On October 27-28 Skill Bill Pro, a Practical Course on Developing Ideas for Series

On October 27-28, 2016 “Skill Bill Pro on developing ideas for series. Treatment and pitching” practical course is to take place. The course envisages participation with a project (to be selected from the applications sent in) and participation of the general audience (anyone interested).      

There are two main objectives to the course:

- To help the screenwriters with correct drawing-up of a treatment. To teach presenting an idea so that it is comprehensible and “saleable”.  

- To learn project pitching. To master project presentation skills both in written form and during a personal meeting with the producer group.  

During the two-day course, the following stages are envisaged:

Day 1

• Introductory session. We are going to talk about the structure, ideas and possibilities for project presentation. The course experts will talk about the main TV production trends in Ukraine and the world. We’ll outline the key points producers are looking for.  
• First pitching of seven selected projects - 5 minutes for presentation of each project. After each presentation the experts will comment on its quality and the presented story. Each participant will leave with a home task, which will help to improve the project.  

 Day 2

• Final pitching of selected projects after revision. A chance to hear comments from the audience and experts.  
• Q&A session.

The course will take place in the form of practical work with the authors of preliminarily selected seven treatments. Therefore, the audience will consist of observers (without projects) and participants (with projects).  

The candidates should send their treatments and short CVs to faculty@film.ua before 10 AM on October 24, 2016.   

Terms of participation

We accept treatments no more than one page long, for the series of any genre and amount of episodes.   

Treatment rules:

A treatment should include the following information:

• Author’s name and contact details
• Project title
• Genre
• Logline (a brief project description – up to 25 words – which presents the gist of the story as succinctly as possible)
• Timing and number of episodes
• Target audience
• Presentation of the plot, which gives an adequate idea of the way the story will be presented in the finished script.  

Treatment volume – 1 page typed in Times New Roman font, size 12.  

One author may send no more than three treatments.

Seven treatments are to be selected for the final. The selection results will be announced on October 26, 2016.   

Cost of participation upon selection of treatment - 800 UAH

Cost of participation as observer  – 150 UAH

The course takes place on October 27-28, from 4 till 8 PM.

Address: Kyiv, FILM.UA studio, 22 Zakrevskogo str., entrance No. 2.

Course experts

Olesya Lukyanenko is a creative producer of FILM.UA Group. Since 2010 – creative producer of FILM.UA Group. She has worked on the following films and series: The Hellene (Teletriumph prize in 2014 and 2015), Two Lives, Dad Dan, Butterflies (Teletriumph prize in 2013), House With Lilies, So Far So Close, and others.   From 2008 till 2010 – director of Open Night film festival. From 2004 till 2009 she worked as a program editor for “Cinema Argument” (1+1 TV channel).   Olesya graduated from Kyiv National Karpenko-Karyi University of Television, Cinema and Theatre majoring in film critique.

Natalya Strybuk is the head producer of film and series production department at Ukraina TV channel.

Cost of participation upon selection of treatment - 800 UAH

Cost of participation as observer  – 150 UAH

The course takes place on October 27-28, from 4 till 8 PM.

Registration is obligatory for ALL participants.