16 WEEK REMOTE PROGRAM

Feature Campus

Write a new feature screenplay, develop skills, and master a process to create story.

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FOR WRITERS WANTING TO WRITE A NEW FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY

Goals and details about the Program.

Writers may have experience writing short films, projects in other mediums (short stories, novels, plays, etc.), or have written a feature screenplay before, and are now looking to develop their process experientially through writing a new project.

This program is not designed for workshopping existing feature film projects.

GOALS + RESULTS

By the end of the sessions, writers will have written a first draft, a logline, and a synopsis of a new narrative feature script.

PROGRAM FOR NEW SCREENPLAY DEVELOPMENT

  • Build stories from a character-centered approach focusing on internal conflict as the touchstone for development.

  • This program consists of a weekly 3-hour group online session for about 12 weeks. Participants should plan to allocate appropriate writing time in between sessions to meet program deadlines.

  • Additionally, over the course of the program, each participant can expect 3 separate one-on-one meetings at key points in the process with David Pope.

  • Each Feature Campus offers approximately 12 participant slots.

“What started out an almost terrifying, insurmountable mountain to climb has been an impressive journey within a supportive group led by a skilled leader…I feel more confident and equipped to achieve my scriptwriting goals.”

ROS JONES, 2021 Feature Campus, ‘18 & ‘22 Writers Retreats

KEY DATES AND TIMES FOR WINTER 2024 PROGRAM RUN

Sessions begin at 12:00 PM Eastern Time typically on Mondays:

  • February 5, 12, 19, 26

  • March 4, 11, 18, 25

  • April 1, 29

  • May 6, 13

  • Individual sessions with David Pope will be scheduled separately

*Dates are subject to change

INVESTMENT

Remote Program: $2,650

“Feature Campus has helped me develop my script in ways I didn’t believe possible. The insightful feedback made me think about screenwriting in a new way. genuinely dedicated to helping find early career screenwriters the necessary support and visibility to launch their careers. Stowe has given me the opportunity of a lifetime to get my film from script to screen.”

EMILY RAY REESE, Inaugural Feature Campus, Inaugural Stowe Launch, Narrative Lab

Meet Mentor David Pope

David Pope is a screenwriter and script consultant working internationally. He has worked as a script consultant on projects globally including work with Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated producers and screenwriters and national film funds. Recent script consultations include Take It or Leave It, a candidate for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award 2019, and Truth and Justice, shortlisted for Best International Feature Film Academy Award 2020. He recently script consulted on the feature film Magic Mountains, which was released January 2020 and Splendid Isolation premiered at IFFR 2022.David script consulted on the drama series Imperial Spy for Fremantle (American Gods, Deutschland 83) and The Guilt Trip for RTE.

He is the annual consultant/moderator for the Rotterdam Lab at CineMart and co-founder of Stowe Story Labs in the US. David is a creative consultant on Rawi Screenwriting Lab for Royal Film Commission-Jordan, a screen specialist in script consultancy working with production companies through the FOCUS scheme supported by Screen Scotland and is a regular script consultant for MIDPOINT.

Recent screenwriting assignments include writing the latest draft of the feature film Tempelhof, the feature film Rulin, and the latest draft of the feature film Summer of 81. David has a slate of projects in development with advance films. 

Previous script development and training clients include: BFI, Creative England, UK Film Council, BBC, BAFTA, Fremantle, National Theatre, Screen Scotland, British Council, Creative Europe, Cannes Cinefondation, Warp Films, Allfilm, KulturaTV, Polish Film Institute, Cannes Film Festival, Film London, Lionhead Studios, Xingu Films, Irish Film Board, FAS Screen Training Ireland, New Horizons Studio, Estonian Film Institute, among many others. He sits on the film committee of the WGGB.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Applications for session 1 in 2024 are currently closed. Subscribe to our newsletter here to stay up to date.

  • We do not currently have any fellowships or partial scholarships for this program (yet).

  • A team of two may apply and if admitted the team will share meetings with David Pope and any peer group sessions.

  • Yes!

  • Just email us at info@stowestorylabs.org.