This is not a screenwriting workshop. It’s for people who have ideas and want to explore or develop them in a visual way. You don’t need a full concept or script, just something you’re curious about or want to work on. In this session, we focus on how to see your story before shaping it. Through simple exercises, we’ll work on how to break down your idea, imagine scenes, and draw or describe what parts of the story might look like. The goal is to make your idea more concrete, not polished, but more real and open to possibilities. The feedback we share is based on what we do in the workshop. Everyone is open to developing something during the session individually and then we open it up and discuss it together.
The session will last up to 3 hours, with small breaks every hour or so. During this time, we’ll do a mix of short exercises, drawing or visualizing scenes, and group discussions. We’ll also watch selected scenes from films that use strong visual storytelling to open up new ways of thinking about narrative.
We’ll look at some scenes from Style Wars (1983), a documentary rooted in early hip-hop culture in New York. The film focuses on young graffiti artists using the city’s trains as a space to be seen and heard. Also we will watch and talk about some visual sequences from Black Is King (2020) by Beyoncé. While more symbolic, it draws heavily from Afro-hip-hop aesthetics, combining music, dance, and layered images to explore identity, diaspora, and transformation. Depending on time and the group, I may also share a short scene from Waves (2019), a contemporary film that isn’t directly about hip-hop but is deeply influenced by its sound and rhythm. The film’s use of music by Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, and others shapes how emotion and story unfold.
The session is held in English and is open to everyone, especially those who don’t come from an artistic, film, or writing background. You don’t need any technical training, just the interest to try.
