April - Let your ideas blossom and bring your film to life!

• FILMMAKING 1
  May 14 - June 18
  Apply now for Joan’s core filmmaking intensive.
• LA 3 DAY FILMMAKING LAB
  April 25 - April 27
  Come learn the heart of Joan’s technique!
• MASTER CLASS + MEMBERSHIP
  Thursdays at 7:30pm beginning 04.03.14
  (Drop-Ins Welcome!)

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• What:

This is the 5 week Core Filmmaking Workshop designed for creatives and execs who wish to:

- Hone the vision for the film
- Bring life and clarity to the script and story structure
- Work more efficiently with actors
- Dynamically block and pace scenes
- Connect to the feeling, emotional depth, and rhythm of the film
- Put the film on its feet prior to production

14 Technique Classes allow you to dive into the essentials of filmmaking craft.
3 in-class rehearsals allow you to work directly with actors and put your scene on its feet.

Exercises allow you to feel your film as one organic whole, bringing a musical aliveness to your work. Then, with new awareness, artists bring story, performance, staging and visual style together to reveal the film's life in unexpectedly visceral ways.

Classes investigate:

Overall Vision:
Clarify your theme and express it in direct, emotional language. Use this clarity to focus the rewrite of your screenplay, pitch the film, guide actors and spark your creative team.

Script Structure:
Examine script analysis, emotional logic, character journey, music, pace, and rhythm to strengthen your screenplay.

Acting Craft:
Physicalize and internalize the core concepts of action, obstacle, and intuition. Breakdown scenes, prepare rehearsals, create believable worlds, characters,
relationships, block organically, and pace effectively. Note: You will sweat.

Rehearsal:
Use what you've learned in the technique classes to direct a scene of your choice with top-notch actors. Explore new tools to unleash the unexpected and realize the vision of your scene.

• When:

  Wed 5/14/14 - Wed 6/18/14
  
  There are 17 sessions of 4-8 hours each.
  Classes meet 3 times a week: Wednesday night and Saturday and Sunday days.
  **please note: these dates are subject to change

• Where:

  The Lab will take place in our new home. A gorgeous 4,000 sq. ft warehouse in the middle of Hollywood!
  

the Space
6608 Lexington Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 (Maplink)
www.6608lexington.com

• Who: 

Filmmaking 1 is designed for maximum individual attention and hands-on participation. Class size is limited and is open to all Filmmaking Professionals:

- Directors

- Writers

- Actors

- Producers

- Cinematographers

- Executives

- Editors

- Production Designers

• Tuition:

  This is a professional filmmaking course. Its intimate size is designed for maximum hands on participation in order to bring out the best in you and your film. For details and application, call us at (323) 803-5039 or Email us  

3 Day Filmmaking Lab: Nugget, Action, Beats, and Blocking

This renowned workshop is the heart of Joan's technique and philosophy in one essential, craft packed weekend! Deepen your understanding of these fundamental building blocks. Profoundly connect to the feeling, structure and meaning of your film. Discover how to bring your work unforgettably to life.

Directors, writers, actors, dps, editors, development teams, producers and executives alike all excel when utilizing Joan's practical, accessible tools. Now, in one weekend, you too can learn the career launching techniques used on such films as Beginners, Arbitrage, Snow White and the Huntsman, Little Miss Sunshine and Whale Rider.

Sold out in cities from Auckland to NY, Joan finally brings this popular class back to Los Angeles. Class size is limited, so contact us now for details and sign up today!

Day 1: Nugget
Explore Joan's proven techniques to clarify the thematic essence of your screenplay, film, or character. By identifying the "nugget", i.e. the meaning and intention of your work, you can fast-track your project with confidence and coherence. Use the "nugget" to:

- Clarify theme
- Define the direction for your rewrite
- Unleash the emotional authenticity at the heart of the story
- Create a coherent "motor" for your movie

Day 2: Action, Beats
Learn the definition of Action. This basic tool can be applied to writing, directing, acting and producing. Use it to:

- Instantly elevate your material and performance.
- Structure your screenplay
- Create vivid, compelling characters
- Communicate effectively with your team

Explore script analysis. Break scenes down in to Beats. Discover how Action and Beats work together to:

- Bring life and clarity to your script structure and performance
- Create rhythm and pacing

Day 3: Blocking
Put the scene on its feet. Learn how to block quickly and creatively to:

- Heighten the speed and vitality of your direction, camera, and performance
- Dynamically block and pace scenes
- Ground your skills and bring your directing, writing, acting and producing to the next level

• Who: 

The 3 Day Filmmaking Lab is designed for ALL creatives. It may be attended individually by the Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Exec ...and by the entire film team..

• When:

Friday 4/25        7:00pm-10:30pm
Saturday 4/26    12:00pm-6:00pm
Sunday 4/27      12:00pm-6:00pm

• How:

Class size is limited. For details and application, call us at (323) 803-5039 or Email us

Flexible, weekly, drop in Scene Study class for actors, writers and directors. This class combines hands on scene work and technique study to get you on your feet. Practice the tools you know and learn new ones weekly. All scenes, all the time. Act. Direct. Rehearse. Bring a blanket to sit on, water, snacks, pad, pen and a scene you want to work on. Dress to move. Wear sweats and sneakers. Take your craft to the next level.

• When:

  Thursday April 3, 10, 17, 24 at 7:30pm.                     Sign up for membership for the month or drop in to any class session.
  

• Where:

  The Lab will take place in our new home. A gorgeous 4,000 sq. ft warehouse in the middle of Hollywood!
  

the Space
6608 Lexington Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 (Maplink)
www.6608lexington.com

• How:

Class size is limited. For details and application, call us at (323) 803-5039 or Email us

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Joan Scheckel and her Filmmaking Labs are known throughout Hollywood and the international film world as the crucial force behind the most exciting films being made today. Over the past decade, Joan's work as a writer, director, actor, consultant and teacher has contributed to the development of over 402 films, more than half of which are completed or are in the works. All together, the films have earned 670 award nominations, and scored 358 wins (including major nods from the Academy).

Having worked with so many of the vital new voices in cinema, including Niki Caro (Academy Award nominated WHALE RIDER; THE VINTNERʼS LUCK- which Joan co-wrote), Mike Mills (Academy Award winning BEGINNERS - which Joan Executive Produced), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Academy Award winning LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE), Rupert Sanders (Academy Award Nominated SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN), Mark Romanek (Spirit Award Nominated NEVER LET ME GO; ONE HOUR PHOTO), Richard Press (Spirit Award Nominated BILL CUNNINGHAM NY), Sacha Gervasi (Spirit Award Winning ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL), Alison Maclean (Venice Little Golden Lion Winner JESUSʼ SON), Jake Scott (Sundance Award Nominated WELCOME TO THE RILEYS), Mark Ruffalo (Sundance Award Winning SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS), Miranda July (Golden Berlin Bear Nominated, THE FUTURE), Nick Jarecki (Golden Globe Nominated ARBITRAGE), and Jill Soloway (2013 Sundance Best Director Winner AFTERNOON DELIGHT) Joan's sphere of influence continues to expand.