2008-07-21 15:17:57 http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/News/Articles/Index.html Established in 1996, The Script Factory has become one of Europe?s leading development organizations working to support screenwriters by finding and developing new screenwriting talent; by supporting the people who work with screenwriters; and by presenting unique and unmissable live screenwriting events with some of cinema?s top creative talent. Copyright ScriptFactory, 2003 info@scriptfactory.co.uk en-gb http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/img/logo.gif http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk 90 36 http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_45.html “Every year for many years now I have been invited to lead a week-long screenwriting workshop, with the screenwriter Paul Fraser, in one of the Arvon Foundation’s beautiful country houses. These houses have been bequeathed by famous writers for the sole use of providing a tranquil and conducive environment for writers to teach writing and share their experience with the next generation of writers. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_44.html Taking place from 23–25 July, at the beautiful Keble College, Oxford, this year's BRITDOC themes are Comedy and Music. Guests who will be heading for Oxford include comedic director Larry Charles (Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm), as well as renowned composers like Michael Nyman and Jonathan Dove, and Mercury Prize-nominee Nitin Sawhney. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_43.html For some writers in the industry ‘soap’ is still a dirty word. With a reputation for impossible deadlines, huge audience figures to maintain and the spectre of reams of development notes showering down on you from every conceivable angle, on the surface it could appear a frustrating proposition. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_42.html SHOWstudio, is requesting your submissions to a 24-part screenplay. Titled The '24hrs' Project, and involving a 24-hour fashion shoot with the prestigious fashion house Yves Saint Laurent over the night of Saturday 14 July, the project will create a catalogue and a short film of the forthcoming YSL 'Edition 24' collection and will be broadcast live on SHOWstudio to a global audience. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_41.html The pair were in conversation with the journalist David Gritten – we’ve reproduced selected extracts of the discussion here. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_40.html Scroll to the bottom to follow Hannah's journey from the beginning... http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_24.html Friday 21 Jan 2005 http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_39.html In an era when audiences are so comfortable with multiple narratives that a mass market love story like Sliding Doors can play with parallel universes without anyone blinking an eyelid, it’s still common for screenwriters to be told that flashbacks are 'too hard' or 'lazy', or (in the face of substantial evidence to the contrary), that all films can be written via a one-size-fits-all approach, which involves a linear three- or four-act structure and one protagonist on a journey towards emotional and spiritual fulfilment. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_38.html The conversation was led by journalist and former editor of Screen International Nick Roddick. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_37.html With just a few full moons between now and the 17 March closing date, the surgery might be just what you need. Have a look at the , and test Ludo and his online partner Bella Coates (Golconda's own Development Exec), with the trickiest challenge you can. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_36.html The Brit version - a quiet, calm pause on the face of Donald Sutherland's Mr Bennet - has been superceded by an altogether more romantic and, dare we say, more predictable ending for US audiences, complete with Darcy & Elizabeth smooches. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_35.html The Script Factory Masterclass with Carlos Reygadas & Anapola Mushkadiz, in conversation with journalist Leslie Felperin http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_34.html Briony Hanson (Co-director, The Script Factory) http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_33.html In reality it’s a universally acknowledged truth that scriptwriting can be a fantastically arduous task; but it’s not only a discipline - more importantly, it requires discipline. Successfully translating ideas onto paper is what distinguishes good screenwriters from bad, but the process of producing ninety-odd pages of writing can be a painful experience of overcoming distraction, even for the pros. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_31.html The Stanley Kubrick Masterclass with Niels Mueller http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_25.html Tanya Seghatchian: Welcome Alexander! I wonder if you could begin by talking about the nature of friendship and the nature of the relationship between Miles and Jack, and also about the similarities with Bruce Robinson’s film [Withnail & I] which is something that most of the audience here will probably know. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_27.html Over the last 6 months, we've made the effort to get many of these sessions transcribed here on our site so that we can share them with more than just the handful of people who are lucky enough to snatch up tickets on the night. What is emerging is an invaluable resources of interviews with some of the best filmmakers in the world - all here, all free for your enjoyment. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_18.html Buy your ticket, take your seats, and come on a http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_26.html Day 1 – 10 February 2005 http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_23.html In London from New York to see his film Maria Full Of Grace premiere at the London Film Festival, Joshua was happy to hang out at SCENE and enjoyed a warm conversation with Britain's most celebrated filmmaker. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_10.html ‘It’s a short story anthology, a scriptwriting development programme and a brand new feature film all in one’, they said. All you had to do was enter your own story, then get selected along with sixteen other writers for a workshop process, and finally end up one of the lucky four writers working on a multi-strand feature film treatment. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_9.html Briony Hanson http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_7.html http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_5.html GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING: A MASTERCLASS IN ADAPTATION, FROM BRUSH TO PEN TO CAMERA. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_4.html Extracted from http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_3.html Even when I read the synopsis of Thirteen I knew it would be a new favourite. I love teenagers – their frantic highs and lows, the extremes of emotion, the effortless hilarity they bring to every situation and the pain; the pain of growing up which no one comes through unscarred, and so the resonance with our own experience coupled with the relief of getting through it is uniquely pleasurable. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_1.html Just to reiterate, genre theory is not about being ‘commercial’ (asking writers to compromise their voice and integrity), but rather is about considering the expectations of an audience, and considering why it is important, if not crucial, for new writers to acknowledge these. http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/screen/News/Articles/Article_2.html ‘Feeling?' That is an odd kind of question. What is it about? Well, I think it is about genre. Genre, quite simply means a type of film, but it has a much more complex cultural meaning and it is a classic example of the sum total being a lot more than the parts. It is important to dispel the negative associations; genre is not about stereotype, formula, or predictability. Whilst it is defined as a type of film it means ‘type’ in terms of what does the audience expect?