The assignment is almost finished and I was just popping the last few bits together when I realised I had a scene I had cut. So I thought I would pop it on the blog just to show what I've been up to. So this is the point when the antagonist, Philip, finds out that… Continue reading Screenwriting 9
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Ghost-writing
One of my favourite movies is Serenity a sci fi western based in the series Firefly. In it there is a line that says: We are but ghosts in this. And this is exactly how I see ghost writing. I was shocked initially that I found work, but once I started I realised that ghost… Continue reading Ghost-writing
Inspiration 2
I was set a sentence that described an old photograph and asked to write a short story with it at the beginning. It was just a description of a tumbled down shack in the middle of nowhere but it got me thinking of this: Which is the dust bowl from the Great Plains that occurred in the 1930s.… Continue reading Inspiration 2
Independent movies and the ABC of Death…
So over the weekend I got to go and see the anthology of short films called The ABC's of Death. It is a collection of shorts charting the alphabet and using 26 different directors. They were given complete control over their word, which they were given free rein to choose. It was surprising as to… Continue reading Independent movies and the ABC of Death…
Screenwriting 8
I was researching for my reflective essay on the screenwriting and I came across a quote that sums up a bad screenplay. I had to share it because it also puts the problems with my dialogue in a nutshell. "Is that your green-eyed blonde younger sister crossing the dual carriageway over there?" From Rib Davies,… Continue reading Screenwriting 8
Screenwriting 7
Step outlines... This was new to me. I'd never heard of it. So I sat expectantly wondering what I was going to find and really hoping it would only be a list of scenes. And actually it is just a list of scenes... and... a brief description. Had to be really. A list of scenes… Continue reading Screenwriting 7
Guest Writer – Rhian Edwards
Rhian Edwards came and gave a lecture on poetry at Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, last Wednesday. Now I am not one for the poetry but this lecture blew me away. It began fairly normally enough with Rhian running through poetry performance and how to find out where to do it. It was interesting and helpful.… Continue reading Guest Writer – Rhian Edwards
Screenwriting 6
So, I managed to hand in three-quarters of the completed script (my lecturer had asked for the lot but it had been a little too much work). I gave it to him and then spent a nail-biting week waiting for the verdict... I shouldn't have worried. The verdict was - clumsy in some areas but… Continue reading Screenwriting 6
Guest Writer – Nigel Rodenhurst
On the 27th of March Nigel Rodenhurst came into Trinity Saint David, the Lampeter campus, to talk about his work. When I heard he was talking I thought, "Strange the man running the student support in uni has the same name." But I shrugged and thought nothing of it. Then on the 27th as I sat… Continue reading Guest Writer – Nigel Rodenhurst
Guest writer – Mark Tredinnick
On the 26th of March 2013 Mark Tredinnick travelled from Sydney, Australia to come to the Carmarthen campus of Trinity Saint David. Okay he hadn't travelled just to come to Carmarthen, he was doing a tour of Wales. Mark is a nature writer and has won the Montreal Poetry Prize (2011) and the Cardiff Poetry… Continue reading Guest writer – Mark Tredinnick
Kate Murray - Cleaver 