April 17 - May 5, 2012 (lessons are sent every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
How do you get a producer, agent, manager, or A-list actor to fall in love with your characters?
This is a question every screenwriter should ask...and discover the answer to. It is crucial that you are able to create lead characters that do two things:
- Be the most compelling forces in your story.
- Meet the needs of the industry players who will make your script into a movie.
Know this: There are solutions and strategies that can help you to accomplish those two objectives -- and double or triple the quality of your screenplay in the process.
The truth is that most screenwriters have never even met an agent, producer, or A-list actor. And even if you have, chances are that they didn't share the exact things you need to know in order to make your script sell.
But they talked with us...and answered every question we asked.
Over the last 10 years, I've interviewed over 450 producers. And three years ago, I set out on a mission to solve this extremely important mystery...
What about the lead character causes an A-List actor to sign onto a screenplay?
During that time, we specifically interviewed 30 A-List Actor-owned production companies and asked the questions you need answers to.
Questions like:
- What causes an actor to fall in love with a character?
- How does an actor read a script differently than a producer?
- What needs to be in the character introduction to entice your actor?
- What do actors need throughout the script to keep the actor engaged?
- How does a role improve the reputation of your actor?
- Does role-choice make any difference to the amount of money your actor makes in the future?
- How does the actor's agent and manager play a role in that decision?
And what does all of this have to do with you and your screenplay?
Every agent, manager, and producer in Hollywood is looking for great roles!
Knowing what the needs of an actor are gives you the power to create a great role that will instantly be recognized by agents, managers, and producers.
They all know that having a Movie Star attached to a script will get it greenlit by a Studio. To them, a great lead character is pure gold.
The "Movie Stars" class provides the strategies you need...and they're easy!
You'll learn...
- How to create Character Profiles that get to the heart of the character...while discovering exactly what causes them to make decisions and take actions.
- How to give your characters unique voices -- and more important, how to express their voice through dialogue so every character has their own unique way of talking.
- How to write character introductions that instantly sell actors on the part.
- How to use the Nine Actor Attractors to make sure an actor (producer, manager, and agent) fall deeply in love with your story.
- How to write "Actor Bait" that will lure an actor into your script and be the scene that they say "I read that scene and just had to be in this movie." (See Geoffrey Rush quote below)
And much more.
Enroll Now!
This isn't just about actors -- every agent manager and producer is looking for great roles!
Every day of this class, you’ll see dramatic improvements in the quality of your lead characters.
Why is this so important?
Because the truth of this business is that your movie will never be greenlit without an A-list actor attached.
In fact, from the moment an A-list actor, an agent, manager, or producer picks up your script, it only takes 1-3 pages for them to determine if your protagonist or antagonist has been written by a pro.
Creating Roles for Movie Stars literally puts you in an actor’s shoes to make sure that your lead characters address their specific needs and motivations — tripling the marketability of your script.
And if you can improve your lead characters by just 25%, your screenplay will often improve by 100% or more.
What's in this class for you?
Check out all the groundbreaking methods you’ll learn in this 30-day online class to create compelling lead characters movie stars will love:
Module 1: Design Inherently Dramatic Characters
Day 1: Profiling Great Characters: How to create a character profile that lets you instantly predict what your characters will do or say in any situation.
Day 2: Optional Components to Create Depth: Twelve ways to achieve even deeper insight into your character’s psyche.
Day 3: What’s Special About This Character? Discover what makes your lead characters truly special.
Module 2: Focus On the Actor’s Needs
Day 4: How Lead Characters Attract Actors: The nine things your screenplay needs that cause actors to say “YES” to your script.
Day 5: Making Your Characters Irresistible to Actors: What actors and producers need to see in order to fall in love with your characters.
Day 6: Testing Characters to Improve the Story: How to make sure you have the perfect characters for your story.
Module 3: How to Use Actor Bait
Day 7: Translating Profiles Into Action and Dialogue
Day 8: Actor Bait: Intriguing A-List Actors: The key techniques for attracting movie stars to your screenplay.
Day 9: Ads for A-List Actors - Insightful Introductions: How to introduce characters so a movie star will want the part after reading just a few pages of your script.
Module 4: How to Fill Your Script With A-List Characters
Day 10: Characters Show Up As Stars: Make every page deliver the best you can for every character.
Day 11: Unique Character Voices on Every Page
Class Info
Dates: April 17 - May 5, 2012 (lessons are sent every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
Where: Online through email and on ScreenwritingU's private forums.
Cost: $199., Now $150 -- $49 discount if you sign up today! (no coupon code needed.)