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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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