OWLS

October 16 and 23

Do you hope to reflect on movies at deeper and more meaningful levels? Try giving more consideration to these five aspects of filmmaking: the fundamentals (a more sophisticated vocabulary); the artistic (a better understanding of the creative process); the emotional (decipher how the audience is being manipulated, in a good way); the thematic (recognize how screen writers, directors, actors and editors orchestrate the narrative); and the hypothetical (consider the future of entertainment). Explore  the art (and craft) of filmmaking by peeling back each of these layers to better understand the art of the silver screen.

Eric R. Williams, an Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, who during his career sold Peter Falk the last Columbo  episode; and subsequently received the Writers Guild of America Best New Screenplay award. He has been writing and directing ever since his studies at Columbia University. Over the last thirty years, Eric has written 24 screenplays; and has directed films, documentaries and television; and has written 4 books, 3 podcast series and 2 television series, including those about the creative process of digital storytelling.  Now he applies his filmmaking expertise to a new medium called cinematic virtual reality at Ohio University’s Game Research and Immersive Design Lab.