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SCRIPT NEWS -September 2005
SCRIPT
AND RAW EDGE LAUNCH MONOLOGUE COMPETITION
This
autumn will see Script and Raw Edge magazine launching
a brand new dramatic monologue writing competition
to celebrate the magazine's 10th anniversary.
The
winning monologue will be no more than ten minutes
long and will be published on the Script website,
as well as in Raw Edge magazine, next year.
Writers
need to live or work in the West Midlands.
Click
here for full details and an application form.
SCRIPT
/LIGHT HOUSE NOMINATION FOR RTS AWARD
Script
and Light House Media Centre have been nominated
for the prestigious Royal Television Society Best
Corporate/non Broadcast Award for the short film
"Cathy & I" written by Ashok Patel
and directed by Ekta Walia.
Script
teamed up with the Light House Media Centre, Wolverhampton,
to make short films in early 2005 as part of the
Leap Off The Page scheme.
This
scheme was initiated by Script in 2004 to give
writers from culturally diverse backgrounds the
chance to develop their writing skills for screen
drama.
After
six months of development, three writers were
selected to have their screenplays produced by
Light House. The films were launched there in
April 2005 and have since been screened at MAC,
in Birmingham, and will be shown at Birmingham
Arts Fest this month.
"Cathy & I" is the story
of Jayaben, an elderly woman, and the impact her
dementia has on her family and friends, until
a new and surprising friendship offers her hope.
Writer
Ashok Patel is a research fellow at Birmingham
University, specialising in Genetics, in particular
Type 1 Diabetes. He has been writing for five
years and has had a short play produced and toured
around the UK as well as a radio play produced
by BBC Radio 4.
Director
Ekta Walia has produced a short regional film
for Carlton, worked for Maverick Television and
several independent companies in Birmingham.
The
winners of the RTS awards will be announced at
an Awards Dinner at the ICC on October 8 2005.
The
Lighthouse Digital Shorts will be shown at ArtsFest
in the Library Theatre, Birmingham , on 11
September 2005 from 8pm.
For
more information see the artsfest
website.
ORANGE
BIRMINGHAM BOOK FESTIVAL 2005
Script
are once again joining forces with the Orange
Book Festival to offer exciting opportunities
for writers.
6-14
October 2005
For
Script Surgeries, Radio Writing and much more,
see our Diary Page
for further information about this series of events.
BIG
BRUM PRESENT BRAND NEW BOND
A
valuable collaboration between an exciting company
committed to Theatre In Education and one of this
country's greatest living dramatists is to begin
touring to West Midlands schools in October.
The
Under Room is the fifth collaboration of Big Brum
and Edward Bond and is also coming to MAC in November.
November
7, 8 2005.
8.00
pm.
For
tickets contact MAC on 0121 440 3838 or see their
website
For
more information about the work of Big Brum see
their website.
UP
CLOSE & PERSONAL WITH SWAN PLAYWRIGHTS
Swan
Playwrights, in association with The Nonentities
of The Rose Theatre, present a "miscellany
of monologues".
With
dramaturgy and direction by Martin Drury and Dympna
Jardine, all the writing and acting talent is
local to Worcestershire.
The
performances run from Wednesday 26 October
to Sunday 6 November at four studio venues
in Worcester, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Malvern.
For
more details of the line up visit the Swan Playwrights
website.
DON'T
FORGET!
OUR
ONLINE LIBRARY IS NOW UP AND RUNNING
Script
are pleased to announce that our new library service
is in motion for members of our mailing list.
We have
a large selection of stage plays, screen plays
and guidebooks available for loan for up to one
month.
There is
no charge for this service - all you pay is the
appropriate postage.
So if you are keen to catch up on
your reading, or are looking for inspiration from
the likes of Beckett, Pinter, Ayckbourn, Ionesco
and many more, check out our library
page for more details and the full catalogue.
OPPORTUNITIES....
SCREEN
WEST MIDLANDS - NEW DEADLINE FOR SCRIPT GRANTS
SCHEME
The
next deadline for applications to the lottery
script grants scheme will be 5pm
Friday 30th September 2005. See the Screen
West Midlands website at www.screenwm.co.uk
for downloadable guidelines and application forms.
The
lottery script grants scheme
supports individual writers and production teams
looking to develop first or second draft screenplays
for feature films from treatment or first draft
stage. Writers and producers can apply for a maximum
£5,000 grant to support writing costs, and
application rounds take place on average twice
a year. An additional £2,000 may be made
available towards script editor costs for successful
applications.
NARRATIVE
NOW AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Oxford
University present a day-school entitled Fact
Versus Fiction In Contemporary Culture.
"In
today's culture is it possible to be original
any more? Everywhere you turn, traditional narrative
has been taken over by other forms. Television
has been colonised by the Drama Documentary and
Reality TV, literature by the rise of faction
and creative non-fiction, music by endless sampling
and the cult of personality. Over all this looms
the internet, where new technology creates the
myth of community, whilst reinforcing the increasing
fragmentation of our lives."
If this
is a statement you relate to as a writer then
you may wish to join this day school as it brings
together academics and practitioners to discuss
the problems and possibilities created by the
blurring of boundaries in the modern media.
September
17 2005
For
more information or to book call 01865
270368 or email ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk
LIGHT
HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE OFFERS FREE INDUSTRY ANIMATION
COURSES
In
association with the Learning & Skills Council
and Screen West Midlands Light House are offering
freelancers and creative industries employees
access to free high spec animation training.
Creative
Flash Animation
5
September - 11 October 2005
Computer
Animation 3D Studio Max
21
September - 27 October 2005
Traditional
Animation Techniques
17
October - 22 November 2005
To
find out if you are eligible and get more details
go to www.westmidlandsworkingtogether.org.uk
or contact Kelly Jeffs, Training Development
Officer on 01902 716055
ARTS
COUNCIL GRANTS ROAD SHOWS
The
Arts Council England has announced a new season
of grants for the arts road shows in 2005.
If
you are an artist or an arts organisation, or
if you use the arts as part of your work, funding
could be available to you.
The
Arts Council provide grants for the arts for activities
that benefit people in England. Funding is available
for a range of arts-related activities including
projects and events, commissions and productions,
research and professional development.
To find
out more about the opportunities come along to
a grants for the arts roadshow.
13
October 11am-1pm
The
Artrix, Bromsgrove.
26
October 11am-1pm
Craven
Arms Community Centre
There
is no cost but advance booking is required.
Call
Sarah Herbert on 0121 631 5721 or email
sarah.herbert@artscouncil.org.uk for
more information or to book.
COMPETITIONS..
STAGE
THE
PEOPLE'S PLAY AWARD
Aspiring
playwrights based in the North East have the chance
to receive an award of £2,000 and a studio
production courtesy of New Writing North and The
People's Theatre Company.
The
award is open to writers who have not yet received
a professional production of their work on stage,
and who live and work within the Arts Council
North East Region (Tyneside, Northumberland, Tees
Valley and County Durham).
Writers
must submit a synopsis for an original play, the
first fifty pages of script and a CV of their
writing experience to date.
Deadline:
14 November 2005.
For
more information and submission guidelines, go
to the BBC Writersroom
website.
ABOUT
TO SNAP?
The
BBC and Live Theatre are launching a search for
new, explosive scripts for their Short Fuse competition.
They
want ten minute scripts for stage, radio,
TV of film, to be selected this autumn for a showcase
at Live Theatre in December.
There
are cash prizes for three writers plus a chance
for the overall winner to work with a BBC mentor
to develop their script further.
They
are holding practical writing workshops in September
to help writers come up with ideas, pick up tips
for script writing and meet other new writers.
Workshops
take place:
7
September
Bishop
Auckland
7
September
Middlesbrough
8
September
Newcastle
8
September
Alnwick
For
more information contact Live Theatre through
their website.
SCREEN
BRUMMIEWOOD
CALLS FOR EMERGING SCREEN TALENT
Dreamfinder
and Birmingham School Of Acting are seeking up
and coming writers for the third year of the successful
Brummiewood.
Brummiewood
teams West Midlands writing and directing talent
with final year acting students to create nine
5-10 minute films, each shot and edited in a day.
Writers
will be offered a series of script development
sessions, culminating in a masterclass on working
together with directors to encourage stronger
working relationships.
This
is a project for previously produced writers.
A showreel, one short film writing sample and
a CV should be sent for consideration to:
Peter
Bullock, Producer
Dreamfinder
Productions
The
Tollhouse
180-182
Fazeley Street
Birmingham
B5 5SE.
Deadline:
12 September 2005.
All
applicants must be resident in the Screen West
Midlands area and may be asked to prove regionality.
For
more information about Dreamfinder go to their
website.
WRITE
MOVES
Brighton
based organisation Lighthouse presents Write Moves,
a new programme for experienced writers new to
feature screenwriting supported by Skillset's
Film Skills Fund.
They
are seeking writers with experience and passion
who are looking to develop a career in feature
film writing.
Write
Moves will provide eight writers with intensive
support through writing and re-writing their first
feature screenplays.
The
course includes residential workshops in Brighton,
taught seminars, film industry masterclasses,
mentor advice and development support.
The programme
costs £750 including accommodation, although
bursaries are available for those facing financial
hardship.
For
further information and application forms,
contact Emma Basset on 01273 384222 or email emma@lighthouse.org.uk
Or
see the Lighthouse website.
SCREEN
YORKSHIRE INVITE DIGITAL SHORTS
Screen
Yorkshire are inviting submissions for their Caught
Short Focus scheme. This provides opportunity
for up to 33 people to create and shoot short
films over an intensive five day period.
It will culminate with a screening at the end
of the week.
Applications
are welcomed from writers, directors and producers
either individually or collaboratively.
For more information see the Screen
Yorkshire website
or contact Helen Perkins at helenp@screenyorkshire.co.uk
Newsletter
Written & Compiled by Sara Beadle
DISCLAIMER
Script
asks you to note: These listings are drawn from
varying sources, all current at time of publishing.
Script
endeavours to investigate and validate all information
and opportunities listed here. We advise you to
make contact with companies before submitting
scripts.
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