Every screenplay should have three types of conflict, and if you are missing just one of these your screenplay will miss the mark. In a good script all three are interwoven and inseparable when reflecting the theme of the story.
For 13 years the South African Film and Television industry together with the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa (NFVF) have presided over the annual South African Film and Television Awards; the SAFTAs. The Awards, (winners receive a ‘Golden Horn’ trophy,) were established to honour, celebrate and promote the creativity, quality and excellence …
I love learning from those who have managed to sell their work and had it produced to a standard that makes it a contender for these prestigious awards. As usual the pundits’ are all in a fluff predicting who the winners will be at the 91st Academy Awards (the Oscars), which are going to be …
Experience what it is like to be part of a Writers Room Applications have opened for the next Scribe Writers Room Workshop, which will start on the 4th March – the group will meet for 17 weeks on Monday evenings from 19h00 – 22h00 in Melville Johannesburg. The cost is only R200.00 per week. …
The best advice on writing dialogue that I can give you is; don’t waste your time sitting in coffee shops listening to other people’s conversations. Contrary to what some experts will tell you, listening to people talk will not teach you how to write dialogue, it’ll only give you an insight into their private lives, (and a craving for more coffee).