UK FILM COURSES

As all shooters know, short films are an essential building block in your film-making career. This is increasingly true for screenwriters as well as writer/directors.

A tantalising dive into another world. An intimate revelation of human truth. A seductive tale with a twist. The best short films leave an imprint far beyond their final frame and are often more powerfully resonant because of their brevity.

Having worked extensively developing shorts in recent years, we found that many writers approach the design of their short films by adapting feature film principles rather than working fro… more

One-day course on creating and managing dramatic conflict in a feature film. Whether you are a writer, director, producer or script editor, this programme offers you practical new tools to understand story structure and sustain the tension from the first sequence to the last.

The most frequently asked question in the development process is ‘what’s at stake?’.

This one-day workshop offers a concentrated examination of how to maximise the stakes across every element of your screenplay. Even if your story is not literally a matter of life and death, learning how to frame your characters’ sta… more