La construction de personnages et de dialogues
Quebec's screenwriters' guild runs this six-day French-language course on building fiction characters for film and TV and on what dialogue does, from function to subtext.
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Workshop or class Paris, France
Construire un épisode de série policière
Run by CEEA, Conservatoire Européen d'Écriture Audiovisuelle
Seven days in Paris on building one episode of a crime series, from breaking down the investigation to letting emotion drive the plot. Mathieu Masmondet, creator of France 3's Cassandre with about a hundred episodes to his name, works in French with 14 trainees until each has a four-act episode pitch.
Starts Mar 18, 2027 (starts in 149 days)
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Dates
It runs Mar 18 to 26, 2027 in Paris.
At a glance
- Cost
- From €2,303Excluding VAT
- Formats
- Series
- Held in
- French
- Where
- Paris, France (in person)
- Who can attend
- Writers with real writing practice, a grounding in dramaturgy and a good knowledge of French and foreign crime series. 14 places.
What to send
- Also asked for
- Online pre-registration file.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Each trainee builds an episode concept and a four-act pitch for it.
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