[NEohioPAL]NORTHWESTERN PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS TEEN FILMS AND SCREENWRITING

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
NORTHWESTERN PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS TEEN FILMS AND
SCREENWRITING NOV. 21
Cleveland, Monday, October 28, 2002- The NU Club of Cleveland presents,
"There's No Business Like Show Business: Teen Films, Screenwriting for
Hollywood and Beyond," a lecture and discussion by David E. Tolchinsky
Ph.D., 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Courtyard By Marriott, Meeting
Room A, 5051 West Creek Road, Independence. The lecture is free and open to
the public. RSVP Required. For more information, call 216-226-5536.
David Tolchinsky will discuss basic screenplay structure, using teen films
as examples. Beyond basic structure, he'll then pinpoint elements found in
teen movies/scripts that make the genre unique/powerful/successful.
Discussion will then turn to talk about other creative, political and
economic factors that may account for the recent rise in teen films,
followed by an invite from audience members to pitch their own teen script
ideas, a question and answer session at 8:30 p.m.
Tolchinsky-an associate professor in Northwestern University's Department of
Radio, TV, and Film and Director of Northwestern's Creative Writing for the
Media Program-has been commissioned by MGM, Montecito Pictures, USA
Networks, Edward R. Pressman Film Corp, Disney, and Addis-Wechsler & Assoc.
to write teen-centered feature screenplays. His feature screenplay, Girl,
was produced by Kushner-Locke and is in regular rotation on Cinemax and HBO2
and is available from Columbia Tristar on DVD/VHS. Tolchinsky was also an
associate producer on that project. Girl also received a Special Jury Prize
for Narrative Filmmaking at the 1999 Florida Film Festival.
The lecture is sponsored by The NU Alumni Club of Cleveland and Northwestern
University's Department of Education and Travel.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 NORTHWESTERN PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS =
TEEN FILMS AND
 SCREENWRITING NOV. 21
 Cleveland, Monday, October 28, 2002- =
The NU Club of Cleveland presents, "There's No Business Like Show =
Business: Teen Films, Screenwriting for Hollywood and Beyond," a =
lecture and discussion by David E. Tolchinsky Ph.D., 7:00 p.m. =
Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Courtyard By Marriott, Meeting Room A, 5051 =
West Creek Road, Independence. The lecture is free and open to the =
public. RSVP Required. For more information, call =
216-226-5536.

David Tolchinsky will discuss basic =
screenplay structure, using teen films as examples. Beyond basic =
structure, he'll then pinpoint elements found in teen movies/scripts =
that make the genre unique/powerful/successful. Discussion will then =
turn to talk about other creative, political and economic factors that =
may account for the recent rise in teen films, followed by an invite =
from audience members to pitch their own teen script ideas, a question =
and answer session at 8:30 p.m.

Tolchinsky-an associate professor in =
Northwestern University's Department of Radio, TV, and Film and =
Director of Northwestern's Creative Writing for the Media Program-has =
been commissioned by MGM, Montecito Pictures, USA Networks, Edward R. =
Pressman Film Corp, Disney, and Addis-Wechsler & Assoc. to write =
teen-centered feature screenplays. His feature screenplay, Girl, was =
produced by Kushner-Locke and is in regular rotation on Cinemax and =
HBO2 and is available from Columbia Tristar on DVD/VHS. Tolchinsky was =
also an associate producer on that project. Girl also received a =
Special Jury Prize for Narrative Filmmaking at the 1999 Florida Film =
Festival.

<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">The lecture is sponsored by The NU =
Alumni Club of Cleveland and Northwestern University's Department of =
Education and Travel.</FONT></P>
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