This year I joined the international team of trainers at the Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI). The MFI was founded in 1998 as a specialized training platform and has been bringing together screenwriters, directors and industry professionals from all over Europe and the Mediterranean region ever since. At the heart of the program are the Script-2-Film […]
Artificial intelligence is swiftly becoming an indispensable ally for storytellers, offering an array of tools that promise to revolutionize the realms of novel writing and screenwriting. In my new work, “AI and the Art of Storytelling: A Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters,” I demystify the burgeoning relationship between AI and creative writing. Available in both […]
Fall 2022/ Spring 2023 – SERIEN.lab is a writers’ workshop for quality fictional series. It is already in its sixth year. On the one hand, the participants have the opportunity to advance their own series project – preferably an Treatment – in the SERIEN.lab and to develop it into a marketable concept. In addition, they […]
The Art of Scriptdevelopment The new age of streaming not only means an upheaval in the audience’s viewing habits, the development of stories has also changed radically. Series carry out their narratives over hours and are more complex and diverse. Films are not only produced for the national market, but open up to a worldwide […]
Deutschlandfunk has published a feature by Julian Ignatowitsch in which I explain the background to the third audiovisual revolution. Worth listening to for anyone who wants to get more information about the future. https://www.hoerspielundfeature.de/wie-netflix-und-co-die-welt-veraendern-die-streaming-100.html