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A new partnership with Circalit
Tue, 9 Mar 2010
We’re delighted to be embarking on a relationship with Circalit, a new social networking site for writers that’s making waves in the screenwriting community. A revolutionary free web service, Circalit offers writers the opportunity to post their screenplays on line in order to get peer review. Ultimately as the site grows this will develop and increasingly become a showcase for writers who want to get their work in front of industry professionals. Here at The Script Factory, we’re always on the hunt for ways for writers to get constructive feedback on their work and have the chance to become part of a network of fellow writers, agents and producers, so we’re pleased to be backing this new project. With that in mind, we’ll be giving a Script Factory Feedback Report to the top rated script on the Circalit site each month.
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New dates for Script Reading this Spring
Tue, 2 Mar 2010
We've just opened up new dates for our perennially popular Script Reading course this Spring. The course is an invaluable insight into the beginnings of the filmmaking process. By looking at produced screenplays and reading work by new screenwriters over two days, course participants explore what makes a good screen story, learn to identify the potential within a script and explore how to recognise screenwriting talent.
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Producer Placement Programme Deadline Approaching
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
News just in from Martin Pope from Magic Light Pictures, one of The Script Factory's Friendly Producers, who is looking for five up and coming producers to join his Producer Placement Programme in April. Designed to provide film producers with insight into the working operations and business realities of the film market the Producer Placement Programme will give a greater understanding of commercial processes, and help develop the business acumen and market understanding to be able to initiate, finance and sell successful British films.
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She Writes - shortlist selected!
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
After much agonising we have now selected a shortlist for our major programme She Writes - targeted directly at women screenwriters, co-presented together with our partners at Birds Eye View and supported by the Skillset Film Skills Fund. The shortlist has all been notified and everyone who applied should now have heard from us by email. If for some reason you have not yet heard from us you might check your spam folder - and if still no word, do please email us at SheWrites@scriptfactory.co.uk and we'll re-send. Thanks to everyone who applied - the response has been amazing! The programme caters for eight 'emerging' women writers who will join us over the course of 2010 - we'll announce the winners shortly.
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News from Shooting People
Wed, 13 Jan 2010
Our partners over at Shooting People are always looking for ways to help filmmakers make money, something we heartily approve of. Making a short film needn't make you a starving artist. One competition that's got Shooters’ red bulb flashing is Mofilm's ad competition in Barcelona this February. Filmmakers are asked to make an ad of less than 90 seconds for one of five brands. Prizes include a car, going to Tribeca Film Festival, designing your own film tech packages, and a bunch of other cash prizes (ranging from $1,000 to $10,000).
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Beat the VAT rise…
Tue, 24 Nov 2009
We hate to sound like market traders, but here at The Script Factory we’re keen to make certain you get your money’s worth. Spotting that the current lovely reduction in VAT is about to come to an abrupt end, we are now scrambling to schedule new dates for the New Year across all our training courses. This will ensure you can book your place now and avoid the VAT price hike which kicks in this coming January 2010 on a great range of film training.
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