BIOPICS
BIOPICS It seems to me that BIOPICS are one of the hardest genres to nail. There are just so many pitfalls to avoid with this – extremely well-worn – genre. Some of those pitfalls – Name-dropping / name-checking. By which I mean the trope where famous names are dropped into the conversation – and the […]
HOW TO GET AN AGENT by Jenny Takahashi Stark
How to get an agent By: Jenny Takahashi Stark How do you get an agent? Like, how the HELL do you get an agent?? That’s the question I kept asking myself a few years ago. I’d Google it and some vague stuff would come up about knowing the right people and winning competitions. I really […]
DRAMATIC STORY & SPORT
Hi There, Please bear with this – there is a story telling reason for it!… In August last year (2023) I went to watch my son running in a very low-key 5000m race on the track in Eltham South London. Leading up to his race was a series of 800m & 1500m races. These events, […]
CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2025
Hi There, CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2025 I hope you have had an enjoyable and productive summer. I’m delighted to be able to announce that we will again be running the CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE in 2025. Entries will open on Monday September 23rd and close on Friday October 4th. All the details are on […]
MONTAGE
MONTAGE IN SCREENPLAYS I’ve been thinking about MONTAGE recently – when does it work? What makes a good montage? What makes a bad montage? Montage is used very much more in film than in TV series drama. It’s so often used to rush us through a particular section of story – and there’s less […]
WRITERS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Hi There, SCRIPT READING & DEVELOPMENT Q&A July 18th 6pm – 2 ½ hour session on zoom for max 8 people. As of Thursday July 11th, there is one spot remaining for this session – Script Reading & Development Q&A – Philip Shelley, Script Consultant (script-consultant.co.uk) THE GENERAL ELECTION Is it just me or is […]
SCRIPT LIBRARY – 12 NEW SCRIPTS
Hi There, I’m very pleased to have been able to add 12 new scripts to my website SCRIPT LIBRARY. https://script-consultant.co.uk/script-library/ One of the things that is brought home to me every year by the huge amount of script reading I do for the entries for the CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE, the GREENLIGHT SCREENWRITING LAB […]
CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2024 SCRIPTS
CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE – THIS YEAR’S 12 SCRIPTS ‘Screenwriting is strange because you start imagining a purely visual story — but the first stage is to reduce it to a written outline — then you have to turn it into this very formulaic, rigid screenplay (with its own codes and catchphrases and even its […]
NEW – DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY
Hi There, An apology – but this week’s newsletter is entirely self-publicising – for a new / updated part of my script consultancy – https://script-consultant.co.uk/production-companies/ DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY Having run the Channel 4 screenwriting course for 14 years and the Greenlight Screenwriting Lab for Irish screenwriters for 2 years, having worked with over 2000 writers through […]
GENERAL MEETINGS – JAMIE HEWITT
Hi There, This fortnight, a very big THANK YOU to JAMIE HEWITT for providing me with his thoughts about GENERAL MEETINGS FOR WRITERS. Jamie is a very experienced and outstanding development producer in the drama department at Tiger Aspect in London (also an excellent screenwriter). He has twice been a script editor on the Channel […]
