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Robert McKee's Genre Seminar

At a Glance

  • In-person seminar covering the principles of the Thriller, Comedy and Love Genres
  • Explores the conventions and structures of each genre
  • Learn about these popular genres from one of screenwriting's legendary gurus

Thriller 

  • A Brief History of the Crime Genre
  • The 12 Subgenres of Crime
  • Seven-Step Creative Process.
  • Clueing
  • Interest Strategies
  • The Psychological Thriller.
  • Creating the Antagonist
  • Protagonist/Antagonist relationship
  • Story Structure and Sequence
  • Psychological content
  • Going to the End of the Line
  • Twelve Shades of Thriller Endings
  • Scene conventions of Crime/Thrillers
  • What thrills in the Thriller?
  • Screening of SE7EN

Comedy

  • The Love of Comedy
  • The Comic Vision of life
  • Comic Structure Vs. Dramatic Structure
  • The Comic Character
  • Comic Turning Point
  • The Comedy Genre - three grand conventions
  • The Comedy Sub-genres
  • Mixed Genres
  • What is Laughter?
  • Structure of a Joke
  • The Substance of Jokes
  • Comic Timing
  • Comic Devices
  • Analysis of a Comedy film (A FISH CALLED WANDA)

Love Story

  • Introduction
  • History of Love
  • The Nature of Love
  • The 6 Sub-Genres
  • The Cast
  • Ten Love Story Conventions
  • The Telling
  • Screening and Analysis of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

Cancellations are refunded less a $75 administrative fee up to 11 days prior to the seminar. Starting 10 before the seminar, cancellations are not refunded but deferred to a future seminar anywhere in the U.S.

Product Details

  • Date available: 09/22/2010
  • Return policy: This item is not eligible for return.

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Meet the Author: Robert McKee

Robert McKee, a Fulbright Scholar, is among the most widely known screenwriting lecturers. He teaches an entertaining, inspiring and information packed 4-day, 32-hour intensive class to sold-out audiences around the world. McKee’s former students include 36 Academy Award winners, 164 Academy Award Nominations, 164 Emmy Award winners, 500 Emmy Award Nominations, 29 WGA Award winners, 77 WGA Award Nominations, and 16 DGA Award winners, Pulitzer prizes, and Whitbread prizes.

McKee continues to be a project consultant to major film and television production companies such as 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, MTV, as well as to major software firm...