Stories for Screen
From Fag Packet to Film Festival
A Conference
10am -6pm, Saturday November 19th
Grand Parade, University of Brighton
In association with Cine City and the University of Brighton Media Research Group
The University of Brighton brings together a community of academics, broadcasters, digital minds, writers and thinkers in a day of creative workshops, discussions and screenings on storytelling for Film and TV. With three strands offering the best ideas in drama, documentary and the academic, the focus is on stories that sell, writing that works and thinking that matters.
Workshops and Panel Sessions
With a keynote address, workshops and panel sessions with broadcast professionals, we explore what works in TV and Film. Industry experts already confirmed include scriptwriters, Nick Fisher (New Tricks), Sean Cook (Spooks) and Graham Duff (Ideal); documentary film maker, Jerry Rothwell (Donor Unknown); Head of Development and Executive Producer in Drama at Fresh Pictures, Philippa Collie-Cousins; BBC Editorial Policy Advisor on Independent Factual, Bryony Mortimer; and Espresso TV’s Distributor and Producer, David Hooper.
Film Screenings
The evening’s screenings plus Q&A at Hastings Electric, Eastbourne’s Curzon and the Sallis Benny at Grand Parade reflect the wide choice of media, journalism and writing courses across the University’s campuses.
Academic Discussion
An academic strand will include four sessions with 3 x 15 minutes presentations followed by discussions on the issues raised. We invite abstracts of 150 words that demonstrate evidence of research and/or examples of teaching and learning that bring together critical theory and creative practice in the field of writing for the screen in the following areas:
· Digital Technology - any aspect of multiplatform or trans-media storytelling
· Narratives and the ethics of storytelling
· Linking creative practice and the employability agenda
· Academic writing courses post-2012 - keeping the humanities sustainable
· Community based projects
Deadline for abstracts: 22nd August 2011
Tickets are £100 full rate and £75 concession
For more information and bookings, please visit http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/study/media-studies/news/stories-for-screen
Or contact Jess Moriarty: [log in to unmask] (creative writing)
Gilly Smith: [log in to unmask] (broadcast media)
Twitter: @Stories4Screen
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