Review: Straight White Male
Straight White Male by John Niven My rating: 4 of 5 stars How do you succeed in creating a difficult central character, indeed a quite obnoxious one, and yet persuade your readers to fall in…
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Review: Twelve Curious Deaths in France
Twelve Curious Deaths in France by John Goldsmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is an intriguing book filled with a wide variety of stories all, as the title says, centring around someone dying…
Charles Harris Film & TV
PARADISE GROVE Lee Blakemore and Andy Lucas in Paradise Grove Cinema. Leyland O’Brien makes his screen debut in this offbeat coming-of-age movie as a confused mixed race teenager living and working in the retirement home…
Utter Folly by Paul Bassett Davies – review
I was expecting great things from Utter Folly and I wasn’t disappointed. Great energetic fun.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Screenwriter
I have a soft spot for Le Carré and I went to see Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with certain trepidation. The reviews were good, but not universally so, and adaptations can be dire – especially…
If you want to sell your script, don’t get stuck on the bridge
IS YOUR SCRIPT STUCK ON THE BRIDGE? Back from holiday, I’ve been thinking about a massive underpublicised reason why far too many writers don’t sell. If you’re a writer, then you want to sell your…
Ultra-short Pitching Competition – The Answers
A few days ago, I wrote about the industry’s most famous pitch – a mere three words – “Jaws in Space.” It was the original pitch for Alien. And I promised to tell you about a two word and a one word pitch – the only ones I know of.
Power Pitching Tips
Can you imagine being able to grab the attention of industry professionals in just a few words?
Actually, that’s an essential if you want to succeed as a writer, director or producer in film or TV.
It’s the first and most important tip:
Pitching Tips
The ability to pitch well is important for everyone who works in film or TV Don’t be too put off by all the mythology, though. Pitching is a skill that can be learned and practised…
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