Filmmaking Lab Studios

Great movies don’t happen by accident. They start with a great script - one with a clear emotional core, a strong structure, and characters whose journeys are real from first frame to last. Script Camp gives you the tools to shape your Story into something that moves audiences, attracts financing, and galvanizes your team.

Whether you’re aiming for Hollywood scope or indie intimacy, Script Camp equips you to make meaningful work and bring it to the screen.

5 DAYS TO POWER YOUR STORY’S ENGINE

This immersive workshop delivers tools to access the emotional core of the story, build plot structure, craft journeys that earn endings, move audiences and get made.

🎬 Day 1: Get to the Emotional Core

1. Clarify the meaning of your project.
2. State the essence of the story in visceral language that gets projects financed.
3. Connect with the emotional DNA that drives your story
   
   

🎬 Day 2: Build Rock Solid Structure

1. Master overall actions that create unstoppable momentum.
2. Craft compelling action sequences that serve your story.
3. Navigate inner and outer obstacles with skill.
4. Develop characters audiences connect with deeply.
   
   

🎬 Day 3: Craft Your Journey

1. Keep audiences on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
2. Define clear beginnings, middles, and endings that satisfy.
3. Build relatable characters that truly earn their endings.
4. Structure scenes that build toward inevitable, powerful conclusions.
   
   

🎬 Day 4: Put it all together

1. Learn how the tools of Meaning, Action, Inner and Outer Obstacle and Journey create a coherent motor for your project
2. Lecture, Case Study and examples from class original material help you connect the key concepts to your own work.
3. Written and physical exercises support your comprehension 
   
   

 🎬 Day 5: Integration

1. Recap key tools and insights.
2. Deepen understanding through live Q&A and guided discussion.
3. Connect your breakthroughs to the next phase of your project.
   
   

Our programs have a legacy spanning over 20 years, launching careers and hit after iconic hit - from Whale Rider, Little Miss Sunshine, Beginners, Transparent and many more. Now we support a new generation of forward thinking content creators dedicated to pushing boundaries and redefining culture. Filmmaking Lab Studios influences projects that shape the cinematic landscape, and now Joan brings that expertise directly to you.

Open to creators of all levels.