October 11, 2008

No, sadly, not that film but…

I’m doing some research at the moment into filmmaking - no, I’m not changing career, it’s for my current wip. I keep bribing a friend with dinner to tell me about his experiences as an extra which is great fun. He’s worked on The Forsyte Saga, Sons & Lovers and Life on Mars among others and is always queueing up at catering vans next to famous actors - but not having a clue who they are until afterwards!

Last week I had a visit from an old friend, Paul Dolmen, a journalist, who is also a talented new screenwriter and filmmaker. I’m trying to get some insight into the work and mindset of directors and producers and he’ s taking me to a Young Filmmakers evening next week. I can’t wait. It’s fascinating to talk about writing for different media. Here’s his site if you want to have a look at ways of getting into screenwriting.

Here’s a still from his current film-in-progress - The Last Human.

Sometimes, this job is a whole lot of fun - makes up spending most of life hunched over a keyboard.

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