| SCRIPT
NEWS - November 2004
NOTE:
Click here
for information about the commission from New
Theatre Works featured in last month's newsletter.
You
can now book for our popular 'Introduction to
Screenwriting' course at the MAC (starting January
2005)
This
is a 10-week course that uses a series of team
workshops, lectures and discussion groups to teach
the fundamentals of writing a short film for the
silver screen.
Using
examples from short films, scripts etc, this course
explores stages of development, script format,
genre and getting your script made into a film.
Writers
who attended this course at Light House, Wolverhampton
in February made these comments:
'I
have gained the knowledge of how to write an engaging,
effective short screenplay.'
'I
wrote a screenplay in accordance with the inspiration
and guidance, which was workshopped, re-written
and the re-write critiqued. V. Good.'
'I
now have a greater understanding of what makes
a good script and why some scripts do not work.'
The
course will be led by Tracy Symonds, Peter Bullock
and Michael Bickerton.
Where?:
MAC (Midlands Arts Centre), Cannon Hill
Park
When?:
Saturdays 10am-12noon, 10-week course
commencing 15 January 2005
Cost:
£62.50 (£47.75 concs)
How
to book: MAC Box Office on 0121 440 3838
An
opportunity for Directors - five writers with
five stories to tell...
Script,
as part of its new initiative LEAP OFF THE PAGE
is looking for up-to five culturally diverse*
Directors who would like to produce up-to five
digital short films in association with Light
House Media Centre to be roadshowed around the
West Midlands region in April 2005.
If you
are passionate about directing, used to directing
for drama and based within the West Midlands region,
then we're interested in hearing from you.
For further information, please contact
info@scriptonline.net
This scheme is funded by the Esmee
Fairbairn Foundation.
*Culturally
diverse, for the purposes of the 'Leap off the
Page' programme, describes individuals of black
African, black Caribbean and Asian peoples. This
is a positive action Training and Development
scheme for under-represented ethnic groups in
accordance with section 37 of the Race Relations
Act 1976.
Write
the Ballad of your home town for a BBC writing
competition
Get
Writing has teamed up with the BBC One musical
drama, Blackpool, for their latest competition.
The
brief is to write The Ballad of Your Home Town
in under 250 words - poetic tales of local heroes,
infamous rogues or just the chippie on the high
street. Winning entries will be set to music and
performed on Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe show.
For
more information visit www.bbc.co.uk/getwriting
The
Script Factory and Screen West Midlands are pleased
to announce the second call for submissions to
Writers' Passage West Midlands
...live
in the West Midlands?
...love
film?
...written
a script?
Writers'
Passage West Midlands is a programme designed
to help you on the next stage of your journey.
This
nine-month programme will guide eight committed
writers through the process of re-drafting their
screenplays to an industry standard. The programme
includes:
Two
workshops with the chance to have your script
performed by professional actors.
One-to-one
development sessions with a script editor.
Tickets
to screenwriting masterclasses during the London
Film Festival.
Direct
feedback from successful producers currently working
in the UK film industry.
If you
have already written the first draft of a screenplay
intended as a feature film, please visit www.scriptfactory.co.uk/WhatWeDo/Info_12.html
The
deadline for submissions is Friday 17 December
2004
Drama
Association of Wales One-Act Playwriting Competition
This
is open to all writers, not just those living
in Wales.The 2005 competition is for plays for
an all-female cast. Playing time should be 20-50
minutes and prize-winning plays will be considered
for publication.
There
are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. The
competition is held to promote the writing of
one-act plays in English and Welsh. Previous winners
may enter. If you would like an application form
or further information on the Drama Association
of Wales, please contact Teresa on 029 2045 2220
or email aled.daw@virgin.net
Deadline:
31 January 2005
The
W.R Foundation Award
Willy
Russell, writer of Educating Rita, Shirley
Valentine and Blood Brothers, and
Tim Firth, writer of Calendar Girls, have
announced a new playwrights' award for the Edinburgh
Fringe.
The
winner will receive £5,000 towards staging
a new piece of writing at next year's Edinburgh
Fringe.
For
more information visit: www.willyrussell.com/foundation.html
Deadline:
24 December 2004
Midlands
Film at MAC Cinema - Khaled El Hagar, Writer/Director
LITTLE
DREAMS - MAC Cinema, Friday 19
November at 8.30pm
ROOM
TO RENT - MAC Cinema, Sunday 21 November
at 8.30pm
This
popular MAC cinema strand celebrates the West
Midlands' film community.
In this
programme, the spolight falls on the Cairo born
and Birmingham based writer and director, Khaled
El Hagar, who has notched up many international
awards for his challenging movies. MAC will be
screening his feature films, Little Dreams
(1993) and Room to Rent (2001).
Khaled
has developed a distinctive visual look, which
at times - in his films, Room to Rent and
Women's Love - has drawn favourable comparison
with that of the Spanish director, Pedro Almodovar.
A Birmingham resident for 14 years, and a mentor
to many new film makers, Khaled recently represented
Birmingham (and Egypt) at the London International
Film Festival when his new movie, Women's
LoveI, was premiered.
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