Scene It All: Online Screenwriting Workshop
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Course Info
What's included?
Scene It All is a focused, practical online workshop designed to help writers understand what makes a scene work — and how to write scenes that are clear, compelling, and dramatically alive. This is not a lecture. It’s a working environment.
Each session, you write, test, and refine your own material. Along the way, you’ll dig into the craft challenges that define great scene work:
- What separates a powerful scene from a flat one
- How scenes function within the larger architecture of a script
- Subtext — what’s said, what’s meant, and the space between
- Scene structure: a story in miniature
- Exposition: what it is, why it so often misfires, and how to make it invisible
Who is this for?
- Writers at the beginning of their screenwriting journey
- Writers with projects underway who want to strengthen their scene work
- Anyone who suspects their script isn’t working — and wants to find out why
No prior screenwriting experience is required, but participants should be ready to write and share work.
Schedule
Session 1 – Introduction/Lecture: Scene Overview/Role in Screenplays
Session 2 – Screenings: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Scenes / Student Exercises
Session 3 – The Challenges of Exposition
Session 4 – Transitions: Tips & Tricks
Session 5 – Student Scene Presentations / Feedback
Terms & Conditions
By completing this booking, you confirm that you have read and agree to the London Film School Workshops and Short Courses Terms and Conditions (linked below). You have the right to cancel within 14 days of purchase for a full refund unless the course has already begun, in which case your right to cancel may be reduced or lost. After this period, bookings are non-refundable except where the course is cancelled by London Film School. In such cases, liability is limited to a refund of the course fee only. London Film School shall not be liable for any additional costs, including travel or accommodation. All courses are subject to availability and may be amended or cancelled where necessary.
Tutor
Hal Cantor
ScreenwriterHal Cantor
ScreenwriterHal Cantor writes television, film, and theater. His half-hour comedy, To Hal & Back, which he wrote and performed, was optioned by Sony Pictures Television. Prior to this, his drama pilot, Mouthpiece, was bought by Fox Television Studios. He wrote The Lake Effect, a one-hour drama pilot for Showtime, developed with Emmy‑winning director Scott Winant, with whom he is developing a new drama. Hal also sold the drama pilot, Twilight, to Sony Pictures Television. In features, he developed a comedy with John Davis Productions.
In non-fiction, he wrote on Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman and The UnXplained with William Shatner, both for the History Channel, as well as Fusion Channel’s acclaimed special, The Naked Truth: Dirty Little Secrets, which broke the Panama Papers story.
Hal has had multiple plays produced. His one‑man show, The Importance of Being Anxious, debuted at London’s Camden Fringe. The play was honored with an Encore Producers’ Award at the Hollywood Fringe in Los Angeles, and recently completed a successful run at NYC Fringe, where it was recognized as Solo Show of the Year by the Young‑Howze 2025 Theater Awards. Cubicles, which he wrote and directed in Los Angeles, garnered seven Valley Theater League nominations, including Best Play, Best Writing, and Best Director. He is currently adapting his play, The Bonus Round, into a musical with composer Bobby Cronin.
Hal teaches television around the world, including at London Film School (Covent Garden), New York Film Academy, Raindance (Berlin), Met Film School (London/Berlin), aFilm International (Barcelona), and Northwest Film Center (Portland).
Hal is a member of the Writers Guild of America and The Dramatists Guild. He divides his time between Los Angeles, London, and South Florida.
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