About two months ago, I began pre-production on my latest short film, which we aim to enter into the Impact50. Yes, I know the official filmmaking rules haven’t yet been announced, but if there’s one key piece of advice I’ve picked up from the Create50 and London Screenwriters’ Festival community it’s that you should be …
Why I’m making a film for Create50 and you should too! Read More »
Following on from Wednesday’s brilliant post by @ShoreScripts on spec screenwriting clichés, here’s a look inside in the Create50 “lock-in” for LondonSWF’s second crowd-sourced feature film, THE IMPACT. Basically, Team LSF – and some very knowledgeable guests – locked themselves inside Ealing Studios during bank holiday weekend. Over the course of the two days, we re-read …
Last weekend I read nearly 300 scripts in two days and I learned… …Just how important the concept is. …Over and over again my notes were “needs tightening or cut dialogue” …The need to get into the story fast. Surprising how I could get bored even after one page. It was a lovely day, one …
Judging the Impact 50 Script Competition – or a little light reading over the weekend. Read More »
In just over 100 days, the Impact50 filmmaking challenge will close.Closing date is April 30th at midnight UK time. Can you make a short film from a two page script about the end of the world? If so, invest a weekend and become part of the Impact50 feature film challenge. Teams from around the world …
Impact50… The Countdown Has Begun… 100 days left to make your film Read More »
I’ve been part of the Create50 community for a little over a month now. There I was sitting in Paris with summer flu, feeling sorry for myself, looking for any excuse not to do housework, when I came across yet another exhortation on Facebook to join Create50. I watched the 50 Kisses film and lo …
5 Things I’ve Learned By Participating In Create50 ‘The Impact’ Read More »
We’re not taking about *@<!%*# swear words here, We’re talking about effectively communicating feedback to other writers. Regardless of the final outcome of our submissions, taking part in the Create50 initiative is one of the best free* educational processes writers could wish for. The stories are short and the system allows us to see all …
We asked some of the most active site members what were the most common notes they had seen, whether in feedback on others’ work or their own. These are collated and posted here as a handy reference guide and provide an invaluable tool to help you craft strong scripts. It’s interesting to note that these …
Like me, you are no doubt on tenterhooks waiting the find out if your script is one of the selections for Create50 ‘The Impact’ filmmaking phase – and I purposely do not phrase that as a ‘winner’ or ‘loser’. To me, we are all winners because we submitted to the process, we created amazing stories, …