Now that your weekend festival/course/meeting is over, what are you going to do next? As a relatively isolated film-maker what do you think you need more than anything else? A game plan? Contacts? Discipline? Collaborators? Deadlines? Commissions? Information? Script editors? Feedback? Inspiration? A place to go? Well, I can’t PROMISE you commissions (though our participants…

Let’s say it again – the PRIMARY challenge of writing well is NOT constructing a great story. That’s a very good start.  No, the primary challenge is to TELL that story well. A good analogy is the funeral wake or the wedding party when a great family anecdote is primed to go and instead of…

What do great artists do a lot?  Make mistakes. My god, we are told so often that we need to work harder, study harder, practice more, connect ourselves to industry in a more pragmatic way.  And I’m sure most of theses things are true and useful, but… you hardly ever hear mentors saying, “You know…

                The Screen Arts Institute is running a series of half-day workshops in association with Working Title Films & the director, Oliver Parker. Tuesdays 19th and 26th November 2013, central London 10am-1pm & 2-5pm The workshops (max 8 writers per group) will be an opportunity for film-makers to…

              Last week, Rob Kenny (Director of Cinema Development for the Curzon Group) gave a masterclass to Screen Arts Institute members at the Curzon Group’s flagship cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue.  After 15 years of experience as Director of Operations, Rob has the task of adding 50 new cinemas in…

              The Screen Arts Institute was invited to the iconic Abbey Road Studios in April by 2013 Bafta winner Jonathon Allen (Best Sound/Music, “Les Miserables”). Jonathon gave an inspiring insight to the role that he and the other engineers have at the Abbey Road Studios, guiding directors, producers, composers…

Tom Levinge (class of 2012) has his short feature “This is Intercourse” screening at the upcoming London Short Film Festival (January 12th 2013). The film is a short comedy about youth, sex and what goes wrong when Susan and Henry are about to have sex. Henry is in love with Susan; Susan is in love…

Stephen May, Director of The Screen Arts Institute, was invited to deliver a keynote speech to promote Korean “manhwa” alongside the launch of the Korean London Film Festival. “Manhwa” is the less well-known cousin to Japanese manga.   The blockbuster “Priest” was based on a manhwa graphic novel and represents just the tip of an iceberg…