AUSTRALIAN. INDEPENDENT.

SCREEN TALES is ideal for storytellers/screenwriters - and most importantly - anyone who LOVES FILM

Film is entertainment - SCREEN TALES respects and honours this - it will be FUN

SCREEN TALES is interactive - participants will be creating an original screen idea and WRITING

SCREEN TALES draws on classic, renowned texts including, ARISTOTLE, JOSEPH CAMPBELL, CARL JUNG, ROBERT MCKEE

You will leave with the knowledge and tools to create a screenplay - along with a SYNOPSIS of your own creating - ready to build into a SCREENPLAY

DARREN MARKEY - FACILITATOR

SCREEN TALES was developed and is facilitated, by DARREN MARKEY.

Darren Markey is founder and director of LORNE FILM. Created in 2013, LORNE FILM has a festival arm that has run five successful film festivals, including screenings, events and workshops. LORNE FILM is also actively involved in the development and production of a slate of feature films.

After a successful career in theatre, Darren left Australia in 2002 for Hollywood, where he completed his first screenplay, LILLY - before getting lost in a giant martini somewhere on Sunset...

Darren was writer and associate producer on the feature supernatural thriller THE UNLIT – released in Australia in 2020 and currently being distributed internationally.

Darren’s supernatural thriller script - THE TUTOR, recently did the rounds at Cannes and is slated for production in 2022. His supernatural cyber/horror romance, MAGPIE - is slated for production during the first half of 2021.

A trainer with over ten years experience, Darren's emphasis is on keeping participants engaged and entertained, with a style that resonates with those he trains. He loves all things film and strives to share this passion with those around him - ensuring a quality experience.

SIX SESSION STRUCTURE

SESSION 1 - WHAT IS STORY?

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

Where do stories comes from and why are they important?

An examination into the history of storytelling and the role it plays in shaping the collective consciousness.

You will begin forming an original idea for your own screen story.

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

What makes a screenplay?

An examination of the classic three-act structure and how stories come to the screen through the building of a screenplay.

You will apply these principles to your original idea formed in SESSION 1.

SESSION 3 - GOOD VS EVIL

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 4 - ARCHETYPES ON SCREEN

How do the forces of antagonism drive a story forward?

An examination of protagonist vs antagonist - and the various forms they take.

Who is the hero in your story and what do they want?

SESSION 4 - ARCHETYPES ON SCREEN

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SESSION 4 - ARCHETYPES ON SCREEN

What is a character?

An examination into the definition and purpose of characters. Includes analysis of Carl Jung’s theories on the origin of archetypes.

Which archetypes exist in your story?

SESSION 5 - JOURNEY ON SCREEN

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

The Hero's Journey - where does it begin and end?

Analysis of several theories on screenwriting - The Hero's Journey vs Save the Cat.

How closely does your story follow either of these theories?

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

How do screenwriters write?

A close look at the screenwriter’s habits and the tools used to create a screenplay.

You will use your story idea to create a SYNOPSIS - ready to build into your TREATMENT and/or SCREENPLAY.

Lorne Film

Lorne Film

SCREEN TALES

EXPLORE STORYTELLING IN FILM

DISCOVER YOUR STORIES WITHIN

DARREN MARKEY - FACILITATOR

SIX SESSION STRUCTURE

SESSION 1 - WHAT IS STORY?

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 3 - GOOD VS EVIL

SESSION 2 - STORY ON SCREEN

SESSION 4 - ARCHETYPES ON SCREEN

SESSION 4 - ARCHETYPES ON SCREEN

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SESSION 4 - ARCHETYPES ON SCREEN

SESSION 5 - JOURNEY ON SCREEN

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SESSION 6 - THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING

SCREEN TALES AND NILLUMBIK SHIRE

MATERIALS

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