Quote: Griff @ October 30 2009, 3:50 PM BSTIt seemed to work for the Nazis.
Ah, those pesky Nazis knew how to put on a show!
Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival 2009 Page 2
Quote: Griff @ October 30 2009, 3:34 PM BSTNot a "screen" one, anyway. I'm all about stage and radio at the moment and probably will stick at that for a while (oh, you lucky stage and radio producers etc.)
It would have been worthwhile still as the agents represent film, TV, theatre and radio. Plus you can go for as few or many days as you like, some just did one. It feels like I did a month! I'll blog about it I'm sure (you lucky, lucky people)
Quote: Stan Doubt @ October 30 2009, 3:15 PM BSTSurprising that there weren't more BSGers there...
I'm not.
When I raised it months ago I was drowned in a wave of apathy and people griping about the costs and saying "nowt good ever came out of t'festivals".
I was hoping to come but suddenley got all busy.
Glad you enjoyed it.
There were indeed theatre agents there. There are lots of media festivals though, and one think I learnt was that you can network with agents and producers at any of them. The talks were interesting though - how to market yourself, what various people in the industry do, understanding contracts, advice from established writers, that Aristotle created the film script format etc...
Quote: Griff @ October 30 2009, 5:08 PM BSTThere's no getting around it, people who post on here are without exception utterly dreadful.
Aristotle Aristotole was a bugger for the bottle
And Socrates was permanently pissed.
Quote: Griff @ October 30 2009, 3:39 PM GMTAh OK, thanks for letting me know. I hope you do blog about it, would be interesting to read more.
I have blogged my thoughts on the whole thing. I think it was Aristole that once said 'Stop drugging my milk, fool!'
Quote: Griff @ October 31 2009, 11:00 AM GMTWas Aristotle a CUT TO traditionalist? Or did he prefer FADE TO and DISSOLVE TO?
On the last presentation of the festival, in front of a crowded lecture hall this was the answer shouted out to the rhetorical question 'does anyone know who invented the movie script format?' by a certain member of the forum. To be fair, we were all exhausted and James Schamus speaks very fast.
Quote: Stan Doubt @ November 4 2009, 9:04 AM GMT
On the last presentation of the festival, in front of a crowded lecture hall this was the answer shouted out to the rhetorical question 'does anyone know who invented the movie script format?' by a certain member of the forum. To be fair, we were all exhausted and James Schamus speaks very fast.
I feel I should also say I misheard the question as 'who invented the story-telling format?' Although to be honest I was so tired that day that I think I answered all my questions: 'Aristotle'.
Luckily, we were in the front row and I said it quietly enough that James and Stan were probably the only people that heard it, although Stan is doing his best to rectify that! 
There was a look of puzzlement that briefly scampered across James' face when you said it.
I'm going to go to his next talk and shout out 'Julius Caesar'
Quote: Stan Doubt @ November 4 2009, 1:31 PM GMTThere was a look of puzzlement that briefly scampered across James' face when you said it.
I'm not surprised! Maybe I should have shouted out Plato later on so he thought I had some sort of Greek philosopher Tourettes?
Only live in Cheltenham, feel I missed out here 