Script_1 Update - 19/06/09

On Staurday 13th June 2009 at the office of The GMG the workshop for this years' Script_1 took place.  From 9.00am to 5.00pm David Pearson took the finalists through an extensive pitching and development workshop with the end result being the information and know how to turn their one-page ideas into a ten page/minute script.  Those scripts, once complete, will then be judged on the run up to the Festival with the winner of the best script receiving a prize.

This is what one of the Finalists, Mark Mitchell, had to say about the workshop day..

"I'd like to thank the Screenwriters' festival for the Script_1 workshop in June. Besides the general loveliness of being surrounded by writers for a day, invaluable information about the development process and the world of short film making was conveyed.

I found the pitching sessions to be extremely useful, as they forced me to look constructively at the numerous weak areas in my story and in my pitching technique. I was also shown the importance in short scripts of creating a single, simple story. Without the workshop my script would undoubtedly have been over complicated.

A well organised day, friendly people and solid advice from people in the know. I can't recommend it enough." - Mark Mitchell, Script_1 2009 Finalist.

Any queries about this years, or even next years' competition please contact Cathie Beloe either by email, cathi@screenwritersfestival.com, or by post, Screenwriters’ Festival, Unit 24c, Daniels Ind. Estate, Bath Road, Stroud, GL5 3TJ.