Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs - News Letter - Winter 2016

Happy 2016! Let's start the New Year with Feeling! This Winter, for the first time ever, JSFL is rolling out 3 brand new Chapters of The Lab Series: Feeling, Blocking and Case Studies. If you're looking for a way to ground into your work and turbocharge your craft, come! We start this very weekend with Feeling: a don't miss workshop that introduces the core tools of Feeling that are key to The Technique. And now, a word about Feeling. Are you still reading? Usually, when the F word comes up, we Flee instead of Feel. So for many years, I camouflaged the word behind the sexier concepts of Action. But oh, how times have changed! Now we can speak freely! The feminine, the felt are coming out! The fuel, the power, the potency and the heart of art comes from our deep well of Feelings. Story structure evolves from our Feelings, from our desire to derive meaning and share it with others. As the Consulting Producer on the Emmy and Globe Award winningTransparent, I feel honored to put The Technique so fully into play with Jill, the writers, guest directors, cast, DP, and crew! This month, JSFL celebrates how our whole Amazon and Trans Family uses The Technique's Feeling Tools because I want to incite you and inspire you to dive in and tell your story in a felt, unmediated way. The JSFL Lab Series teaches you how to Do The Feeling: how to access your story, how to feel it, write it, act it, block it and shoot it. So take one Chapter, take them all, in any order you like! Scroll down for more on our new offerings. And if you'd like to read about The Technique in the press, check it out here! The work we are doing is changing the game. Come join us this Winter for new Labs, inspiring events, and the catalyzing presence of like minded artists. Sign up now for your next Winter 3 Day Lab and be a part of the JSFL Community revolutionizing storytelling! JILL SOLOWAY Emmy Award Winning Creator / Director of Transparent “When Jim is shooting, he’s doing a specific technique we learned at Joan’s, where the camera is emotional. He is playing a playable action – just like the actors. And when I adjust an actor’s action, it’s always [with a] feeling verb about what the character is doing to get what he or she wants. I will make those same adjustments with Jim. I’ll shift his action and that will transmit unconsciously into the camera movement.” Read more in ICG Magazine here. JEFFREY TAMBOR Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actor “I treasure Joan and her instruction is in every step, she is an intuitive genius.” JIM FROHNA Director of Photography “Jill asked me to join her and the cast at rehearsals with indie filmmaking guru and consulting producer Joan Scheckel. The time spent was not about running scenes, but about exploring character, relationship and emotion - all with music and through movement... I was participating as fully as the actors were. That’s a treasure for a DP. And it was fantastic.” Read more in Indiewire here. JAY DUPLASS Critic's Choice Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actor “We work with Joan Scheckel [Consulting Producer] and one of the ways that she gets into character and backstory — without coming at us with a bunch of “intellectual” ideas,  is by putting us in a room together for two days...we have these physical and emotional interactions... what we get done feels like more than if Jill  had written a novel about us.” Read more in Vulture here. JUDITH LIGHT Golden Globe Nominee for Best Supporting Actress “All of us on the team worked with Joan Scheckel on the emotional connections we all had as a family which is why it feels so much like family when you watch the show. Something happened to me during this process where I felt Shelly come through me. It wasn't a lot of intellectual work... it was experiential and about connection with the other people. She just began to come through me as we did Joan Scheckel's work.” Read more in Chicago Pride here. 3 DAY LAB - CHAPTER 4 : FEELING LOS ANGELES: FRI JAN 15 - SUN JAN 17 3 DAY LAB - CHAPTER 1 : ACTION LOS ANGELES: FRI FEB 05 - SUN FEB 07 3 DAY LAB - CASE STUDY LOS ANGELES: FRI FEB 19 - SUN FEB 21 3 DAY LAB - CHAPTER 2 : JOURNEY LOS ANGELES: FRI MAR 04 - SUN MAR 06 3 DAY LAB - CHAPTER 5 : BLOCKING LOS ANGELES: FRI MAR 18 - SUN MAR 20 LOS ANGELES: FRI JAN 15 - SUN JAN 17 Chapter 4 in The Lab series focuses on the tools of Feeling that are central to The Technique! This Lab will teach you how to use movement, music, painting and writing to access the emotional core of your work. This essential, craft packed weekend delivers tools to: Connect to the authentic, emotional core of your work. Learn what Feeling is and how to practically access it with truth and immediacy. Apply Feeling to character, action and journey to create unforgettable stories and performances! Discover how Feeling connects to Action and Rhythm, and use The Technique to empower every level of your creativity!   LOS ANGELES: FRI FEB 05 - SUN FEB 07 Chapter 1 in The Lab series focuses on the core building blocks of story essential to The Technique: Nugget, Action and Beats. Use these tools to structure your film or episodic, unleash authentic performances and express your directorial vision. In one essential, craft packed weekend you will learn how to: Find your "Nugget": the emotional truth of your story. Use Action to structure your screenplay. Define Beats to create rhythm and pacing. Whether you are Directing, Writing, Acting, or Producing, The Technique is essential in taking your career to the next level!   LOS ANGELES: FRI FEB 19 - SUN FEB 21 Case Study  Our first Case Study starts at the source: Oedipus the King. Twenty-four brilliant plot points create an inexorable, riveting journey from unconsciousness to consciousness. This Lab dissects the structure and unpacks the essential connection between meaning, action, character and plot. This Case Study intensive will teach you how to: Use Overall Actions to structure a meaningful plot. Create compelling plot points scene by scene. Craft ensemble scripts with equally strong arcs for every character. Crucial for writers and directors. Come learn the secrets of a rock solid plot by using The Technique!   LOS ANGELES: FRI MAR 04 - SUN MAR 06 Chapter 2 in The Lab series focuses on the essential tools of story arc key to The Technique: Emotional Logic and The 5 Point Journey. Dive into the core meaning of your story or performance and find the organic structural expression true to YOU! Chapter 2 reveals how to: Find the Emotional Logic that drives your story. Map your material with 5 key scenes. Create meaningful character arcs. Connect to rhythm and pace your whole journey. Come learn The Technique behind the success of Transparent, Little Miss Sunshine, Beginners, Whaler Rider and more!   LOS ANGELES: FRI MAR 18 - SUN MAR 20 Chapter 5 in The Lab series focuses on the core physical and camera blocking tools essential to the The Technique. Learn to use action to block scenes in an organic, surprising way, fast and on the fly, in coherence with your vision and your actor's choices. This weekend teaches you how to viscerally stage the soul of the scene. This hands on weekend delivers tools to: Block beautifully, fast and on the fly. Work organically in coherence with your vision and your actor’s choices. Stage the spiritual essence of the story. Writers, directors, actors, dps, producers and execs alike all excel when using these proven tools from The Technique!   CHECK OUT ALL THE NEWS ON THE JSFL BLOG: "Joan gave me a Technique, she handed me a map with clear markings that made sense… Although I had been writing TV for many years and went to film school in college, I had no actual technique. I had a shot list and a hope for the best, but I didn’t have something to do when I got to the set...I came into most of my power as a filmmaker when I realized that all I needed to do was make a safe space for people to have feelings." - Jill Soloway on "The Technique" (Creator; Emmy and Golden Globe Winning Transparent) See Jill's whole FIND keynote speech here. 09.20.15 We applaud Transparent for its many wins at the 2015 Primetime Emmys! Congrats toJeffrey Tambor for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Jill Soloway for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Bradley Whitford for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Costume designer Marie Schley and Costume supervisor Nancy Jarzynko for Outstanding Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series or Movie and Dustin O’Halloran for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music! 01.10.16 JSFL Alumni Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom unite as presenters at the 2016 Golden Globes! 12.18.15 Amazon orders Highston to series! The pilot episode is Directed by Alumni Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Executive Produced by Sacha Baron Cohen, and written by Bob Nelson! 12.09.15 Shout out to Alumni Niki Caroand her film The Zookeeper's Wife starring Jessica Chastain! Read Jessica Chastain's amazing write up in The Hollywood Reporter about this female populated film set! 12.08.15 A warm congrats to our Alumni premiering at Sundance this year! Congratulations to Jessie Kahnweiler (Writer/Director) The Skinny, Jason Lew (Writer/Director) The Free World, and Daniele Anastasion (Director) I Am Yup'ik. 12.07.15 Congrats to the Alumni of the December LA 3 Day Chapter 1: Action! Check out who’s new in our alum community on ourblog! 11.30.15 Congrats to Alumni Karine Vanasse for being cast as the lead in CTV's six part one-hour drama series Cardinal! 11.30.15 Congrats to Alumni Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro for UnREAL's  2015 Gotham Independent Film Award nomination in the category of Breakthrough Series, longform, and toTransparent in the same category! 11.20.15 JSFL celebrates all our gifted Lady Alumni speaking out in this important New York Times article: Jamie Babbit, Effie Brown, Catherine Hardwicke,Miranda July, Karyn Kusama,Dee Rees, Frankie Shaw, andJill Soloway!   11.16.15 Congrats to the Alumni of the November LA 3 Day Chapter 3: Plot! Check out who’s new in our alum community on ourblog! 11.08.15 Congrats to the Alumni of the November LA 3 Day Chapter 1: Action! Check out who’s new in our alum community on ourblog! 10.26.15 Congrats to the Alumni of the October NYC 3 Day Chapter 2: Journey! Check out who’s new in our alum community on ourblog! 10.24.15 Alumni Mike Mills is currently in Post-Production on his film20th Century Women, starring Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Annette Bening! 10.19.15 Congrats to the Alumni of the October LA 3 Day Chapter 2: Journey! Check out who’s new in our alum community on ourblog! 09.19.15 Alumni Claudia Lonow’s short film Bummed is released, taking home two awards from the LA Indie Film Festival: Jury Award for Best Actor - Joe Wengert, and the Audience Choice Award! 09.17.15 Congrats to Matt Brown, writer and director of The Man Who Knew Infinity for it's Gala Presentation premiere at TIFFand for being the opening film of the festival!  09.14.15 Congrats to the Alumni of the September LA 3 Day Chapter 1: Action! Check out who’s new in our alum community on ourblog! Copyright © 2016 Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you've expressed interest in news about Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs. Our mailing address is: Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs 6608 Lexington Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences