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An occasional series of articles of interest to screenwriters and people who work with stories, from directors to producers and developers.
In addition to the articles below, you can also click here to read extracts from previous Script Factory Masterclasses, and find out what is on this month for filmmakers and developers.
The parent trap: art after children
Tue, 3 Aug 2010
Among the many responses we received after the brilliant Frank Cottrell Boyce delivered his keynote lecture at our Serious Screenwriting event at BAFTA earlier this summer was a collective gasp at the casual mention of his seven children… yes, home-schooled! This week The Guardian carried another brilliant slice of Frank wisdom as he makes the case for family chaos being friend not foe to the creative mind.
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We always knew Bigelow's Hurt Locker would do it!
Wed, 17 Mar 2010
We couldn't have been more thrilled to see Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s The Hurt Locker clean up at the Oscars on Sunday night as they did at the BAFTAs last month. As a result of some string-pulling from distributor’s Optimum, The Script Factory was delighted to stage a preview of the film late last summer together with on-stage conversation with Bigelow and Boal. As the film's awards collection threatens to burst at the seams, you can read extracts of our illuminating conversation here.
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Oscar hosts sum up screenwriters
Tue, 9 Mar 2010
Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jnr presented the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the Kodak Theatre last weekend, with an inspired speech on the theme 'Great movies begin with great writing'.
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Final word from our LFF blogger
Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Hurrah! It’s that time of year again. For most people October means talking about the X Factor, drinking red wine and moaning about the fact it is Autumn. However, for me, Katie Campbell, it means going to the cinema on your own at 9.30am on a Sunday. And occasionally standing in the same room as movie stars and generally being very smug about going to see a lot of films for free ages before anyone else. The London Film Festival is here and the nice Script Factory people have let me write a blog!
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Behind the scenes on Dorian Gray
Tue, 8 Sep 2009
Our intrepid colleague Katie Campbell has always suspected that at heart she is a Victorian Gin Whore, which is why she jumped at the chance of a day as an extra on the London set of British costume drama Dorian Gray. If you’re heading to see the movie in cinemas this week, take a moment to glance behind the scenes and see just how the movie business really works.
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Screen Australia calls for Script Factory applicants - last day!
Tue, 8 Sep 2009
It's the final day for Oz script developers and creative producers to make an application to join The Script Factory when we head for Australia next month to run a Script Developer Training programme as guests of Screen Australia. A workshop aimed at up-skilling the standard of Australian development practice we'll be providing high-quality training in script analysis and development for the benefit of 21 practitioners from around Australia. We'll be staging two three-day workshops in late October 2009, the first in Sydney, hosted by the New South Wales Film and Television Office (Screen NSW), and the second in Melbourne, hosted by Film Victoria.
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