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What We Do
International Training
Bespoke Training around the world for international filmmakers
The Script Factory has established a reputation for designing comprehensive training courses which provide an intelligent forum for directors, producers, readers, developers and story editors to explore and refine the way they develop film and television projects for an international audience.
A specially designed workshop ranging between one and five days, in consultation with the local industry, can create a pool of skilled, trained and confident filmmakers who can effectively assist writers of feature film and television drama by improving the quality of the scripts. Better scripts make better films, which in turn stand the best chance of reaching audiences around the world.
The Script Factory has conducted bespoke international training courses in:
Sweden - Orebro, Gothenburg
Germany - Berlin
Spain - Sitges, Madrid
Israel - Tel Aviv
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
Ireland - Dublin, Galway
Scotland - Edinburgh
Singapore - Singapore
Slovenia - Ljubljana
India - Mumbai
Poland - Warsaw
Australia - Adelaide, Sydney
Palestine - Jericho
Latvia - Riga
Macedonia - Skopje
Ukraine - Kiev
Our programmes are designed and delivered by industry practitioners able to draw directly on their experience of developing and making quality films and television drama for a global audience.
We employ a wide variety of different session styles from one-to-one development meetings to group discussions, enabling us to develop diverse and absorbing programmes that go beyond theory alone and engage participants in practical elements, group discussion and more project focused feedback sessions.
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OUR WORKSHOPS
Development Workshops
By bringing together screenwriters with readers, developers and creative producers our development workshops not only provide new opportunities for collaboration but also create a group of people within the industry with a shared language of story. Each workshop takes participants through a structured course which begins with storytelling theory and progresses through practical methods of working with scripts and with writers. Our development programmes work by combining a diversity of session types including seminars and group discussions with individual writer and project specific consultations.
Click here for more information about our international script development workshops.
Screenwriting Workshops
As well as our development workshops we have a series of practical programmes specifically for writers seeking to work up their film ideas for the international stage and hone their screenwriting skills. Sessions in which writers define the essential idea of their film are matched with those exploring how to then communicate it meaningfully on screen. Practical writing sessions can be accompanied by sessions pulling focus on the practical aspects of the craft including: scene development, visual storytelling, secondary character development, dialogue, backstory and subplots.
Click here for more information about our international screenwriting workshops.
Low Budget Filmmaking
It is often argued that the vision, talent and desire integral to successful directors and producers are qualities that simply cannot be taught.
Whilst this may be true, there are many practical aspects of being a Producer that can, and should be, taught.
Drawing upon the direct experience of the industry professionals leading the sessions and utilising a combination of case studies, scene analysis and practical exercises our Producer programmes are designed to prepare participants for the myriad of creative choices, professional relationships and tasks involved at every step of a feature film's creation.
Click here for more information about our international script development and producing workshops.
Television
UK broadcasters are known the world over for the quality of their output and for nurturing the writing, producing and directing talent that make it. Many of our most talented, innovative and creative writers, producers and directors first honed their skills by developing stories for the small screen and continue to do so. By drawing on this heritage we are now able to design programmes for industry professionals, that examine the specific processes and practices involved in producing captivating drama for the small screen.
Click here for more information about our international TVDrama workshops for directors.
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Script Factory development workshops also offer participants the time to network, and to form working relationships based on a common understanding and a common language when approaching script problems, or generating or commissioning new projects. The participants make the material relevant to their home industry, simply by spending time out of work, thinking, talking and meeting each other.
Script Factory international workshops are usually run in conjunction with the local film fund, film institute, film festival, or through a production company.
Please email Lucy@scriptfactory.co.uk if you would like to discuss staging a workshop in your country.
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Other International activities include:
The Script Factory is continuing to develop links with European partners. Click here for details of our Spanish partner.