But back to the Student Film Production Club events…

SFPC hosted a Screenwriting Workshop with Joel Hulett and Sheryl Fletcher. Joel Hulett has been an entertainment lawyer for twenty years, and now is a producer and president of Dolphin Bay Films in Tulsa. I interned with him this summer, and learned so much about what it takes to be an independent film producer (something I think I would very much like to do). Sheryl Fletcher is a Canadian screenwriter who is working with Joel on a couple of screenplays and is also working on developing a tweener TV series, which she isn’t allowed to talk about– top secret. I worked on one of her screenplays while I was interning at Dolphin Bay this summer. I wrote in a couple scenes to help spice up a certain character, and they kept my additions!

The Screenwriting Workshop covered both the creative and business side of screenwriting– how to write screenplays well and then the logistics of how to sell the screenplay to a producer. Except for the fact that the two only did Q&A and didn’t lecture at all (which was not what I had in mind), I think the event was a success. Students had a lot of questions, and their questions filled up two hours worth of Q&A, which means there was a lot of interest in what was being discussed.

Also, I was really happy that over FORTY people came! The room was packed, and for students on a Friday afternoon, that was a very impressive turnout. As an event organizer, you never really know how many people will show and how things will turn out until the event itself (since getting students to RSVP is a waste of time).

So overall, I am really happy with how well the workshop went. Hopefully we will be able to host lots more of them in the spring!