The BIPOC Writers Fellowship: Adapting Books for the Screen
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About
The Writers Room 5050 in partnership with Level 4 Press is proud to introduce its 12-week adaptation lab: Adapting Books for the Screen. The Level 4 Press catalogue and vast IP library, spanning various genres, is providing the books to be adapted for the screen.
The fellowship will focus on adapting a book into a screenplay, the release of fictional feature films for theatrical, streaming, and television movies-of-the-week (MOWs). In the process, BIPOC writers will learn the highest industry standards for developing, writing, financing and producing an adapted feature film project. Each fellow will adapt one Level 4 Press book of their choosing into a feature film screenplay.
The Writers Room 5050 and Level 4 Press are working with top executives, writers, representatives and guest speakers to provide mentorship, feedback, and firsthand industry knowledge.
Benefits
- A 12-week lab taking you from book-to-screenplay
- Mentorship on creating and crafting your script
- A $750 Writer Stipend to all participants and accepted writers
- Expert development notes and assessments by industry professionals
- A 'table read' with professional actors
- Script Sales and Career Strategy instruction
- Pitch deck and high-end marketing collateral created for the project
- Live Industry Event to pitch your new script and meet high-end industry decision-makers
- For those scripts optioned, setup or sold, there will be financial participation
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Rules
At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.
Submission Requirements:
- BIPOC Writer: Applicants must be of BIPOC heritage/ethnicity (Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color)
- Script Submission: Writers must submit a completed screenplay writing sample (90 to 120 pages) for consideration
- Application Fee: An Early, Regular and Late application processing fee will apply
- Script naming convention: Title_FirstName_LastName_MMDDYY.pdf
Fellowship Schedule:
Dates: Begins March 31, 2021
Time: 6pm to 9pm PST - (1 class per week, 3 hours per class)
Venue: Zoom
Copyright and Sub-rights:
Copyright and all sub-rights for the books used as IP during the BIPOC Writers Fellowship: Adapting Books to the Screen will not be transferred to the screenwriters. Level 4 Press, Inc. will retain sole ownership of the books and any screenplay adaptations that emerge from the fellowship. If the screenplay is sold or set-up, the screenwriter will receive writing credit and financial participation, but Level 4 Press, Inc. is not obligated to use any screenplays that emerge from the fellowship.
