The one-day journey is conducted by way of a mentored exploration and application of a broad range of storytelling perspectives, tools, and strategies that enable participants to develop an enthusiasm for, and a confidence in, their own intuitive grasp of the guiding principles of mediumistic story telling.

The major aims of the one-day seminar are:

• To initiate participants into the world of character-based, tribally relevant dramatic storytelling.
• To cultivate an appetite for fluency in the expression and realisation of emotionally compelling characters and character actions
• To engender a useable awareness of the parallels between dramatic action and problem solving in every day life.
• To make participants aware of the myriad applications dramatic storytelling and its language has for dealing with a range of human problems and disciplines, including the art of collaboration, leadership and confidence issues, crisis management, role versatility, and change. 
• To facilitate experiences that are conducive to exploring and developing each participant’s talents for operating mediumistically. 
• To refine one’s insights into the nature and role of creativity, in one’s own development and in one’s relationship with others.

By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:

• Employ the grammar and language of dramatic storytelling to create contrasting vantage points or perspectives from which to view the problems and issues relevant to their work. 
• Use story and storytelling as a means for improving communication between themselves and others.
• Creatively explore and develop useful strategies for navigating obstacles arising out of problems based upon hidden or unrealised assumptions within the creative process. 
• Apply the three primary relationships of dramatic storytelling to the illumination of issues arising from the work-in-progress.

Location

The International Film School Sydney
27 Rosebery Avenue Rosebery NSW

Price

$145, including a light lunch and refreshments.

$20 discount for those who are members of the following*:
AWG (Australian Writers Guild)
ADG (Australian Directors Guild)
SPAA (Screen Producers Association of Australia)
MEAA (Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance)
* Membership number will be required when registering.

Getting there

The International Film School Sydney is situated close to Green Square train station (on CityRail's Airport & East Hills line) and bus routes 301/310 (Circular Quay to Pagewood), 370 (Coogee to Leichhardt), 343 (Millers Point to Kingsford), 348 (Alexandria to Bondi Junction) and X43 (Millers Point to the City). Visitors are asked to ring the front door bell upon arrival.

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