During this session we will take a look at story, the craft of screenwriting and importantly the art of re-writing.  Using successful short film examples we will examine exactly how film stories that use the short form ‘work’, and give you practical tips for applying all of this to your own writing practice.

The event is led by development consultant and script editor Ludo Smolski.

The event will combine talks with group work, giving you the chance to meet other new writers from the region and create new networks.

Followed by a networking drink.

This event is FREE to attend.  Space are limited, and attendance is by application only.

This event is for new and emerging writers based in the South West, applicants cannot have had a feature film produced and distributed.

The event would particularly suit writers who have already written at least one or two short film scripts, or have a creative track record in another art form and are interested in writing for screen.  However new writers are also welcome to apply.

Due to volume of applications received we are afraid feedback on unsuccessful applications is not possible.

Applications close on Tues 27 November at 5pm
Successful applicants will be informed by end of day Wed 28 November

Ludo Smolski

Ludo is a development consultant and script editor currently working on several fiction and hybrid documentary feature projects funded by the British Film Institute, Film Four, Creative Europe, Irish Film Board, NI Screen and Scottish Screen. He has also been working with pioneering artist group Blast Theory, helping them realise Europe’s first ever live and interactive feature film BLOODYMINDED which broadcast to cinemas and online on October 14th. He has worked on a wide range of independent films, from Jon S Baird’s FILTH (adapted from the Irvine Welsh novel), to Bruce Goodison’s LEAVE TO REMAIN. He is currently working with Elizabeth Stopford, Prano Bailey-Bond, Bruce Goodison and Susan Jacobson, among others, on their next features.

Ludo is a co-Tutor of the UK’s National Film and Television’s (NFTS) Postgraduate Diploma in Script Development, the only long form training course on script development in the world, and is also a visiting tutor for NFTS Screenwriting MA. He previously worked for The Script Factory for over ten years, devising and delivering industry-respected training courses and workshops for screenwriters, developers and script readers both in the UK and internationally, as well as running their development and script feedback service. Last year he led a six-month script development workshop for the British Council in the Caribbean, in conjunction with Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival and the Jamaican Film Commission, and acted as a script consultant for “The Writers Room”, a workshop and forum for British and Arab filmmakers at Dubai International Film Festival. The Jamaican workshop has now evolved into a low budget production scheme for which Ludo is the Project Consultant.