The Abuja Film Village International Ltd, presently invites
interested members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) to a proposed
Writers’ Workshop that will focus on writing and adapting literary texts into
screenplays. This workshop is designed as a possible interventionist venture
into improving filmmaking in Nigeria by encouraging creative writers to write
for the screen.
A statement by Vice President (ANA), Denja Abddullahi, described the
workshop as a fallout from the recently concluded second Playwrights
Confab convened by Prof. Femi Osofisan, held in Ilorin and hosted by Kwara
State University, Malete,
Participation
He added that interested members of the Association with published works
of any genre are free to indicate their willingness to participate.
In terms of
venue and duration, “The workshop
which is free will run for a week and will take place after the 2015 General
Elections at a time to be announced later in the following places: SE-SS Zone
in Asaba, SW Zones in Lagos, Central Zone in Abuja and NE-NW Zone in Kano. The
workshop will be residential and non-residential. Details of these will be
provided in due course.”
Coursework: “The workshop will be conducted by local and foreign participants. The kernel of the workshop will be highly technical. Participants will receive copies of already produced screenplay[s] of the Facilitator[s], and most likely copies of the film[s] produced from their screenplays. Certainly they will get to watch their film[s].Participants will be taken through the rubrics of writing for the screen and adapting literary works into screenplays for eventual filming. It is going to be structured to enable participants who are already creative writers to acquire new skills and add more value to their creativity.
Coursework: “The workshop will be conducted by local and foreign participants. The kernel of the workshop will be highly technical. Participants will receive copies of already produced screenplay[s] of the Facilitator[s], and most likely copies of the film[s] produced from their screenplays. Certainly they will get to watch their film[s].Participants will be taken through the rubrics of writing for the screen and adapting literary works into screenplays for eventual filming. It is going to be structured to enable participants who are already creative writers to acquire new skills and add more value to their creativity.
Interested members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) who
want to participate in the workshop should send their names, postal addresses,
emails, phone numbers, list of their published works and the Zone in which they
will like to participate in the workshop to: Denja
Abddullahi, denja.abdullahi@yahoo.com (08057868575).
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