NOVEL ADAPTATION MASTERCLASS

WITH  CAMILLE  TUCKER

The Writers Guild of South Africa (WGSA) is excited to host a Novel Adaptation Masterclass in partnership with Netflix and the University of Southern California (USC), School of Cinematic Arts (SCA), for advanced South African writers on 26 January 2023, at 18h30 – 20h30.

The 2-hour virtual interactive masterclass will be led by Camille Tucker, screenwriter of the NAACP Image Award nominated TV movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel which was executive produced by Queen Latifah. An alum of UCLA with an MFA in screenwriting from Loyola Marymount. Camille has sold scripts to Starz, Sony, Universal, Fox and Disney, and has worked with producers Robert De Niro, Marc Platt, Debra Chase and the late John Singleton. Also a professor, she has a specialisation in adapting novels for the screen.

 A total of 15 WGSA members will be selected for this Masterclass opportunity where participants will be taken through case studies and adaptation strategies, interactive exercises and feedback regarding their own potential adaptation projects.

 The workshop will be offered to experienced screenwriters and authors who may be working on, or planning to do an adaptation of an existing novel for the screen. The workshop is focused on the tools of storytelling and the artistic pursuit of adaptation.

 Applications, to gain one of the 15 spots in this Masterclass, are open until 9 January 2023, 12h00.

Send your application to admin@writersguildsa.org. Successful candidates will be announced on 19 January 2023.

Application criteria:

•  Member of the WGSA – if you are not a member as yet, you may apply now and also make use of our discounted rates until 31 January 2023. 
• A one page bio/resume. 
• A motivation no longer than a page. 
• A two-to-three-page excerpt of a script you are working on.

In tandem, the WGSA will be hosting an open session about the legal framework of adaptation, which will deal with copyright issues and how to access the rights for adaptation.

Experts will be made available for this session. This session will be hosted on 1 February 2023 (more information to follow about this event).