Transmedia Opportunities Online & Beyond #LondonSWF
Paul Irwin, Steve Ince and Tim Clague joined us to talk about Transmedia and how it’s evolving the choices of writers. Firstly, says Tim, “Transmedia WTF? Right!” and it’s true that a lot of people are still unsure of the differences between transmedia, crossmedia etc.. and the opportunities transmedia offers both for the creators and […]
Manifesting Success #LondonSWF
Jonathan Newman and Chris Jones joined forces to speak about mindset, our relationship with our own lives and how we can improve our options and chances by the way we think and respond to outside forces that influence our lives. Many of our responses are so automatic, often reasonable enough not to consider changing attitude, […]
Getting Your Drama Commissioned By The BBC #LondonSWF
Ben Stephenson, the BBC’s Controller of Drama Comissioning to give us an understanding of the inner workings of BBC programming and how best to work at getting those scripts to screen. The BBC is quite unique in it’s broadcasting remit, largely because of the licencing fee, and it has a wider access than most companies […]
Welcome To The Punch: Script to Screen #LondonSWF
Julian Gilby chatting to writer/director Eran Creevy and DoP Ed Wild instead of a formal interview with clips and explanations turned out to be a down to earth, fun and informal chat about the work the guys have done together and how projects like ‘Shifty’ and ‘Welcome to the Punch’ plus Eran’s new film ‘Autobahn’ […]
The Eszterhas Award & The British Screenwriters’ Awards #LondonSWF
Breaking news at the London Screenwriters’ Festival was that from next year, the organisation will be producing a new awards ceremony for screenwriting in the UK by way of the British Screenwriters’ Awards. Something that’s been lacking from the British writing scene where so many incredible screenwriting talents reside. I know from my own film’s […]
Joe Eszterhas ~ Everything You Wanted to Know About Screenwriting…. #LondonSWF
Joe Eszterhas is a veteran screenwriter and Hollywood legend, who’s work has grossed over a billion dollars in film revenues. Considering he was an immigrant to America, writing in his second language, that’s proof of his talent and heart as a writer. He came along to speak candidly about working as a screenwriter, dealing with […]
Luke Ryan: Scriptchat #LondonSWF
One of my favourite parts of the London Screenwriters’ Festival is the Scriptchat section where, after selected sessions, there is an opportunity to go sit round a table with a speaker and chat further with them in an informal setting. More than anything else at the festival, this reinforces the feeling of screenwriters as a […]
And So It Begins… #LondonSWF
This morning, Chris kicked off an even bigger than ever 2013 London Screenwriters’ Festival with the usual welcome introduction to the festival workings, what to expect and a bit of stuff we’d need to know. It’s great to have this intro, as not only are there new faces and many new people attending each year […]
Luke Ryan: How a Script Gets To The Screen ~ #LondonSWF
Luke Ryan is Executive Vice President of Disruption Entertainment, which has a first look deal at Paramount Pictures. He’s also worked as a screenwriter and came to share with us the detailed process of how a Hollywood script gets to the screen and why it does, using the project of Hot Tub Time Machine as an […]
Writing Movies For the Supermarket Checkout.. #LondonSWF
Writer, director, producer Paul Tanter and producer Simon Phillips came along to speak about the consumer market for low budget genre features, and the sales options that become available for those independent films in the dvd market. The guys had some experience of projects but began their independent film franchise careers with the ‘Jack’ franchise […]
