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Screenwriting 101 for the Novelist
Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:10 pm to 1:25 pm
Many novelists want to transform their book into a marketable screenplay. This panel focuses on the beginning concepts they will need to get started: genre considerations, loglines, beat sheets, treatments, format, writing for a visual medium, the hero's journey, and more.
Participants
Andrea Baltazar is an assistant professor of communication at Weber State University where she teaches audio production, editing, and documentary filmmaking. She’s also a writer/director of a short film entitled “Urban Uber.” She graduated from Pepperdine University with an MFA in screenwriting.
Tom Provost wrote Under Suspicion starring Oscar winners Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman. It was nominated for an Edgar Award. He wrote and directed The Presence starring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino. The film won numerous Best Picture and Best Director awards. He is an honors graduate from University of Texas at Austin.