What Happens When A Producer Reads Your Script?
Jane Dauncey is a BAFTA-winning creative drama Producer, Executive and Series Producer. She has initiated and produced award-winning drama for the BBC, Channel 4, Sky and ITV. Here she shares with us what happens when a producer reads your script. Unwrapping the Christmas Present When I settle down to read a script, it’s with a […]
Script Angel sponsors London Screenwriters’ Festival 2020
Script Angel are official sponsors of the London Screenwriters’ Festival 2020. We have been delighted to support the festival since it began, with our founder Hayley McKenzie making regular apearances as a speaker, panellist and Script Lab mentor. It’s been a pleasure to watch Chris, Judy and the team build a truly remarkable event for […]
Leave the House
Writing can be a solitary pursuit, but it doesn’t have to be… maybe it’s time to leave the house and get out of your own head. By Jay Harley The actual work of writing, putting pen to paper or furiously tapping away at your keyboard, is very often a solo slog. However, there is so […]
Beyond Borders – Eastern Europe Drama for a Global Audience
We were honoured to be invited recently to the Zagreb Film Festival as part of their Industry programme. Supported by the Creative Europe Media Desks of Croatia and Serbia, our CEO Hayley McKenzie and colleague Kay Stonham delivered a three-day workshop to selected participants on storytelling for television as well as a public masterclass. With […]
Using Flashback
Voiceover, To-Camera and Flashback as narrative power in drama by Lucy Hackney Part Three: Flashback So far, we’ve looked at the power of voiceover and to-camera narration to place the story in the mouth or mind of one or more characters, and to position it in the immediate now or in the past. The other […]
Using To-Camera
Voiceover, To-camera, and Flashback as narrative power in drama by Lucy Hackney Part two: To-Camera Last time we looked at how a voiceover, far from weakening drama, can add colour, focus and tone. Now it’s the turn of a similar device, sometimes called “breaking the fourth wall” or talking “to-camera”, where one or more character […]
Using Voiceover
Voiceover, To-camera, and Flashback as narrative power in drama by Lucy Hackney Part one: Voiceover Show don’t tell. So runs the abiding motto of the dramatist. But…as with any rule for every artist, it rather depends what you want. The use of voiceover (in which the disembodied voice of a character or writer speaks over […]
What Is A Writer General Meeting?
Lifting the lid on the general meeting. You finally persuaded a producer or development executive to read your spec script (or your newly acquired agent/manager has) and… they LOVED IT! Ok, so maybe not enough to option it, but they would love to meet with you for a chat. Congratulations, you’ve got your first general […]
Katherine Lannon produced film wins BAFTA Cymru Award!
We’re thrilled to share the news that feature film Last Summer, produced by Katherine Lannon, won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Feature / Television Film. Written and directed by Jon Jones, Last Summer is a powerful coming-of-age story set in the rural beauty of West Wales one fateful summer. Ten-year-old Davy takes on the […]