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Under-representation and under-represented groups in the UK relate to the protected characteristics as defined in the UK Equality Act 2010. Additional areas include regional participation, socioeconomic background, and caring responsibilities. This is not an exhaustive list.
- British Film Institute
- How do under-represented writers navigate an industry not yet ready for them?
- How do you use existing expectations and dogmas to your advantage?
- What does a hero’s journey look like when they have an under-represented voice?
Writers from under-represented backgrounds need practical advice on how to navigate pitfalls and bend the rules and expectations of TV and film to their benefit. Most of all, they need an opportunity to explore their ideas among like-minded peers who can help support and nurture them.
This course runs on Wednesday evenings, after working hours (18:15-20:45), for 8 weeks - giving you greater flexibility to hit homework deadlines.
Instead of championing one theory of screenwriting, this course acknowledges that one size does not fit all!
Instead, the lab focuses on equipping Writers with a range of tools to tackle writing screenplays. Over the course of 8 sessions, you will:
- Learn the basics of developing a concept into a pitch and treatment.
- Develop a minimum of one ready-to-sell pitch for your personal project.
- Practice writing and redrafting for both original ideas and existing IPs.
- Gain invaluable practice in pitching exercises and mock Writers’ rooms.
- Learn a toolbox of popular structures, theories, and troubleshooting techniques — and how to make them work for you!
- Write, redraft, workshop, and polish a minimum of 20-30 pages of a personal project screenplay — short, pilot, or feature.
ABOUT THE TUTOR:
John Servante is a Writer with a disability and neurodivergence. A former NFTS student, John won places on both Channel 4’s 4Stories initiative and the BBC Studios Writers Academy, working with a breadth of BAFTA-winning talent including Elizabeth Kilgariff, Marcus Wilson, John Yorke, Philip Trethowan and Ben Bickerton, and John Chapman.
Writers should attend with ideas or stories they wish to work into scripts and pitches.
Please fill in the application form, attaching your CV
If you need any assistance please contact us at shortcourses@nfts.co.uk or call us on 01494 677 903