“What makes this different is the Filipinoness, truly for Filipino writers. The exercises are also very useful because they compel student writers to think differently, to explore possibilities. I’d continue doing the given exercises because they’re also useful for my other writing (script and fiction).”
Rody Vera Online Playwriting Course + Q&A [Bundle]
With a career in the arts spanning from the ‘70s, award-winning writer Rody Vera has masterfully crafted dozens upon dozens of progressive, exciting, and colorful stories that have been transformed into well-received plays, scripts, films, and songs. In this first ever Filipino online playwriting course, Rody gives context to playwriting in the Philippines, where to start, and how to do it effectively along with writing exercises you can do alone or with a group. Discover Rody’s approach to finding a good topic and write that story you’ve been wanting to write!
Rody Vera
Screenwriter, Playwright, Television Scriptwriter
₱2999
Duration: 9 Hours
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Rody Vera
Playwright, Television Scriptwriter, Screenwriter
₱2999
Duration: 9 Hours
About the Course
RVOPC is Pelikulove’s pilot project of an online playwriting course that will kickstart a series of Filipino online courses to further contribute to the development of Philippine arts and culture. RVOPC features award-winning playwright, screenwriter, director, singer, and actor Rody Vera as its mentor.
The 13-lesson course is a combination of lectures and class discussions with exercises and downloadable learning materials. Course registrants may be inspired to learn from their own huddles in their school or community – much like in a classroom setting. They can learn the basics of playwriting not only from our esteemed mentor and course (videos and summary handouts), but from their peers as well. Since the RVOPC will have forums (live sessions and in the website), course enrollees may interact with and be inspired by one another, and critique each other’s work without the limitations of geographical location and time zone.
Activities: Writing Exercises, Summary Handout
What You Will Learn
- Structure/Narrative Boxes/Hidden Shape
- Genre/Subverted Genre
- Type of Film on the Spectrum
Skills You will Gain
- Storytelling
- Playwriting
- Creative Process
What people say about the course...
“Ang hirap makahanap online ng relevant information (and workshops) in playwriting na local ang content, sulit ang oras at binayad bec si Rody teaches some things that can’t be found anywhere else.”
Domini Lim
Writer/Director“This course is probably worth P5,000 and up just for the video lessons and handouts. I know it’s worth more because you’ll really learn a lot. Actually, it will inspire you to just start writing. It reminded me of all the things I love about theater.”
Anonymous
HR Supervisor
About Rody Vera
Rodolfo “Rody” Carlos Vera may be receiving lots of screenwriting credits recently but first and foremost, he is a dramaturg, a theater extraordinaire, and an award-winning playwright.
“I was part of a generation that was influenced by foreign playwrights. But from that foundation, gusto ko gumawa ng sarili in my own terms. And that has also spurred my commitment to playwrights’ development.”
His deep-seated dedication to theater and commitment to playwrights that led to him establishing The Writer’s Bloc in 2004, an independent organization of established and aspiring Filipino playwrights; and his founding (with former Tanghalang Pilipino Artistic Director Herbie Go) and spearheading of the Virgin Labfest (VLF) 15 years ago – an annual playwrights-led festival of untried, untested, unstaged works on theater which has since changed the landscape of playwriting and redefined theatergoing in the country.
Rody’s commitment also extends to education. He has been teaching playwriting and theater acting since the ‘80s and has held more than 50 workshops all over the country and even abroad.
Numerous recognitions and titles aside, Rody, at his core, is a Filipino creative with a deep and profound sense of social empathy.
After enrolling in a summer workshop for teenagers at the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), he began to see theater as a powerful medium of advocacy especially during the Martial Law period. Rody would then go on to write plays for other organizations, events, and theater companies — with a burning desire to help the general public understand current social issues.
Rody was also largely influenced by his mentors: Rene Villanueva, who taught him how to make use of political allegories; Al Santos, who showed him how to develop and modernize traditional forms of theater; and Fritz Bennewitz, who instilled in him Bertolt Brecht’s philosophy for theater-making, how to translate and adapt for the stage as well as play analysis and dramaturgy2.
A great product of renowned playwrights, Rody himself has become one of the greats. As of writing, he has created a large body of work, having written more than 30 original plays and adapted or translated more than 30 foreign works to Filipino.
Rody, a multi-talented, award-winning writer.
A passionate and committed teacher.
A true game-changer.
And now, our artist-mentor.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Tambayan is a 4-hour live workshop conducted by the artist-mentor via Zoom. There’s homework, individual/group activity, discussion of topic, and Q&A. All Tambayan workshops when taken as a whole make up an entire scriptwriting workshop that starts from the foundations of storytelling and ends with how to navigate the writing industry. You can attend one Tambayan or enroll in all the Tambayan workshops by availing our Trip to Quiapo Pass.
#AskRickyLee is a 2-hour Live Q&A with the artist-mentor that takes off from a specific course primer. Each session includes access to a course primer, homework/individual/group activity, and Q&A
A Tambayan repackaged into 30-minute self-paced course primers divided into bite-sized video lessons that sticks to the essentials. Contains writing / creative exercises.
The Trip to Quiapo Pass gives you access to all of Ricky Lee’s 4 upcoming Tambayan and all 6 course primers based on his 6 Tambayan.
The #AskRickyLee Pass gives you access to all of Ricky Lee’s 5 upcoming Live Q&A and all course primers based on his 6 Tambayan.
Yes, we honor student, senior, and PWD cards. Kindly email us with your full name and discount ID at [email protected]
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