Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category
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Write as a Professional
17 May 2011I'm busy planning the Euroscript Professional Screenwriting Mini-Summer School (June 24-26), which is devoted to helping TV and cinema screenwriters develop their skills to a higher professional level - and I've been asking myself: what is it that makes the difference between a professional script and one that isn't?
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Get it rite, not written
01 Apr 2011Most people understand if a few typos or stylistic solecisms slip through in an email or (perish the thought) in a blog post. These are informal media. But a treatment or script is different. Unlike other forms of writing, they can easily contain hidden traps.
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Nothing beats the lessons of production
11 Mar 2011You can’t beat what you learn when your script actually goes in front of the camera. Check out Tom Williams’…
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Plan now for Cannes
09 Mar 2011Cannes is the biggie: a week at Cannes is worth a year at film school. And there's things you'll learn there that you'll never learn at school. But if you're going this year, you need to start preparing now. My biggest tip is this. Don't underestimate the value of the work you do during this time.
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How to be Visible
28 Feb 2011You’ve finished your big “this will make your fortune” script and you start sending query letters to agents, producers, production…
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How not to sell your script
14 Jan 2011Last night I got a call from a company who I’d bought from before. The previous time, I spent good…
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A Sure-Fire Way Not To Sell Your First Script
12 Oct 2010I see loads of well-written scripts (and a fair load of badly written scripts too) and I've seen just about every fault that writers have ever invented. But there's one flaw that stands out as being the real killer.
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Power Pitching Tips 2
29 Apr 2010Here's a strange thought. When most people pitch their projects, the question they never ask themselves is why.
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Tip: Writing for Low Budget
09 Mar 2010Here's a crucial tip for writing low budget scripts: Quality actors cost. And of course you want to have the best acting. So, how do you write parts that can be played well by the actors the budget can afford?
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Recycling Oscars is a CROC
15 Feb 2010Let's all join CROC, the Challenge to Recycle the Oscar Campaign by Paul Bassett Davies. The plan is to limit the number of Oscars in circulation. If a previous award-winner makes a really atrocious film, they have to give their Oscar back.
