The Spotlight Workshops – Creativity: Beauty In Story

Story is the most fundamental key to every film.

If you know how to create a meaningful story, it will connect with an audience, leading to a box office success. This workshop will teach you about certain in-depth elements that make stories resonate with the human heart. It explores the timeless concepts of beauty and how they matter to developing stories that speak to the soul and take an audience on a personally restorative journey.

Who should attend: Writers, directors, producers, writers, producers, directors, and readers.

Requirements: Pen and paper, or notetaking tools.

By the end of this class you'll be able to:

• Understand fundamental elements of story that deeply connect with our humanity;
• Write and create more powerful and memorable stories that draw an audience into a journey of the human journey;
• Find better stories for creation and production; and
• More thoroughly enjoy meaningful stories.

Instructor: Brian S. Chan has done a number of other workshops for The Greenhouse's Spotlight Workshops, including Cultivate Your Creativity and Understanding the Minds of Heroes & Villains in Story. He is a professor at Biola University, teaching on a philosophy of beauty, has a doctorate in philosophy, has been a judge for the 168 Film Festival for the past three years, and is the author of the book, The Purple Curtain, as well as his first novel, Not Easily Broken, which was published in 2015 by Curious Books. He also has been an exhibiting visual artist for several years in Manhattan, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles, and he runs a Wing Chun Kung Fu studio in Hollywood.

Space is limited, and you must register ahead of time, so sign up today!

FAQs

Are there ID requirements to enter the event?

The good folks at the CBS Security Gate will need to see a government-issued photo ID to match with your name on the list we give them, so make sure you register here and bring your driver's license or passport with you.

What are my parking options getting to the event?

The security personnel will instruct you on where to park when you arrive. This will be based on what other things are happening on the lot that day, so make sure you arrive early enough to walk from where they have you park to MPR-6, the room we will be in that morning. You can ask the security personnel for a map of the lot when you arrive so you can find the building easily. Please do not park on the streets in the neighborhood around the studio lot.