SCRIPT COMPASS
ELEVATE YOUR SKILLS IN ONLY 30 MINS PER DAY
Over the course of four weeks, you will read excerpts from 22 scripts, learning from the best.
This program was designed by Karel Segers, who has over 35 years of experience in film and TV.
It is designed to help you improve your ability:
- To learn to intuitively understand what a great script looks like.
- To develop the muscle memory of writing in screenplay format.
- To acquire the talent to translate ideas into the written word.
- To develop the analytical skills to edit and improve your work.
- To construct clearer one-page synopses.
The program runs for 22 days over 4 weeks (11 days each fortnight to give you a chance to catch up if you get behind) and takes less than 30 minutes a day. Done online in your own time when it suits you.
You don't have to memorize anything - it all works by you learning organically via the tasks in the program.
One of our Top Tier writers, NEER SHELTER, has participated in Karel's programs and had FIVE BIG BREAK Top 5 placements this year.
You participate each day online in your own time.
During the course of the program, you will read a Blacklist Feature Script and a popular Pilot in full and write a one-page synopsis for each script.
Each day you will also study excerpts from a variety of scripts, taking you out of your comfort zone by exposing you to a wide selection of writing styles, formats, and genres.
In addition to your independent daily online participation, you will also receive THREE Roundtable Zooms - one at the beginning, middle, and end of the program. These zooms will be hosted by Karel Segers who created the Script Compass program. Karel will discuss the content of the program, explore the learnings people have from their online participation in the program, and answer questions.
Two Weeks after the completion of the program you will participate in a Synopsis Review Zoom with Julianne Wargren - Direction of Top Tier Programs. These reviews will give you the opportunity to receive feedback on your synopses and to read and learn from other writers' synopses for the same material. Zoom links and details will be emailed to you.
You will then have two weeks to work on and submit a one-pager for one of your projects. Feedback will be provided in a roundtable setting.
We hope that everyone in Top Tier will do this program as a refresher and enhancer for their skills.
This is your chance to develop a daily reading habit to take your skills to the next level.
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Zooms
- Welcome & Orientation Zoom ( first day of the course)
- Check-in Mid-point Zoom ( two weeks later)
- Graduation Zoom (four weeks after the start of the course)
- Course Synopsis Review Zoom ( two weeks after graduation)
- Personal one-pager review Zoom (two weeks later)
ALL ZOOMS WILL BE RECORDED
Please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.