Mark W Travis

"My mission is to assist artists in effectively expressing themselves by helping them to discover their personal connection to their work, and to give them the tools necessary to bring that personal expression to life."

Mark W. Travis

Since 1992 Mark Travis has been sharing his techniques on writing, acting and directing worldwide:

USA:

  • The Directors Guild
  • American Film Institute
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • UCLA Extension
  • Taos Talking Pictures
  • Film Festival
  • Denver Film Festival
  • Hollywood Actor's Workshop
  • Hollywood Film Institute
  • Idaho Film and Television Institute

JAPAN:

  • Film & Media Lab
  • Vantan Film School

GERMANY:

  • UW Filmseminares
  • ActionConcept
  • Eric Pommer Institute
  • Konrad Wolf Film School
  • Munich Film School (HFF)
  • Münchner Filmwerkstat
  • Muenchner Filmwerkstatt e.V. t

POLAND:

  • The Film Farm in Kotla

ENGLAND:

  • Raindance
  • Paradigm Film Productions
  • Hurtwood House
  • Metropolitan Film School
  • London Film School
  • The London Film Academy
  • Lionhead Studios
  • Media Center Cornwall (Penzance)
  • Cornwall Film (Truro)

FRANCE:

  • The Cannes Film Festival

NETHERLANDS:

  • The Maurits Binger Institute (Amsterdam)

UKRAINE:

  • Hollywood School in Ukraine (Kiev)

BRAZIL:

  • Film Planet (Rio de Janeiro)

RUSSIA:

  • International Film Actors Workshop (Moscow)

SPAIN:

  • afilm International Film Workshops (Sitges, Barcelona)

NORWAY:

  • Norwegian Film School (Lillehammer)

IRELAND:

  • FAS Screen Training Ireland (Dublin)

Script Analysis And Breakdown

(from a director’s point of view)

The film director has a unique way of looking at the film script and breaking it down. For the director the script is not a literary document but rather a tool, a guide, leading to the creation of a motion picture.

In this two-day seminar, Mark Travis takes a well know script and step-by-step takes the students through a detailed analysis of story, character, arcs and themes. In a well-designed process each scene is broken down into its basic elements of objectives, obstacles, core actions, raison d’etre and arc. A wide range of choices is discovered and discussed with the understanding that there is no right answer, no correct choice, and only personal vision.

Topics and areas covered include:

  • What is the story REALLY about?
  • The director’s personal connection with the story.
  • The definition of protagonist.
  • The Inciting Incident.
  • The Obligatory Scene
  • Character Arcs
  • Relationship Arcs
  • The role of Obstacles in defining characters
  • The Three Act Structure
  • Turning Points and Adjustments
  • The Emotional Graph of each character
  • The Audience’s Journey
  • Closure and resolution
  • Themes and symbols

Number of students: As many as you like (usually 50-60)

Number of days: 2

 

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