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ON SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT Character Character and Storytelling Developing Strong Scripts The Distribution Game The Film Council- what does it offer developers? Genre Today, Genre Tomorrow... The ScreenLab Philosophy What's the Alternative? What Writing Software? - Review Writer's Mind Character by Charles Harris Every director, producer and development executive in Britain is obsessed with structure. Which is a shame, not because structure more important is character... Character and Storytelling by Alan Denman The success of any film depends upon its ability to draw an audience into the fictitious world depicted on screen through character... Developing Strong Scripts by Charles Harris One of the ironies of low and no-budget films is that their weakness usually comes not from lack of production funds but from the least expensive thing to fix... The Distribution Game Suddenly it's all over. We've finished our debut feature - but the job that follows is going to be as tough as the job of making it... The FILM COUNCIL - what does it offer developers? by the Film Council An overview of the schemes run by the Film Council and what it's been up to recently... Genre Today, Genre Tomorrow... by Charles Harris Many otherwise excellent film projects don't find finance - or an audience - for reasons the film-makers can't understand... The ScreenLab Philosophy by Charles Harris If we are to make better films, it is vital that up-and-coming directors and producers have a place where they can improve their skills in working with writers and their scripts... What's the Alternative? by Charles Harris Without understanding how scripts work, writers, directors and producers cannot work properly. They flounder, attempting to polish scripts without the necessary craft skills to do the job. But what about the times when the "rules" don't apply...? What Writing Software? Want to know if it's worth getting special screenwriting software? I like fiddling around with computers as an excuse not to write my next script. Here's what I found. Writer's Mind by Charles Harris Despite the hundreds of books and seminars you can find on writing, what few people realise is that the vast majority of these do not teach "writing" at all... |
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