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Re-visit Ben Hecht
Notorious is one of Hitchcock’s most darkly romantic, disturbing and suspenseful thrillers. The script is from legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht - winner of the very first Best Screenplay Oscar - who based it loosely on a story that had appeared in The Saturday Evening Post about a young actress who was recruited to sleep with a spy in order to get hold of some valuable information. The film gets another lease of life this month as part of a giant Ingrid Bergman retro (at BFI Southbank) – and we have free tickets and other goodies on offer to celebrate.
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Dean Spanley
Our regular reviewer Trevor Johnston continues his monthly series dissecting movies to see how the scripts make them work, with a look at Dean Spanley, drawn from a droll 1930’s novella that seems wildly unsuitable for adaptation.
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Script Writing Training – what is it good for?
Script Factory co-director Lucy Scher argues that Screenwriting Training that prioritises individual creativity and doesn’t focus on craft is likely to be popular - but isn’t likely to produce good screenwriters.
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FILM TRAINING
Fri, 16 January 2009
Script Development 101
A new course for script developers which offers the chance to hone your story analysis skills and explore how to nurture creative relationships with writers.
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FILM TRAINING
Wed, 4 February 2009
Script Reading Training
Our ever popular course which teaches how to write industry standard script reports.
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