The Hero’s 2 Journeys
3 CDs: 3 hours 15 minutes total
ISBN 9781880717-479
Price: $29.95
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Make Your Story the Best It Can Be — On 2 Levels
HEAR EACH SUPERSTAR TEACHER PRESENT HIS UNIQUE APPROACH TO:
- The OUTER JOURNEY, the essential structural principles driving every successful plot. Each brings years of practical experience and extensive research to:
- Story Structure
- Character Arc
- How to Give Your Story Greater Commercial Appeal.
Full of specific examples.
- The INNER JOURNEY, the deeper storyline that makes a story truly great.
HAUGE’S VIEW: The Hero moves from hiding within a protective identity to experiencing his or her true essence.
VOGLER’S VIEW: The Hero’s inner need is invisible at first, but is revealed to the Hero by the end of the story.Full of specific examples.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
- All Writers, including Screenwriters, Novelists and Playwrights
- Actors, Filmmakers and Studio Executives
- Game Designers & Developers
- Storytellers
- Anyone with a passion for movies and stories
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
". . . a real treat, both Chris and Michael gave 100% of themselves, and really cared about us as students. It was entertaining as well as instructive, worth many times the price of admission."
"Inspiring, Lively"
BONUS INSIDE. Written handouts of Hauge’s Six Stage Plot Structure and Vogler’s 12-Step Outer and Inner Journey
MICHAEL HAUGE is a Hollywood script consultant and screenwriter who coaches writers, filmmakers and studio executives. His best selling book Writing Screenplays That Sell has become an industry standard. His new book is Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way To Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read.
CHRISTOPHER VOGLER is a motion picture producer, a story consultant to major movie companies and the author of the hugely successful book The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.
Using Myth to Power Your Story
3 CDs: 3 hours 10 minutes total
ISBN 9781880717-554
Price: $29.95
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How To Create Powerful Narratives Using the Myths That Link Us All
This delightful workshop covers how you can use the myths and fairytales that link us all to give your story more oomph. Get ready to laugh while you learn because the speaker is a natural storyteller and a witty observer of life. Whether you’re creating a screenplay, a novel, a play, a computer game, a puppet show or just an entry in your journal, your story will be richer, it will touch more people and it will have more meaning and depth after you listen to Chris Vogler’s talk.
Learn About:
- The Hero’s Ordinary and Special Worlds
- The Four Major Movements of Any Story
- The Cast of Characters: Hero, Mentor, Threshold Guardian, Herald, Shapeshifter, Shadow and Trickster
CHRISTOPHER VOGLER is author of the best-selling book The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. He was a studio executive at Fox 2000, which produced “The Thin Red Line” and “Anna and the King.” Vogler has served as story consultant on many Hollywood movies, including Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin” and “The Lion King.” He now writes and produces in Hollywood and Europe.
Screenwriting for Hollywood
3 CDs: 3 hours total
ISBN 9781880717-608
Price: $29.95
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Step Right Up and Write the Great American Screenplay
Writers once dreamed of writing novels: now it’s screenplays. Here’s your step-by-step guide to writing AND selling to movies and TV. These three hours are the highlights of Michael Hauge’s acclaimed two-day, intensive screenwriting seminar.
Listen and learn how to elicit emotion (your primary goal), create strong characters, structure your stories and conquer the business side of Hollywood. INCLUDES ground-breaking information on "feminine mode" movies, a unique approach to character growth and guidance on your life as a screenwriter.
MICHAEL HAUGE is a screenplay consultant, story editor and teacher whose award-winning book Writing Screenplays that Sell is used as a definitive reference guide by industry professionals. His positive, information-packed seminars have guided thousands along the path to writing the Great American Screenplay.
"…one of the few authentically good teachers out there. Every time I revisit my notes, I learn something new or reinforce something I needed to remember." ~ JEFF ARCH, Oscar®-nominated screenwriter, “Sleepless in Seattle”
Whose Story Is It? Writing From a Clear Point of View
2 Cassettes: 1 hour 50 minutes total
ISBN 9781880717-431
Price: $17.95
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Deciding on a point of view is hard. Here is expert advice on discovering whose story you are telling—a character, the audience, the writer, the camera or another. Plus hear DiMaggio’s own point of view on what it means to be a writer. DiMaggio has written over 40 hours of produced films and is author of How to Write for Television.
“Vivacious and continuously upbeat, [DiMaggio] leads the listener through one of her successful writing workshops. She laughs at herself and the mistakes she made along the way, but she also becomes serious enough to confer practical advice.” ~ ForeWord Magazine
Writing the Great American Screenplay
4 CDs: 2 hours 48 minutes total
ISBN 9781880717-516
Price: $49.95
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Writers once dreamed of writing the great American novel. Now screenplays top the dream list. Presented on four CDs, two accomplished screenwriting teachers explain the art of writing salable movie and television scripts.
This CD title includes two workshops:
- Screenwriting: How to Move Your Tale
In his fast-paced and entertaining seminar, Richard Walter praises commercial film and television for catering to its audience. Popularity, he says, comes directly from the story. Everything is important, but none of it means anything outside the context of your story. His expert advice on structure — lie through your teeth, integrate and think through your beginning, middle, and end — will help your screenplay take a huge leap in the direction of success.
As head of UCLA’s Film & TV School, Richard Walter has helped mold the careers of writers responsible for “Stand and Deliver,” “Robocop,” “River’s Edge,” “Repo Man,” and episodes of “L.A. Law,” “Thirtysomething,” and “Miami Vice.” He writes for film and TV and is a longtime member of the Writers Guild of America. He has helped hundreds of writers become successful professionals.
- Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade: The Workshop
In part two of this audio course, Emmy® winner William Froug presents practical, write-from-the-gut advice that resounds with integrity and experience. Lessons include how to write functional and lean dialogue, and how to achieve intimate character portrayals, dramatic tension and foreshadowing. He also teaches how to set aside gimmicky formulas and get your best script down on paper.
William Froug founded UCLA’s acclaimed film and television program, and is the author of The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter. He has won numerous awards from both the Producer’s Guild and Writers Guild of America, and has written hundreds of produced scripts.
How To Write Selling Humor
4 CDs: 3 hours total
ISBN 9781880717-615
Price: $49.95
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People Will Remember Your Writing If You Use Humor
Humor is ignored and misunderstood in writing. But learning to use humor will improve your writing and your bottom line. Here are two complementary workshops from experts who can help you ride the comedy wave to successful humor writing.
This CD title includes two workshops:
- Writing Seinfeld-Style
“Entertaining and informative…” ~ Billboard Magazine
“Funny and insightful…” ~ Nothing (Newsletter for Seinfeld Fans)What was Seinfeld all about? Hear producer and writer Peter Mehlman’s take on that (no moral lessons, lie and scheme shamelessly, & lust, lust lust) in this 90-minute workshop recording. Learn the secrets of a good episode and how Jerry Seinfeld, the star, and Larry David, the co-creator, assembled one of the most successful and long-running (1989-1998) television comedy series ever broadcast.
PETER MEHLMAN was a writer and held various producer titles during the heyday of Seinfeld. Mehlman’s produced scripts include “The Nose Job,” “The Implant,” and “The Smelly Car.” He went on to executive produce “It’s Like, You Know” and “The Father of the Pride.”
- How to Write Humor
Top comedy writer and professor of humor Mel Helitzer presents a 90-minute workshop on the basics of how to make humor work for you, whether you’re writing humor, using it in business or just want to make a point with a punchline. Learn the theory of humor and its six ingredients, how to use “reverses” and “triples,” the 10 kinds of jokes and how to handle jokes that are based on sex.MEL HELITZER taught humor at the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He has written award-winning commercials, humor for newspapers and magazines and material for many professional entertainers. Legendary comedians Carl Reiner and Steve Allen have endorsed Helitzer’s work.
Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade: The Workshop
1 Cassette: 90 minutes
ISBN 9781880717-301
Price: $12.95
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Emmy® winner William Froug presents practical, write-from-the-gut advice that resounds with integrity and experience. Lessons include how to write functional and lean dialogue, and how to achieve intimate character portrayals, dramatic tension and foreshadowing. He also teaches how to set aside gimmicky formulas and get your best script down on paper.
WILLIAM FROUG founded UCLA’s acclaimed film and television program, and is the author of The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter. He has won numerous awards from both the Producer’s Guild and Writers Guild of America, and has written hundreds of produced scripts.
Screenwriting:
How To Move Your Tale
1 Cassette: 90 minutes
ISBN 9781880717-103
Price: $12.95
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In his fast paced and entertaining seminar, Richard Walter praises commercial film and television for catering to its audience. Popularity, he says, comes directly from the story. Everything is important, but none of it means anything outside the context of your story. His expert advice on structure — lie through your teeth, integrate and think through your beginning, middle, and end — will help your screenplay take a huge leap in the direction of success.
As head of UCLA’s Film & TV School, RICHARD WALTER has helped mold the careers of writers responsible for “Stand and Deliver,” “Robocop,” “River’s Edge,” “Repo Man,” and episodes of “L.A. Law,” “Thirtysomething,” and “Miami Vice.” He writes for film and TV and is a longtime member of the Writers Guild of America. He has helped hundreds of writers become successful professionals.
Writing Seinfeld-Style
1 Cassette: 90 minutes
ISBN 9781880717-318
Price: $12.95
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“Entertaining and informative…”~ Billboard Magazine
“Funny and insightful…” ~ Nothing (Newsletter for Seinfeld Fans)
What was Seinfeld all about? Hear producer and writer Peter Mehlman’s take on that (no moral lessons, lie and scheme shamelessly, & lust, lust lust) in this 90-minute workshop recording. Learn the secrets of a good episode and how Jerry Seinfeld, the star, and Larry David, the co-creator, assembled one of the most successful and long-running (1989-1998) television comedy series ever broadcast.
PETER MEHLMAN was a writer and held various producer titles during the heyday of Seinfeld. Mehlman’s produced scripts include “The Nose Job,” “The Implant,” and “The Smelly Car.” He went on to executive produce “It’s Like, You Know” and “The Father of the Pride.”