Who could forget the famous red rum scene in Stanley Kubrick’s movie ‘The Shining’?In that acclaimed film, little Danny sleep walks to his mother’s bedside muttering “red rum, red rum” under his breath, picks up a large knife she has beside the bed for protection and stands with it over her body.The film’s producer Jan Harlan will be in Bermuda in May, along with screenwriting teacher Jim Fernald. Their hope is to teach budding screenwriters how to write scenes as compelling as that one as part of a workshop organised by filmmaker Lucinda Spurling.“Jan was Stanley Kubrick’s longtime producer, collaborator and brother-in-law,” said Ms Spurling. “He will speak about the craft of storytelling through Kubrick’s films: ‘The Shining’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘Full Metal Jacket’, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, and ‘Artificial Intelligence’. Jan’s teaching partner, Jim, will teach the screenwriter’s craft.”Mr Harlan and Mr Fernald have taught all over the world.Mr Fernald, a big fan of the Island following a visit here one summer, contacted Ms Spurling after he read an article about her.“We talked about setting up a film school here that would offer classes not just to people in Bermuda, but also bring in students from overseas,” said Ms Spurling. “Maybe, because of the economy, now might not be a good time to start that, but we still might do it in the future.”The workshop is sponsored by the Bermuda College, British Airways and the St George’s Club. It also received a grant from the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Cultural Legacy Fund to allow half of the students to attend on a full scholarship.The scholarship will give people who don’t necessarily have a lot of money, or who might be considered at risk in society, access to the workshop,“I thought about it a lot when I was making the documentary film ‘Poverty in Paradise’,” she said. “There were a couple of women in the film who write. One of them read me a lot of her stuff and I was impressed by how good it was. I thought about people like that not having opportunities to improve their craft. Not everyone can make a film but anyone can write something. Regardless of whether you get an audience, or get published, writing has value in itself. Whether people use it as a catharsis or a way to create something, I am hoping that these people take advantage of the course.”She has contacted Chewstick, the Coalition for the Protection of Children and the Bermuda College and other groups in hopes of finding potential students.“Everyone has said to me ‘I have a couple of people who will be perfect’,” she said. “That is great.”Ms Spurling benefitted from a master's degree in film and television at Bristol University in the UK, but she said she was aware that a lot of potential filmmakers did not have the funds for overseas degrees.“There are a lot of different mistakes that first time screenwriters make,” she said. “The first screenplay I wrote, the first draft was over 200 pages. It needs to be about 120 pages. There are often problems with exposition. You have to show and you shouldn’t tell.”She recommended several books on screenwriting including ‘Save the Cat’ by Blake Snyder, Christopher Vogler’s ‘Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers’ and ‘Your Screenplay Sucks: 100 Ways to Make it Great’ by William Akers.There is no filmmaking equipment required for the workshop. There is no prior experience needed either.“You just have to have a story you want to tell,” Ms Spurling said.The workshop will be held from May 13 to 18. The cost is $475. Contact Ms Spurling at afflarefilms@mac.com.