Most Recent Impact50 Updates
Impact50… The Final Two Months
The screenwriting community in phase two of The Impact50 is really vibrant, with some terrific screenplays just waiting to get married to amazing filmmakers. Over the next two weeks, we are planning, prepping and building the final push for filmmakers. This will launch on the weekend of April 6th in the room at the Guerilla Filmmakers
The Screenwriters Speak… My Favorite Impact50 Scripts by Eileen Wilson
One of the best things you can do as a screenwriter is write short scripts. Trust me. One day I submitted to a micro-short festival, the next I had a Skype call, an option and a director asking for script edits! Me! The nobody who thought something up sitting on the sofa listening to a
Impact50 Film Wins Awards… Congratulations to Rebecca Hardy and her team and screenwriter Dee Chilton
One Last Outro was directed by Rebecca Hardy and stars Grace Dixon (Cruel Summer, DisPossess) and Luca Malacrino (Coronation Street, Greys Anatomy) and was shot in Wales. The story focuses on broadcaster Claire Jones who decides to spent her final moments alive on air, until an asteroid blast kills her signal and the rest
And so it begins… Digital Armageddon to match Impact50 Armageddon!
Last November Vicky began the job of getting filmmakers who made it in to Phase 2 to send their films – raw footage, sound, projects, VFX, renders, exports – the who shebang. And so now the job REALLY starts. Here are some of the things we are now contending with as we conform everything into
Behind the scenes creating the poster for ‘Make A Wish’
Watch the short behind the scenes video of the making of the poster for ‘Make A Wish’… The poster looks like its a graphic but it’s actually a photograph of a model, which is astonishing. Want to get a little bit more Impact? Here’s some related posts… ‘Blood Sweat and Tears’ by Gingersnap Productions FINE
Watch The Complete Impact50 Awards
Ahead of the Impact50 re-launch on Dec 18th (and you will likely see lots up changes going on across the site right now), I thought I would share the video of the whole show for The Impact50 Awards at the British Screenwriters Awards 2018. It really was a night to remember and a very special
Filmmakers and Writers to be honoured at the British Screenwriters’ Awards
This year the British Screenwriters’ Awards, we will be honouring and platforming several filmmakers, writers and their films. These films will share the big screen and the talent behind them the even bigger stage with the best and brightest form the very cream of the industry. There will be the awards, which begin with a
What a difference a recut and reshoot can make… Watch TWO versions of T Minus
Unlike other screenwriting and filmmaking initiatives, Create50 builds in peer review so that the submissions can be the best work possible. With films this often centers around the edit, sound, music and possible reshoots. One film we really liked but felt needed more work was T Minus. Have a look at the first edit below.
First Newspaper Article For Impact50
Following Blue Sky day where we discussed marketing, Ben Marshall took the bull by the horns and contacted his local newspapers and ended up with a magnificent full page spread in the Sheffield Star.. You can read below and get it in hi res by clicking the PDF link and download it locally. We really
Impact50 Phase 2… One writer’s perspective by Ben Marshall
Whilst most enjoyed the sun last Sunday, I spent it with the Create 50 team and other end of the world enthusiasts. Blue sky indoors. The plan, to help the team assess where the Impact film is, where it is going and suggest ideas about how a Phase 2, if adopted, could look. The group
And Then There Were Lots! The Challenges of Outdoor Filming
It was always going to be an interesting shoot. The script, “And Then There Were Two”, follows two older people who, having heard that an imminent meteor strike will end humanity, enjoy their remaining time together by playing with abandoned beach gear – having first released the bonds of everyday life by removing their clothes…
Beach Assault! Going Guerrilla for Create50
What do Steven Soderbergh and Sundance have in common? They’ve both championed the iPhone as the ultimate indie-filmmaker’s tool. So, on a busy Bank Holiday weekend in May 2018 a micro-crew set out to see if we could make a cinematic masterpiece in glorious 4k with just an iPhone 6s. As a result, Create50 has
Impact50… The Final Two Months
The screenwriting community in phase two of The Impact50 is really vibrant, with some terrific screenplays just waiting to get married to amazing filmmakers. Over the next two weeks, we are planning, prepping and building the final push for filmmakers. This will launch on the weekend of April 6th in the room at the Guerilla Filmmakers
The Screenwriters Speak… My Favorite Impact50 Scripts by Eileen Wilson
One of the best things you can do as a screenwriter is write short scripts. Trust me. One day I submitted to a micro-short festival, the next I had a Skype call, an option and a director asking for script edits! Me! The nobody who thought something up sitting on the sofa listening to a
Impact50 Film Wins Awards… Congratulations to Rebecca Hardy and her team and screenwriter Dee Chilton
One Last Outro was directed by Rebecca Hardy and stars Grace Dixon (Cruel Summer, DisPossess) and Luca Malacrino (Coronation Street, Greys Anatomy) and was shot in Wales. The story focuses on broadcaster Claire Jones who decides to spent her final moments alive on air, until an asteroid blast kills her signal and the rest
And so it begins… Digital Armageddon to match Impact50 Armageddon!
Last November Vicky began the job of getting filmmakers who made it in to Phase 2 to send their films – raw footage, sound, projects, VFX, renders, exports – the who shebang. And so now the job REALLY starts. Here are some of the things we are now contending with as we conform everything into
Behind the scenes creating the poster for ‘Make A Wish’
Watch the short behind the scenes video of the making of the poster for ‘Make A Wish’… The poster looks like its a graphic but it’s actually a photograph of a model, which is astonishing. Want to get a little bit more Impact? Here’s some related posts… ‘Blood Sweat and Tears’ by Gingersnap Productions FINE
Watch The Complete Impact50 Awards
Ahead of the Impact50 re-launch on Dec 18th (and you will likely see lots up changes going on across the site right now), I thought I would share the video of the whole show for The Impact50 Awards at the British Screenwriters Awards 2018. It really was a night to remember and a very special
Filmmakers and Writers to be honoured at the British Screenwriters’ Awards
This year the British Screenwriters’ Awards, we will be honouring and platforming several filmmakers, writers and their films. These films will share the big screen and the talent behind them the even bigger stage with the best and brightest form the very cream of the industry. There will be the awards, which begin with a
What a difference a recut and reshoot can make… Watch TWO versions of T Minus
Unlike other screenwriting and filmmaking initiatives, Create50 builds in peer review so that the submissions can be the best work possible. With films this often centers around the edit, sound, music and possible reshoots. One film we really liked but felt needed more work was T Minus. Have a look at the first edit below.
First Newspaper Article For Impact50
Following Blue Sky day where we discussed marketing, Ben Marshall took the bull by the horns and contacted his local newspapers and ended up with a magnificent full page spread in the Sheffield Star.. You can read below and get it in hi res by clicking the PDF link and download it locally. We really
Impact50 Phase 2… One writer’s perspective by Ben Marshall
Whilst most enjoyed the sun last Sunday, I spent it with the Create 50 team and other end of the world enthusiasts. Blue sky indoors. The plan, to help the team assess where the Impact film is, where it is going and suggest ideas about how a Phase 2, if adopted, could look. The group
And Then There Were Lots! The Challenges of Outdoor Filming
It was always going to be an interesting shoot. The script, “And Then There Were Two”, follows two older people who, having heard that an imminent meteor strike will end humanity, enjoy their remaining time together by playing with abandoned beach gear – having first released the bonds of everyday life by removing their clothes…
Beach Assault! Going Guerrilla for Create50
What do Steven Soderbergh and Sundance have in common? They’ve both championed the iPhone as the ultimate indie-filmmaker’s tool. So, on a busy Bank Holiday weekend in May 2018 a micro-crew set out to see if we could make a cinematic masterpiece in glorious 4k with just an iPhone 6s. As a result, Create50 has