BBC writers room
From Marcella Forster:
Are you the next Debbie Horsfield or Paul Abbott? BBC North Developing Talent in partnership with BBC writersroom is delighted to announce this development opportunity for student / recent graduate drama writers.
Adam, alive and well in San Francisco
“You want to work in America? You want to go back into education? Why not study in America!?”
After I graduated in BA Hons Media Production back in 2008, I found myself in a bit of a standstill. Although I was still thinking of ideas and wanting to write screenplays, I ended up in an office job. During the height of the recession, I was grateful to have a job.
With the help of world-renowned actor/director Richard E Grant, British Airways are looking for talented students to write a film and see it get made. Your film will reach a guaranteed blockbuster audience, as it will be screened on all the flights during London 2012. Find out more
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From Julian, Mike and the Non-Multiplex Cinema team:
This is an invitation to join a new global network called FILM MEANS BUSINESS, brought to you by Non-Multiplex Cinema. We are offering free sign-up to a brand new online international forum for people and companies in the film industry.
Register for free
Working In Film is a new network for filmmakers, listing events, jobs and companies within the film industry.
We are currently beta testing the website and were wondering if those of you who are interested in a career in film/TV would register with the website (for free) and leave feedback as to how you think the website can be improved?
By registering, you will be able to make a profile of your work and be found by users of the website searching for talented filmmakers.
Marcella Forster
Following the demise of the UK Film Council, Marcella Forster writes:
You’ve probably heard that the UK Film Council is being replaced by something called Creative England. It looks like EM Media will be absorbed into one of the three new regions – will we be central or north, though?
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The RTS is holding an evening event aimed at scriptwriters:
“How does a writer get a comedy script from their brain onto a tv screen? How does a producer sell that script to a commissioner? What exactly is a commissioner looking for in a script? And just what is it that a channel controller does, exactly? Guided by Richard Bacon, our extremely talented and beautiful panel attempt to answer these and other questions.”
Amazon has launched Amazon Studios, a website for aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters. The concept is simple: allow those aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters to upload their work, collaborate and obtain feedback from others, and take the cream of the crop forward for possible production.
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Chris Hainstock has discovered a new screenwriting video channel from BAFTA:
“Welcome to the new ‘Screenwriters on Screenwriting’ channel on BAFTA, an area dedicated to raising the profile of screenwriting.
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But hurry; the jobs close on September 14.
What’s the story? Could it be yet another Corrie glory? There have been plenty of glorious storylines over the past 50 years. And long may they continue.