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INDUSTRIAL SCRIPTS NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 2013
Here is the latest newsletter from I. S. Screenplay Editors:
Venice kicked off the autumn
festival season with a notable British win for Best Screenplay for Steve Coogan
& Jeff Pope's Judi Dench starrer PHILOMENA. Limey luck continued in
Toronto, as McQueen-Fassbender Part III (otherwise known as 12 YEARS A SLAVE)
was the talk of the town and snagged the audience prize.
Attention turns to the 57th BFI
London Film Festival, taking place across the capital from October 9th - 20th.
Highlights include a double-dose of Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass' CAPTAIN
PHILLIPS (UNITED 93 on a boat?) and Walt Disney biopic SAVING MR BANKS. Clio
Barnard steps into the fiction feature realm with THE SELFISH GIANT and Richard
Ayoade's darker sophomore effort THE DOUBLE seeks to build on his reputation
from everyone's favourite quirky Britcom SUBMARINE.
The season might be young, but
reputation and buzz-building begins in earnest, whilst some hotly tipped
favourites fall at the first hurdle (no Nobel prize for Julian Assange, no
Oscars for THE FIFTH ESTATE). Combining the annual Weinstein and Streep awards
juggernauts seems like a sure-fire path to success, and star-packed scenery-chewer
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY seems set to rack up the acting noms if not the best
picture prize - but with a final edit yet to be locked down, that
could all change.
Though these festivals may not
have the marketplace power of Cannes, their importance as testing grounds for
awards campaigns is vital, with millions of pounds of marketing-spend up for
grabs to those who can prove they've got the legs to last the race - remember
that when it comes time to applaud.
Industrial Scripts
Articles Go Live
As well as this monthly dose of
film news delivered to your inbox, Industrial Scripts are rolling out weekly articles on our
news page mixing craft insight, industry analysis and some
good old fashioned top-10 lists. Ever wondered how much a UK screenwriter
actually earns? Or looking for expert tips on how to craft that four quadrant
studio blockbuster? Read on....
Writing Blockbuster
Quadrant Movies
How Much do UK
Screenwriters Earn?
Feeling The Squeeze; 10
Classic Mid-Budget Films Which Would Not Get Made Today
Why Hire a Script
Consultant?
Friday The 13th and
Holiday Inspired Movies
Debate; Is it better for
Your Career to Have Made Some Bad Movies, or no Movies at all?
New I.S. Sponsor Announced
As part
of our ongoing collaborations with bona
fide, quality companies we recently joined forces with Auria
Creative, specialist media and film industry accountants.
We've been working with Auria for
a while and can personally recommend their services and personnel. Auria offer
a range of services including business plan writing and advice, EIS and SEIS
structuring, as well as tax planning, support and financial consultation.
So if you work in film or TV, and
you need an accountant who gets
your industry, just call 0207 2911020 and mention us.
BFI Net.work announced
The BFI launches an exciting initiative to connect the various UK
screen agencies and provide development funding and support for upcoming
filmmaking talent. The Net.work scheme covers two strands - 'new' talent with little
to no experience, and 'emerging' talent who may already have some industry traction
(shorts, awards) but are yet to make their first feature.
Tracy Spottiswoode, Development Executive at Film Agency for Wales
- "I hope that the website will be like a talent dating site... writers,
directors, producers will be able to find the filmmaking partners of their
dreams"
A New TV Season Upon Us
As both DEXTER and BREAKING BAD
draw to a close, new shows compete for our loyalty / bid to be the next
neglected gem to be rediscovered at a later date on Netflix (why risk a show
being cancelled, when the rest of the population can act as a testing device?).
Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar team up for laughs in THE CRAZY ONES,
IRONSIDE is resurrected with Blair Underwood in the wheelchair, whilst
Christian Slater and James Spader join the ranks of movie-star turned TV actor
for MIND GAMES and THE BLACKLIST (sadly not a dramatisation of everyone's
favourite screenplays-to-watch collection). AVENGERS' spin-off AGENTS OF
S.H.I.E.L.D grabs the headlines, and starts the trend of superhero ancillary
services on the small screen - BATMAN'S Commissioner Gordon is to receive his
own spin off. Perhaps best of all is Michael J. Fox's return in - what else? -
THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW.
***OUR NEW COURSE TO
RUN FOR THE 2ND TIME: "EVERYTHING AMERICA"***
As regular followers of
Industrial Scripts will know, our 1-day training seminars, "Effective Script
Reading" and "Screenwriting for
Beginners" have been running on a monthly basis for
the past 3 and a half years.
98.5% of participants rated
these courses "Excellent", so we thought it high-time to introduce a
new 1-day seminar to the roster. Enter, stage right, "Everything
America".
Designed for Producers, Writers
and Directors with one-eye on working in the USA, ultimately the course does
what it says on the tin: it delivers a vast amount of knowledge and learning to
producers, writers and directors about every conceivable area of the US film
and TV industry. The course is suitable both for those new to the industry
looking to channel all their energies into a career in the US, and more
experienced UK film professionals intending to make the move or begin dividing
their time between London and LA.
The course ran for the first time
in September to very positive feedback, and takes place again on SUNDAY 27th OCTOBER at
a price of £156.99.
We only have 10 places on the
course, and anticipate selling out, so if you're ever thinking of heading for
Hollywood, or are just curious about how the systems work out there, come along
to the course and in all likelihood it'll be the most valuable £156.99 you
spend all year.
Just click here for more info or to book your place.
Industrial Scripts on the
Road
With the last rays of summer
disappearing, IS decided it was time to step-out from behind the pile of
scripts and see what life is like away from Newman Street - if only a short hop
to Regent Street. Over one hundred budding screenwriters attended our one-off
course 'Writing Screenplays That Sell', with special Q&A session with a
major Hollywood screenwriter to round things off. An insightful day, and lots
of promising talent in the room.
As regular followers of
Industrial Scripts will know, our 1-day training seminars, "Effective Script Reading"
and "Screenwriting for Beginners"
have been running on a monthly basis for the past 3 and a half years.
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