A Talk About Screenwriting—Sunday, December 15th, 2019, 3:00pm

$35.00

Emily’s 90-min talk is intended for all: general film/screenwriting enthusiasts, writers, directors, actors, and teachers. Emily will talk about screenwriting structure, and how you should feel about it. There will be time at the end for questions.

Erik’s talk is also intended for all: general accent enthusiasts as well as actors, writers, directors, and aspiring dialect coaches. Erik will talk about what accents are and how to approach learning them, for fun or performance. He’ll teach a few significant features of 4 or 5 accents and lightly reference of a few more. There will be time at the end for questions.

Location: Ripley-Grier Studios, 305 West 38th Street.

Emily’s 90-min talk will begin at 3:00pm.

Erik's 90-min talk will begin at 5:00pm.

Participants will be welcome to join Emily and Erik for drinks at a nearby establishment immediately after Erik’s talk.

Emily’s 90-min talk is intended for all: general film/screenwriting enthusiasts, writers, directors, actors, and teachers. Emily will talk about screenwriting structure, and how you should feel about it. There will be time at the end for questions.

Erik’s talk is also intended for all: general accent enthusiasts as well as actors, writers, directors, and aspiring dialect coaches. Erik will talk about what accents are and how to approach learning them, for fun or performance. He’ll teach a few significant features of 4 or 5 accents and lightly reference of a few more. There will be time at the end for questions.

Location: Ripley-Grier Studios, 305 West 38th Street.

Emily’s 90-min talk will begin at 3:00pm.

Erik's 90-min talk will begin at 5:00pm.

Participants will be welcome to join Emily and Erik for drinks at a nearby establishment immediately after Erik’s talk.

About the presenters:

Emily is a writer and director of science fiction, fantasy, and action movies. Her short films have screened at Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Tribeca, and numerous other top festivals all around the world. The success of these shorts had Nerdist calling her a “talented, imaginative, and humane” filmmaker. Emily most recently wrote JURASSIC WORLD 3 with Colin Trevorrow, for Universal and Amblin. Further recent writing work includes PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING and Disney's reboot of the 1979 sci-fi film THE BLACK HOLE. https://kidcandrive.com/

Erik is a dialect coach for film and television. Recent work includes Terminator: Dark Fate, Harry Haft, and Disney’s live-action Mulan. His Webby award-winning videos for Wired discussing accent work in films have been viewed over forty million times.