Channel 4 and NFTS: Script to Screen: Online Training Sessions
Welcome to Channel 4 and the National Film and Television School's booking page for an exciting week of online sessions that are all free and open to anyone to join. The theme of the week is Script to Screen. These exciting sessions will offer unique insights from a wide range of film & television experts, who will share their expertise and discuss the opportunities & challenges of bringing a script to screen.
All sessions are free to attend will be hosted on Zoom.
Full Schedule & Links To Book Your Place:
- Comedy Writing: The Mask Slips - with Hannah Robinson: Monday 8th July | 14:00 - 15:30
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Screenwriter & director, Hannah Robinson, will discuss the theory of the Comedy Mask and the techniques with which to make your comedy scripts work harder. There will be the chance, at the end of the session, to ask Hannah questions.
- How To Manage Your First Commission: With Frances Poletti: Tuesday 9th July 2024 | 10:00 - 11:30
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In this session Frances will take us through a study of getting her first TV Drama, Without Sin (starring Vicky McClure) from script to screen. How she sold her ideas in the writers room, how to work with the execs, what is the commissioning process, including the challenges and how it has all shaped her career and writing now.
- The Casting Director: Realising The Writers Vision - with Nicci Topping: Tuesday 9th July 2024 | 14:00 - 15:30
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Writing is only the first step, getting the right actors to play the characters you’ve envisioned is imperative to the success of the project. How do you as the writer work with the casting director? Nicci Topping will talk us through the while process. An invaluable insight into what you can do to make it work. Nicci has cast for an impressive list of talent, including all the major broadcasters, streamers and major production companies.
- What Road To Take? Three Writers, Three Stories, Three Pathways: Wednesday 10th July 2024 | 14:00 - 15:30
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We bring together three writers at different stages of their careers to talk about the pathways they are taking - Harriet Ghost (www.harrietghost.com), Mohsen Shah (www.mohsenshah.com) and Lisa Holdsworth (www.haworthagency.co.uk/lisa-holdsworth). A must listen, this session will give you a great insight into the many roads one can go down as a writer, from the beginnings of your career to decades in. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end
- Masterclass: John Yorke - In Search of The Perfect Story: Thursday 11th July 2024 | 10:00 - 11:30
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In this exciting masterclass, John Yorke, widely acknowledged as the UK's foremost expert on story, will take you on a tour on the origins of narrative structure, and how you can apply it to tell increasingly powerful narratives. There will be the chance to ask John questions at the end of the session
- Masterclass: Grace Ofori-Attah - In Conversation: Thursday 11th July 2024 | 12:00 - 13:00
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Join us for this masterclass with writer and producer, Grace Ofori-Attah (Malpractice, In The Long Run, Jamestown). Hear how Grace crafts unique stories and characters to bring her shows to the screen
- Channel 4: New Writing North: Pitching & Development: Thursday 11July 2024 | 13:00 - 14:00
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Join New Writing North for a session about Pitching and Development. Producer Hannah Rose and writer Adam Bennett-Lea will be in discussion with Will Mackie who leads on Talent Development at New Writing North. We will talk about what commissioners are looking for, offer advice on strategies for pitching to development teams and consider how different processes can work for writers. There will be time set aside for audience questions.
- Cultural IP: Finding Stories & Adapting for Screen - with Matt Delargy Thursday 11th July 2024 | 14:00 - 15:30
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The world is abundant with stories… you just have to learn how to tune your antennae to receive them, how to pick the ones that really matter to you, and how to shape them into something unique and commercial. A talk about all of these things, and more, with time for questions and discussion. Screenwriter and Producer Matt Delargy tells you all you need to know.
- The Screenwriter & The Script Editor: with Maria Odufuye: Friday 12th July 2024 | 10:00 - 11:30
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You’ve written the script, so what happens next. Maria Odufuye has worked with many screenwriters, but what does she do? How do you work with a script editor in both development and production. What are script notes and script reports and how will be they benefit your writing. There will be a chance to ask Maria questions at the end.
- What Has The Editor Got To Do With Me? With Riaz Meer and Nina Conti: Friday 12th July | 14:00 - 15:30
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Join us for this session with actress, writer & director Nina Conti and award winning editor, Riaz Meer, to learn about how they worked closely together on Nina’s debut feature Sunlight (release 2024) to realise the concept and vision for the completed project.