This information-packed seminar utilizing film clips and a Hollywood insider's pragmatic experience defines the essential components of a marketable romantic comedy. Learn how to create compelling leads who have real chemistry how to tweak the formula and how to develop genuinely passionate funny stories of substance that will speak to contemporary audiences.

The contemporary rom-com requires a fresh irreverent (and sometimes raunchy) comedic approach to the standard 'boy meets girl' formula. This seminar utilizing film clips and a Hollywood insider's pragmatic experience defines time-honored principles of comedy and shows you how to tweak and update them to satisfy the sensibility of today's audience.

This special event has become a staple of the EXPO, as every year Michael Hauge offers his unique, in-depth analysis of a critically acclaimed and commercially successful screenplay. At the conclusion of a week filled with writers and lecturers revealing their secrets for Hollywood success, this 2-hour workshop will illustrate the essential principles of screenwriting with a detailed analysis of the script for the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar. While this film is lauded for it’s high production values and dazzling, 3-D special effects, Michael will argue that its record-breaking box office returns could not have been achieved without James Cameron’s terrific screenplay. He will reveal how the compelling story concept, the clearly defined outer motivations, the hero’s character arc, the structure of the plot, the vividly drawn primary characters, the compelling love story and the universal theme were all essential to the film’s huge success. Please see the movie prior to attending the lecture.