Become part of the 9-month creative process of developing a new European series and learn from experienced executives how you can push projects and creators to success. Get an eye-opening experience from cooperation with a committed mentor who will provide you hints in leadership, communication or story development.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 2, 2024
Test your skills in practice. The training gives you an opportunity to observe the process of shaping the initial series ideas into scripts, and learn how you can boost and direct project teams towards the best possible results.
watch new European drama develop and be a part of this creative process first hand explore the television and series industry landscape
learn how important can be the role of development executive
enhance your script editing and communication skills
learn to give constructive feedback
improve all what you already know in leadership
learn how to present yourself as a development executive
pitch yourself as the new hot editor and series script consultant within Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
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To apply to the program, please create an account on the MIDPOINT Institute Visitor Page and follow the instructions on the submission form.
The application materials consist of:
Please note that a detailed description of the requested materials can be found on the submission form!
The Development Executive Mentor attends and co-creates the training program for the development-executive participants, ensuring that it's implemented into group work and that the collaborative set-up simulates a real-life industry environment.
Nine creative teams, split into three groups, work under the guidance of internationally renowned and experienced tutors. They collaborate closely with development executive participants who are involved in all parts of the program.
Project team members are introduced to serial storytelling with lectures and dramaturgical consultations addressing the structural differences between features and series, and tackling the subject of the series concept and a pilot.
Development Executive participants, guided by their mentor, are briefed and pre-trained in their basic script-editing skills.
The creative teams are led to defining their series concept and theme, and outlining their pilot scripts. The workshop consists of group work, individual consultations, lectures and series analysis.
Each Development Executive is assigned to the group of projects and observes the group work led by the group leader. The participants get acquainted with the dynamics within the creative team. Their learning process is debriefed within meetings with the development executive tutor, as well as the project teams themselves.
Creative teams work on completing their pilots, and creating their season arc and season outlines. They focus also on the project pitching documents, production aspects as well as the financing strategy.
Development Executive participants continue the involvement in the group, serving as script editors, observing the work on the pilot episode, and getting trained in the financing strategies and production issues together with the creative teams.
Each project comes with a revised pilot script, a completed bible, a 3-pager, and a teaser. The workshop emphasizes the creation of marketing strategies, the refinement of pitching skills, and familiarizes participants with the specifics of different segments of the series market.
The workshop concludes at the established industry market of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event and its series conference TV Beats, offering debates, panels, lectures, case studies, master classes, and the pitching presentation of all projects and participants.
Development Executive participants attend the pitching training and rehearsals of the projects while also preparing for their own presentations to pitch themselves as industry professionals. They will leverage the networking opportunities at the event for their future careers.
