ACTING, SCREENPLAY, AND DIRECTING COURSE - ONLINE
ACTING, SCREENPLAY, AND DIRECTING COURSE
Who can participate?
Anyone over the age of fifteen who has an idea but can't put it into writing, and aims to develop that idea with professional touches, subsequently gaining professional experience in game and screenplay writing, as well as acquiring skills in managing people, building teams, and developing interpretation in directing, can participate.
What is the purpose of education?
Our goal is to help you overcome the difficulties you face in expressing yourself, putting your thoughts on paper, and developing your intellectual abilities, by guiding you through the right steps to deepen and enrich your writing talent. Beyond that, we aim to teach and develop the skill of managing people—a vital life skill—in the realm of artistic creation.
What are the benefits of this training?
By the end of this eight-week process, your inherent talent will become apparent, and you will begin to lay the foundations for professionalism. You will also learn how to work collaboratively and understand the necessary steps in the production process.
COURSE SCHEDULE
1 .
LESSON 1
· Introduction
· Ancient Theatre
· Introduction to Dramatic Arts
· What is directing?
2nd Lesson
· Medieval Theatre
· Introduction to Writing – Character Creation
· Exercise: Writing the first story
· Project development
LESSON 3
· Renaissance Theatre
· Differences Between Hero – Antihero – Villain – Character – Type
Work: Writing the first character story
· Assembling a project team
4th LESSON
· Neo-Classical Theatre
· Plot – Action Plan
· Work: First Screenplay – writing dramatic texts suitable for plays and comedies.
· Determining the interpretation of the selected dramatic text.
5th LESSON
· Romantic Period Theatre
· Status – Message – Proposition
Work experience: Sketch writing – Copywriting
· Preparing a visual representation of a scene to be used in a dramatic text.
LESSON 6
· 19th Century Theatre
· The distinction between fiction and reality.
· Developing the written dramatic text
· Learning about technical possibilities
7th Lesson
· Avant-garde Theatre
· Cinematic Movements
· Finishing the dramatic text
· Budgeting
8th LESSON
· Absurdist and Postmodernist Theatre
· What is Cinema? Cinema Movements
· Preparing the project for the dramatic text.
· Sponsorship efforts
GÜNEŞ SARAÇOĞLU
A graduate of Dokuz Eylül University's Performing Arts Department, Güneş Saraçoğlu began her professional career as a writer for the Republic Ball, accompanied by State Artist Yıldız Kenter and the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. Later, invited to Istanbul, Güneş Saraçoğlu became a writer for Armağan Çağlayan, wrote the cabaret show with Gülben Ergen and Armağan Çağlayan at Günay Restaurant, and became the writer and editor of Armağan Çağlayan's programs "Son Ütücü" and "Armağan İle Bu Hafta," and penned Armağan Çağlayan's stand-up show. In later years, she worked as a television editor on major channels such as Show TV, Star TV, and Kanal D, on daytime and midday programs such as "Kocam Size Emanet" and "Aile Sırları," and on the primetime competition program "Huysuz'la Dans Eder Misin." In 2012, Saraçoğlu was invited to the primetime television program "Ben Bilmem Eşim Bilir" (I Don't Know, My Wife Knows). That same year, she became an editor-writer for the company Edutainment. There, she wrote commercials, entertainment, and shows for many brands, including Doğuş Otomotiv (twice), Securitas, BASF, Jansen, Nobel, Pimapen, Pepsi, TEB, Volvo, and many others. In 2013, she became one of the screenwriters for the television program "Heberler" (News). In 2014, she co-wrote the screenplay for the Kanal D series "Zeytin Tepesi" (Olive Hill) with Gülnaz Saraçoğlu. In 2015, Güneş Saraçoğlu began her first theatrical directorial venture, writing and directing plays such as "Hayallere Yolculuk" (Journey to Dreams), "Simo," "Şşşt Dengeni Bozma" (Shhh, Don't Disturb Your Balance), "Yüzyılın Son Döngüsü" (The Last Cycle of the Century), and "Tesla." These plays were staged numerous times in İzmir and Istanbul. The play "Tesla" held the distinction of being the first theatrical play written in Turkey for many years. In 2022, TAP company presented the play "The Last Cycle of the Century" to audiences in Istanbul several times. Also in 2022, Saraçoğlu became one of the editorial question writers for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," one of Turkey's most famous game shows, and later managed the budget for İstikbal commercials broadcast in Turkey. In 2023, she began her master's studies at Bursa Uludağ University. That same year, she wrote the screenplay for a commercial for "Niyazoğlu Special Education Institution," broadcast in Europe and Turkey, for CEY MEDYA, a production company based in İzmir. Since 2024, she has been teaching Dramaturgy 1 and 3, and Stage Practice courses at Haliç University. In 2025, her thesis, "An Examination of Michael Foucault's Ideas on Power, Frederic Jameson's Ideas on Culture, and Jean Baudrillard's Ideas on Simulation Through Three Contemporary Works," was unanimously accepted. She is in the process of publishing her thesis as a book.
