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Script Reading and Reporting | March 2020 | Application Form |
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Script Reading and Reporting
Date: 21st and 28th March 2020
Location: BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA
Description
Demystify the process of script analysis and sharpen your report writing skills
Course Content
Script reading and reporting is often one of the first steps to breaking into the TV drama or film industry. But it’s an incredibly important job, with readers playing a crucial role in whether a script is accepted or rejected by a production company. Get it right and you can forge great relationships with producers and execs, as well as potentially bagging yourself that elusive first job in development.
But how does one go about writing a successful report? How do you analyze a script if you’ve never worked in drama before? What are companies looking for and how can you make yourself stand out?
This course aims to demystify the process of script analysis, sharpen your report writing skills and help you on your way to getting your first job in the industry.
This intensive, practical course covers:
- An introduction to the key elements of script and story analysis
- An overview of the role script reports play in the industry
- Looking at what production companies want from a successful report
- How to write a report – looking at style, content, and format.
- A practical exercise involving reading a script and writing your own report
- Feedback on the submitted reports
- Discussion of how to break into the industry through script reading
Tutor
Deanne Cunningham is an experienced TV and Film producer whose background lies in script editing and development. She is a former BBC Trainee and has also worked for Ch4, ITV and Sky. Her credits include Endeavour, Cold Feet, Humans, Utopia, and The Tunnel. She has also been funded by Creative Scotland/the BFI to produce films through her company, Conundrum Films.
Fees:
Freelance Rate: £360
Corporate Rate: £510
Once you have been accepted on the course we will invoice you, by email, for the full amount of the fees. We must receive your payment 5 working days before the course at the latest. Your place on the course is not confirmed until we have received full payment from you, or you have received written confirmation that you have been awarded a bursary.
Application and deadlines
This course is currently open for applications.
If you are intending to apply for a bursary the deadline is Monday 9th March 2020 at 9 am.
Bursaries
Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, discretionary bursaries may be available to those who are eligible. Bursary information is available from www.nfts.co.uk/scotland and on each course information page. Please contact scotland@nfts.co.uk if you have a bursary query.
Data Protection
The National Film and Television School respects your personal information and undertakes to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Our full Data Protection Policy can be found here.
Date: 21st and 28th March 2020
Location: BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA
Description
Demystify the process of script analysis and sharpen your report writing skills
Course Content
Script reading and reporting is often one of the first steps to breaking into the TV drama or film industry. But it’s an incredibly important job, with readers playing a crucial role in whether a script is accepted or rejected by a production company. Get it right and you can forge great relationships with producers and execs, as well as potentially bagging yourself that elusive first job in development.
But how does one go about writing a successful report? How do you analyze a script if you’ve never worked in drama before? What are companies looking for and how can you make yourself stand out?
This course aims to demystify the process of script analysis, sharpen your report writing skills and help you on your way to getting your first job in the industry.
This intensive, practical course covers:
- An introduction to the key elements of script and story analysis
- An overview of the role script reports play in the industry
- Looking at what production companies want from a successful report
- How to write a report – looking at style, content, and format.
- A practical exercise involving reading a script and writing your own report
- Feedback on the submitted reports
- Discussion of how to break into the industry through script reading
Tutor
Deanne Cunningham is an experienced TV and Film producer whose background lies in script editing and development. She is a former BBC Trainee and has also worked for Ch4, ITV and Sky. Her credits include Endeavour, Cold Feet, Humans, Utopia, and The Tunnel. She has also been funded by Creative Scotland/the BFI to produce films through her company, Conundrum Films.
Fees:
Freelance Rate: £360
Corporate Rate: £510
Once you have been accepted on the course we will invoice you, by email, for the full amount of the fees. We must receive your payment 5 working days before the course at the latest. Your place on the course is not confirmed until we have received full payment from you, or you have received written confirmation that you have been awarded a bursary.
Application and deadlines
This course is currently open for applications.
If you are intending to apply for a bursary the deadline is Monday 9th March 2020 at 9 am.
Bursaries
Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, discretionary bursaries may be available to those who are eligible. Bursary information is available from www.nfts.co.uk/scotland and on each course information page. Please contact scotland@nfts.co.uk if you have a bursary query.
Data Protection
The National Film and Television School respects your personal information and undertakes to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Our full Data Protection Policy can be found here.