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Anyone fancy joining in on a 10 person early bird discount for a couple of days at the festival? Works out £176 each (normal price ~£244).
People are welcome to crash at my place.
- PROGRAMME -
Themes include;
Conversion - How do you go from writing in one industry sector to another. You have a regular writing gig on a well known TV show, getting paid regularly and generally enjoying life, but you want to write for Film, we are here to help. Whether you are a TV writer wanting to write a feature script, or a feature scriptwriter wanting to write for TV, or a Radio writer trying to get into TV or Film, or maybe you're a Producer who wants to write themselves, or an Editor or Actor that would like to get the hang of writing but are not to sure how to go about it.. With a series of sessions we aim to help you 'convert' your talents and recognise your 'transferable skills'.
Time Lord Day - A look at the UK's most successful sci-fi fantasy series in all its various formats; from the TV series, to the novelisations, to the audio CD's, to the comics, to the web and further; a full 360 degree look at the adventures of our favourite non-medical Doctor. We are hoping to gather together writers from the earlier series' as well as scribes from the more recent series' to have a good old chat about the Time Traveller from Gallifrey.
Short Films - Most writers start on short films, some get the opportunity to write and direct. Most filming competitions revolve around short films, so we are going to explore the short film, examine and deconstruct it. Like a well skilled pathologist we will dissect a chosen short film, looking at the initial writing to development to production to editing to exhibition and distribution.
UK vs. US - With so many UK based TV shows getting the Trans Atlantic treatment such as 'The Office', 'Life on Mars' and 'The IT Crowd'. We'll look at what the differences are between writing for a UK and a US audience.
The Writers' Manifesto - After two years of work the Writers' Guild of Great Britain has drafted a document that could transform the way in which writers are contracted.
Scriptmarket'09 - After a one year hiatus the market is back, bigger and better, we will be opening up for submissions in February, so keep an eye out for our e-bulletins with the start dates.
The Son of the Pitch - Again our successful live pitching competition is back with the ten victims, sorry finalists, getting a masterclass in pitching from Julian Friedmann and the opportunity to pitch to our panel of industry professionals and the audience. In a further twist this year it's not just the panel that will quiz the pitchers about their ideas, the audience are going to be able to ask too. Each year many of the pitchers get picked up by production companies and we're hoping next year will be no exception.
We have got our feelers out and will get some of this country's, and worlds, best writing, directing and producing talent. As with previous years we want you to suggest people that you would like to see at the Festival speaking. We will try our best, but before you ask, Simon Pegg is 'NEVER' available. Also if there are any subjects you would like to see covered or workshops that you would like to have included please send them to myself at kenny@screenwritersfestival.com.