FOREIGN FILM + TV DRAMA RECOMMENDATIONS
Hi There, I had a lot of reaction to my BLOG two weeks ago about French film ‘The Day I Saw Your Heart’. There seem to be strong feelings out there about the lack of decent ‘mainstream’ movies (and TV drama?) compared to so many of the foreign films and TV shows . SO this […]
LONDON SCREENWRITERS FESTIVAL 2012 REVIEW
Hi There, I got a wonderful response to last week’s newsletter about French \ foreign films and the favourable comparison to general Hollywood output. One idea that was suggested on the back of it (thank you Kate Scott) was a ‘World’ drama \ feature film list, the equivalent of my British TV drama list of […]
INSPIRING (FRENCH) SCREENPLAYS
Hi There, Last night I went to see French film ‘The Day I Saw Your Heart‘, part of the UK Jewish Film Festival at the Phoenix cinema in East Finchley, North London. This was billed as a ‘comic melodrama’. The film is about that staple of so many successful dramatic stories – the dysfunctional family […]
C4SCREENWRITING 2013 ENTRY DEADLINE, LONDON SCREENWRITERS FESTIVAL ETC
Hi There, CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2013 First and most importantly this week, entries to the CHANNEL 4 screenwriting course 2013 are now entering their last few days – Entries close at 5pm this coming Wednesday Nov 7th. This is a fantastic opportunity for writers without a broadcast TV or feature film credit. 2013 will […]
BEST EVER BRITISH TV DRAMA?
Hi There, Something a bit different this week – and a day early too! Why am I a day early? (You may ask). Because I’m off to the annual London Screenwriters Festival tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday. As a punter on Friday – but it’s always a great chance to meet up with so many of […]
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Hi There, This week I have been paying my annual visit to the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL. I am hugely impressed year after year at the amazingly high quality of films shown at the LFF and this year was no exception. I’ve been to 5 films in the past week, all of which had something to […]
Script Consultant Newsletter Oct 12th WRITING GROUPS – Mercy Hooper Guest Blog
Hi There, This week a guest blog from writer and former script editor MERCY HOOPER. Mercy responded to my newsletters of the last two weeks with these really interesting thoughts about a very good alternative to formal uni screenwriting courses. Over to you Mercy… ‘I live in Peckham, SE London and have 3 primary school-aged […]
SCRIPT CONSULTANT NEWLETTER OCT 5TH 2012 – More on Uni script-writing courses
Hi There, Lots of really interesting responses to my newsletter of last week about university screenwriting courses and what they can do for you as a screenwriter, some of which are below… John Martin Johnson – ‘After a dozen years in the telly writing business I’ve just started the 1 Year Full Time MA Script […]
SCRIPTWRITING UNIVERSITY COURSES
Hi There, Last weekend saw the latest running of our ‘Authoritative Guide to Writing & Selling A Great Screenplay‘ course in London. Once again, it was a lot of fun and we’ve again received a lot of great feedback. We’ve now scheduled two further courses for January & March 2013 – and you can see […]
TV DRAMA SERIES AND OTHER MUSINGS
Hi There, DRAMA SERIES This week – a few more thoughts about drama series formats, in preparation for my CREATING DRAMA SERIES script lab at the London Screenwriters Festival at the end of October. http://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/whats-on/sessions/writing-tv-drama-with-ch4-screenwriting-course-leader-philip-shelley I’ve worked – as script editor and producer – on a lot of series and spent a lot of time […]