Useful Sites
BAFTA http://www.bafta.org/
BBC Film Network http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/ BBC showcase of British filmmaking talent
BBC Talent – http://www.bbc.co.uk/newtalent/film BBC’s website for new talent in film
BBC Writers Room - http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/ BBC site for new writing talent
BFI - British Film Institute http://www.bfi.org.uk
Brit Movie http://www.britmovie.co.uk/ Website dedicated to British Cinema
British Board of Film Classification http://www.bbfc.co.uk/
British Council – www.britfilms.com British Film Catalogue, Directory of International Film festivals
Encounters Short Film Festival http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk Focus for rising film talent
FilmFour http://www.film4.com/
Films and Festivals http://filmandfestivals.com/ Online and print magazine
Microwave – http://microwave.filmlondon.org.uk/Film London’s microbudget film scheme
Microwave & Kate Leys - http://microwave.filmlondon.org.uk/get_the_resources/podcasts/screenwriting_for_micro_budget_films contains a very useful podcast on screenwriting for microbudget features, chaired by Kate Leys.
Screen International – http://www.screendaily.com/ International movie industry magazine
Shooting People http://shootingpeople.org/index.php The UK's largest independent film community
Sight and Sound – http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound The BFI’s international film magazine
Skillset http://www.skillset.org/careers The Sector Skills Council for the audiovisual industries.
Take 12 – http://www.nesta.org.uk/library/documents/film-guide.pdf Digital innovation in film
The Knowledge http://www.theknowledgeonline.com Industry listings online
The Production Guide http://www.theproductionguide.co.uk/ Online production industry tool
Twelve Point – http://www.twelvepoint.com/ Evolved from Scriptwriter magazine and has built up a fantastic following worldwide. Julian Friedmann's blog is particularly good value
UK Film Council http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk The lead organisation for film in the UK.
Wordplayer http://www.wordplayer.com A Phenomenal resource. Set up by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio who wrote Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean and includes great essays on art and business of screenwriting.
Screen Agencies
South West Screen is one of nine regional screen agencies. Details of the agencies covering other English regions can be found below:
- EM Media
- Film London
- Northern Film & Media
- North West Vision and Media
- Screen East
- Screen South
- Screen West Midlands
- Screen Yorkshire
National Screen Agencies
Guilds and Associations
- Association of Motion Picture Sound
- Association of Professional Recording Services
- British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
- British Association of Photo Libraries and Agencies
- British Interactive Media Association
- British Society of Cinematographers
- Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain
- Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB)
- Guild of British Camera Technicians
- Guild of British Film Editors - 020 7602 8319
- Guild of Location Managers
- Guild of Stunt & Action Co-ordinators - 020 7602 8319
- Guild of Television Cameraman
- Guild of Vision Mixers
- Institute of Broadcast Sound
- International Visual Communication Association
- Master Photographers Association
- Moving Image Society
- New Producer's Alliance
- Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television
- Production Guild
- Production Managers' Association
- Production Services Assocation
- Radio Academy
- Royal Photographic Society
- Society of Television Lighting Directors
- Women in Film and Television
- Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB)
6 comments:
Every time I try to access wordplayer- and I've tried sporadically only for, oh, the last five years- it never loads for me. Do Ted and Terry hate Aussies or something? Angst.
@Manda - strange. It loads perfectly for me. Maybe it's your browser? Or, as you say, it could just be they hate Aussies.....
Yeah I suspect it's a passive aggressive form of racism. I've tried on different browsers and computers. So much wangst. Also, I liked your last entry- what an insane month! But you must be secretly rather proud of yourself.
Yeah, it was a crazy month. More relieved I got through it than anything, but suppose I am pretty proud of what I managed to get done!
How's the writing going your end?
Ah writing. Sorry it took me so long to reply to this! I'm working on a story at the moment in my free time, which is actually a lot of fun. Apocalypse in the Suburbs type stuff. I still don't know whether angels and demons are involved yet. I love the idea but am kind of put off by the fact that it's the Genre Du Jour at the moment. It seems like we're both interested in the same kind of fiction, judging by the stuff you've mentioned on Facebook.
Know the feeling. Currently working on something with angels and demons in it (a TV show). Doing everything I can to keep it from being a British Supernatural (which I can't deny is a huge influence). Just hinting at angels at the moment.
But if there's a way of creating some beings that are essentially angels but with different names/mythologies, I'd give it a shot. Any other religious mythology you could give a whirl? Cos almost every religion has angels in it in one way or another. Demi-gods? Governing entities?
Yeah, same sort of fiction. I love anything that pushes a few boundries and Supernatural does that so well! Season 5 (just finished watching it) really took a lot of risks!
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