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Robert
McKee's Story Seminar
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Ideal for Screenwriters, TV Writers, Novelists, Playwrights, Filmmakers,
Directors, Producers, Documentary Makers, Actors and more!
We invite you to join us for three stimulating and
information-packed days with Robert McKee as he
reveals the essential elements of story design
that help separate great stories from the rest of
the pack. Using examples from over 100 films, in
addition to television shows and novels, Robert
McKee demonstrates why structure and story design
are about form and principles, not formulas and
rules.
Each 3-day Story event runs Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, beginning at 9:00am and closing at 8:30pm
each day.
Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter
William Goldman wrote, in his most recent book,
"It's three full days over a single weekend,
and no one feels cheated when he's done. I wish he
had been around when I started writing CUT TO for
a living."
Bestselling novelist Steve Pressfield simply said,
"McKee is not only the best teacher of
writing I've ever had, but the best teacher of
anything."
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STORY SEMINAR AGENDA
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DAY 1
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The writer and the art of story
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The decline of story in contemporary film, television, theatre and literature
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Story design: the meaning of story, the substance of story, the limitations and inspirations of story structure
& genre, the debate between character vs story design.
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Premise Idea, Counter Idea, Controlling Idea
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Story Structure: beat, scene, sequence, act, story
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Mapping the Story universe:
Archplot, Miniplot, Antiplot
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Shaping the source of story energy and creation
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DAY 3
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Putting the elements of story together
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The principles of character dimension and design
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The text: description, dialogue, and poetics
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The spectrum of story genres
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Story adaptations
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Scene analysis: text and sub-text; design through dialogue versus design through action
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The writer's method: working from the inside out; the creative process from inspiration to final draft.
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How it all works: the principles of the previous 2-1/2 days applied in a 6-hour, scene-by-scene screening and analysis of Casablanca
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DAY 2
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Act design: the great sweep and body of story
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The first major story event (the inciting incident)
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Scene design in Story: turning points, emotional dynamics, setup/payoff, the nature of choice
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Ordering and linking scenes
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Exposition: dramatizing your characters, the story setting, creating back story
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The principles of antagonism
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Crisis, climax and resolution
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"Casablanca" Analysis
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STORY SEMINAR
FILM LIST
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Below please find a list of films and television
shows that Robert McKee refers to during the Story
Seminar.
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A Beautiful Mind
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About Schmidt
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Accidental
Tourist, The
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Adaptation
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After Hours
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Alien
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Amadeus
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American Beauty
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And Justice For
All
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Artificial
Intelligence
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Babel
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Being John
Malkovich
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Big Chill, The
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Brokeback
Mountain
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Carnal Knowledge
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Casablanca
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Chinatown
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Crying Game, The
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Deer Hunter, The
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Departed, The
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Diabolique
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Die Hard
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Empire Strikes
Back, The
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English Patient,
The
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Farewell My
Concubine
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Fight Club
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Fish Called
Wanda, A
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Godfather I & II
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In The Realm Of
The Senses
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Jaws
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Kiss Of The
Spider Woman
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Kramer V. Kramer
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Last King of
Scotland, The
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Law & Order
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Leaving Las
Vegas
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Life Is
Beautiful
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Little Miss
Sunshine
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Million Dollar
Baby
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Mystic River
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Mrs. Soffel
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Ordinary People
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Parenthood
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Piano, The
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Pulp Fiction
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Queen, The
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Reservoir Dogs
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River, The
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Sex and the City
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Sideways
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Six Feet Under
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Star Wars
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Streetcar Named
Desire, A
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Talented Mr.
Ripley, The
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Tender Mercies
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Terminator, The
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Terms Of
Endearment
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Trading Places
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Unmarried Woman,
An
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Verdict, The
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Wall Street
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Dozens more are
mentioned briefly.
Robert McKee's Story Seminar Graduate Credits
Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers
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