Breaking Down the Award-Winning Script of THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
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Webinar hosted by: Jason Mirch
Creative Producer & Executive at FearWorks
Jason Mirch is a feature film and television producer and executive with over 15 years of experience. Jason also serves as the Director of Script Services at Stage 32 where he works directly with screenwriters, filmmakers, and leading industry executives. In addition to his work with Stage 32, Jason runs production and development for a company which produced low-budget genre pictures for an international audience, as well as serves as a business advisor to a successful post production vfx company which contributed to The Peanut Butter Falcon, Crawl, Martin Scorsese's Silence, Arctic, and Let them Talk for Steven Soderbergh and HBO. Most recently, he produced a 3D animated feature film starring Jacob Tremblay, Emmy-winner Christopher Lloyd, Oscar-winner Mel Brooks, Emmy-winner Kenan Thompson, and Emmy-winner Carol Kane. Mirch was the Head of Feature and Television Development at Image Nation, a finance and production company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. There, he supervised the Image Nation contributions in the development of Flight, The Help, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Contagion, Careful What You Wish For, Ghost Rider 2, and 100 Foot Journey. Prior to his work at Image Nation, Mirch was Co-Head of Development at Storyline Entertainment (Oscar-winning Chicago, Footloose, The Bucket List) where he developed a slate of feature film projects for New Line, Paramount, Summit Ent., and CBS/Paramount. He also developed and sold television projects and mini-series to CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, and Lifetime. Full Bio »
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A year ago, you might not have believed that one of the biggest limited series phenomena of 2020—or ever—was an intimate story about an orphan chess prodigy battling addiction. Yet here we are. The long-time passion project from Allan Scott started in 1989 when he optioned the rights to Walter Trevis' novel THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT. Now, over 30 years, 9 rewrites and countless directors to get the project off the ground later it is the model of perseverance and inspiration to storytellers worldwide. Scott teamed up with Oscar-nominated writer Scott Frank (OUT OF SIGHT, MINORITY REPORT, LOGAN) and THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT was released on October 23, 2020 and quickly became Netflix's most popular scripted limited-series ever.
It was watched by a staggering 62 million households in the first 28 days of release and won 15 awards, including the Golden Globe for Best Television Limited Series. But no one has broken down exactly what makes the series such a critical and commercial success...until now.
In an exclusive Stage 32 Script Breakdown Webcast our Director of Script Services, Jason Mirch, will break down the first episode of the series live using excerpts of the book and the teleplay, as well as clips from the episode.
Jason Mirch is a feature film, television, branded entertainment, and digital content producer and executive with over 15 years in the industry. Most recently, he produced a 3D animated feature film starring Jacob Tremblay, Christopher Lloyd, Mel Brooks, Kenan Thompson, and Carol Kane. Mirch was the Head of feature and television development at Image Nation, a finance and production company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. There, he supervised the Image Nation contributions in the development of FLIGHT, THE HELP, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, CONTAGION and more. Prior to his work at Image Nation, Mirch was Co-Head of Development at Zadan/Meron Productions (CHICAGO, FOOTLOOSE, THE BUCKET LIST) where he was actively involved in developing a slate of feature film projects for New Line, Paramount, Summit Ent., and CBS/Paramount. He also developed and sold television projects and mini-series to CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, and Lifetime.
During this FREE Stage 32 Next Level Webcast Jason will take you step by step as he examines the four key elements that make up the protagonist's character, how the opening sequence is designed to hook the audience, how theme and tone are exhibited in the text and on screen, how this first episode lays the foundation for the arc of the entire series, and much more!
Plus, everyone who registers for the webinar will receive a copy of the pilot script of THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT to study!
What You'll Learn
- The introduction and setup of the main and secondary characters
- The structure of Episode 1 and why it works perfectly to establish the foundation for the series
- How tone and theme are captured in Episode 1
- Why THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT may be based on a novel, but the structure can be applied to any fiction pilot
- How to apply these principles to your own writing
As a bonus, working with hundreds of executives worldwide, Jason will fill you in on what type of material the market is looking for right now and what resources you can use right now to enhance your own writing.
And finally if you attend the breakdown webcast live Jason will be giving ALL attendees a FREE gift valued at $50!
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Jason Mirch
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Carole H.I could not get the webinar nor the script. I'm Central time and clicked in 10 minutes before but nothing worked. Carole Keeney Harrington -
Ryan Mogensen I missed a great deal of it so I will go to the vault to watch the video however I did not receive the link for the script download for the queen's gambit. -
K. Legason You're an excellent teacher as always Jason, great reminders! Thanks for the lesson. -
Bruno Borello Jason Mirch's script analysis of The Queen's Gambit is masterful. -
Ruta Kaite This was such an amazing webinar. So glad I haven't missed it. Learned so much in just a couple of hours. Thank you for making it happen. -
Sherry L. Peterson The Queen's Gambit, is an amazing show. The alignment of character and story pulls us into each frame. Thank you, Jason for the breakdown of the script and the nuances that makes it exceptionally good. -
Maria Pessoa The link didn't allow me to get into the live webinar and also I haven't receive either the pilot script.
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