J'Parker
Monday 24th August 2009 4:46pm [Edited]
56 posts
Quote: Sebastian Orange-News @ August 20 2009, 2:48 PM BST
I have never been to a sitcom trials (I live in the less exuberant north), I have seen the clips on YouTube from the TV show but I was wondering whether they tended to favour a certain style of sitcom. I have written a sitcom trials script involving wrist slashing and I know they have dealt with this theme a fair bit in sitcom (notably the Peep Show) but I am wondering whether this would be too much for a sitcom trails sitcom.
If people will find it funny, and it makes sense within the scope of your sitcom, why the hell not? There's some quite dark stuff that's come in, and some very light stuff. Quality is what's important, as we're not going to try and second guess what production companies are going to want next.
Quote: MarkB @ August 20 2009, 10:48 AM BST
In the meantime if anybody does know whether any additional docs need including with the script or if there is a submission requirement list knocking about the ST website that I'm too technically ignorant to find then I'd appreciate it
No, just the script - preferably making the split between the ten minute opening section and the two-three minute payoff obvious. We also ask for your contact details on the first page of script itself incase it gets separated from your e-mail.
We didn't specify too much stuff like that because we'd rather people were spending the time thinking about the quality of their script than worrying about formatting or submitting additional material.
If your script is selected you'll probably be asked to supply some more details (for programmes and the like), but for now we only want the script.
Sorry for the delayed replies, I'm just back from a holiday.