Filmmaker GPS: The 2021 Creative Kick Start
presented by screenwriter/director Lee Chambers
 
Date: January 24, 2021

Time: 11am to 3pm + 
 
Place: ZOOM
 
Price: Members – no charge
           Non Members - $50.00
Please call or email SMPIA Office for more information 
Email: office@smpia.sk.ca  or call (306)780-9840 

Part 1: Getting Inspired - 11:00 to 12:45

How can a filmmaker stay excited through all phases of production? How do you balance enthusiasm, patience, disappointments to go from concept to completion? Learn to embrace the entire crazy journey of making a film - not just the red carpet destination.

“Screenwriters and directors live a playground where we never 
actually leave the sandbox. We grow wiser but never grow up.”
LEE CHAMBERS  
 
Part 2: Crafting Your Script - 13:00 to 15:00 + an additional Q&A hour

Most screenwriters draft up the blueprints for amazing stories all alone, with just a cup of coffee to guide them. Many may have a pile of scripts but have never had their creative words progress into production. 
 
Getting a chance to see your work delivered by actors on a big screen gives you the full scope of the industry you are in and will make you a better writer. How do you get a sale or an option? How can you encourage a production company to make ‘your’ script?
 
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Short and feature film writer and director Lee Chambers presents a GPS plan for how you can embrace the entire crazy journey of making a film. Chambers will encourage you to aim high - with a plan of attack - in what will also be an inspiring and funny look at being a filmmaker. 
 
“Lee Chambers gave us an inspiring and energetic presentation that 
was one of the highlights of our industry events.”
BLOOD IN THE SNOW FILM FESTIVAL
 
“An entertaining and enlightening workshop!”  
REGINA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL  

“Lee's workshop was a HIT!”  
CAYMAN ISLANDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

“Five Stars!”
LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL FILM & SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL