INVITATION TO WRITERS AND PRODUCERS OF FILM, TELEVISION, ANIMATION AND VIDEO GAMING TO ATTEND THE ANDREW S WALSH WORKSHOP IN CAPE TOWN
Award winning video games writer Andrew S Walsh will speak at a two day writing workshop in Cape Town and WESGRO is supporting 10 placements for individuals and companies based in the Western Cape (one employee per company.)
Andrew Walsh has worked in film, television, theatre, animation as a writer and director. He has worked on over 60 video games and as a story consultant, from script to voice, performance capture and localisation, he offers local writers the full package on how to work across the full spectrum of new media thus increasing the scope of their productivity.
The workshop is hosted by the Writers’ Guild of South Africa and is themed ‘Writing Dialogue and Narrative in an Interactive Medium’ and incorporates discussions and practical exercises on a range of challenges faced by writers. He will also analyse narrative structures, speech design, formats, career paths and pitfalls that arise from this medium.
The workshop details are as follows:
Date: Saturday 17th May and Sunday 18th May 2014
Times: 08h00 – 17h00 each day
Address: SAE Institute Cape Town
Woodstock Exchange
66 Albert Road, Woodstock, 7295
3rd Floor
Cape Town, South Africa
REMEMBER to bring your laptops / notebooks / tablets, etc. to both days of the workshop
Please send the following by 16h00 Friday 09 May 2014 to asanda@wesgro.co.za
- Company Name
- Name of representative and ID number
- Proof of company registration / trading and proof of company address
- A paragraph stating why the employee wants to attend written by the employee
- Only ID number if a Sole Proprietor
Please Note:
Attendance of both days is mandatory as is signing a register – nonattendance will subject the company / individual to possible removal from other such missions.
Cost is free to employee who is a WGSA member otherwise the employee or company must pay the WGSA R 500 difference or join the WGSA – contact admin@writersguildsa.org about joining.
The above terms and conditions are subject to review and the offer may change depending on the response.
Wesgro Film welcomes a follow up paragraph after the event stating what the master class has done for your company.
For further information please email: asanda@wesgro.co.za
