Horror Thriller Bootcamp: Week 1 (May 28 2022)
Introduction to Horror & Thriller
Week 1: Monsters & Villains (May 28)
Join Conor Kyle for a crash course on how to write his favorite genres: horror and thrillers! Today’s class will focus on designing your monster or antagonist and fleshing out your horror or thriller premise.
Bring your horror or thriller ideas and loglines! We will workshop your concepts during the bootcamp, as you develop your own scare sequences, suspenseful scenes and mind-blowing twists.
By the end of this bootcamp, you will have a detailed outline, and you’ll be ready to begin writing your horror/thriller feature screenplay or TV pilot.
About the Instructor:
Conor Kyle has written for Shudder’s Creepshow (2019) and placed twice in the Nicholl Fellowship with his scripts “Peter and the Wolves” (quarterfinals, also Launchpad top 10) and The Tube (semifinals). His screenplays have also been featured on special sections of the annual Hit List, Young & Hungry List, Spec Book, and on Tracking Board’s “Best Writers of the Year” booklet. He writes everything from stage musicals to Westerns to horror movies. Watch videos from Conor’s previous classes on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and Facebook
How to join the Free Week 1 Class:
- Hit the RSVP button
- Then join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Qy3E35DZna
How to join the 4-week Bootcamp course:
- You can either purchase the full course “a la carte”: https://scriptcamp.net/classes/
- Or start your free trial $49 Unlimited Script Camp membership with access to over 70 hours of live classes, workshops and bootcamps every month, including the weekly Writers Lab, video library and table reads of your complete screenplays: https://scriptcamp.net/membership/
Bootcamp Course Schedule:
Week 0: Intro Class (May 21)
- Develop your logline
Week 1: Monsters & Villains (May 29)
- Refine your logline
- Fill out your sketchbook
- Design your monster or villain
Week 2: Plot Archetypes & Twists (May 28)
- Complete Story Beats Summary
Week 3: Scare Sequences & Suspenseful Scenes (June 4)
- Write a horror or thriller scene
Week 4: Genre Expectations & Tone (June 11)
- Complete your scene cards
- 🎉Ready to start writing pages by June 18! 🎉
Horror Thriller Bootcamp: Week 1 Homework Assignment
(due June 4)
- Refine your logline
- Fill out your sketchbook
- Design your monster or villain!
- Read at least one pro horror or thriller screenplay from the the Black List.
- Class Slide Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OXeg9yW-S1fhwFppqf_NkxeTH8LXGw7vw9XonShiR_w/edit?usp=sharing
- Link to access over 600 screenplays from the Black List on the Script Camp shared drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/127a696W0cFhwbTLVzq78BTlj1tQv640y
- Also, in case it’s helpful, here’s an example sketchbook, story beats and scene cards from Conor’s script The Knowledge: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z6CTsH9qYHsIRh0P6pAY_S84BcxHBfPN2gazzHnoLm8/edit?usp=sharing
Conor Kyle
Conor Kyle has written for Shudder’s Creepshow (2019) and placed twice in the Nicholl Fellowship with his scripts “Peter and the Wolves” (quarterfinals, also Launchpad top 10) and The Tube (semifinals). His screenplays have also been featured on the annual Hit List, Young & Hungry List, Spec Book, and on Tracking Board’s “Best Writers of the Year” booklet. He writes everything from stage musicals to Westerns to horror movies.
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