Borgen + Breaking Bad : Feb 10th newsletter
Hi there, This is the fourth of my weekly newsletter \ blogs for 2012. BREAKING BAD \ BORGEN There’s nothing like watching a really good
Hi there, This is the fourth of my weekly newsletter \ blogs for 2012. BREAKING BAD \ BORGEN There’s nothing like watching a really good
STORY At the recent first weekend of this year’s Channel 4 screenwriting course, screenwriter & novelist RONAN BENNETT (Top Boy, Hidden, Rebel Heart, Public Enemies)
Watching the turgid ‘THE HOUR’ on BBC2 last night made me think about the state of current UK TV drama – I find myself in
A bit late in the day, some thoughts about activities generated through the website in 2010:- The main work I did last year was unquestionably
Running this website has given me a deep fasination into what makes a good ‘romcom’ as I have been sent several examples of the genre,
Here’s a link to a paper by the very aptly named American academic JAMES CUTTING which discusses the differences between our perception of film shots
FILM CRITICS Seeing the recent critical pasting received by the film The Boys Are Back made me think about how much we all rely on
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/dec/01/research-tv-drama-csi Here’s a link to an interesting article from The Guardian. Some boffins try to apply a scientific \ mathematical approach to script analysis. Interesting
www.script-consultant.co.uk has just passed its first anniversary and I thought I’d briefly reflect on the first year. Above all, it’s been a lot of fun.
A little while ago I went to a screenwriting talk in London. It was run by a US screenwriter, and it was about STRUCTURE. The
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Yes, it’s a cheery one. At the risk of being extremely depressing, I have been thinking, for various reasons, about death quite a lot recently. And that led onto thinking about the
ONE DAY INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING COURSE London Saturday March 22nd I’m delighted to be running this one day course for the first time for 2 years and I am now taking bookings. Please
Hi There, This fortnight I look back at the 1st weekend of the 2025 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE, which we held at C4’s offices in London over the weekend of Jan 18
Hi There, SCREENWRITING THE CRAFT AND THE CAREER by PHILIP SHELLEY Please excuse this 2nd newsletter about my book, published yesterday Thursday January 23rd – it’s important to me and I hope will
Hi There, And Happy New Year! My newsletter returns with some random musings about storytelling for the screen – TROPES & MYTHS I really enjoyed this question and answer from RICHARD LINKLATER’S Q&A
Dear All, SCREENWRITING – THE CRAFT AND THE CAREER by PHILIP SHELLEY https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/screenwriting Following up on last Friday’s newsletter teaser, I’m delighted to be able to share with you that I have written
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