BAFTA / Rocliffe New Writing Forum
03 April 08
Award-winning director John Madden led the latest BAFTA / Rocliffe New Writing Forum.
BAFTA and Rocliffe were delighted to welcome John Madden – the highly acclaimed, BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated director of Shakespeare in Love, Mrs Brown, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Proof, and forthcoming feature Killshot – to co-chair the BAFTA / Rocliffe New Writing Forum on 2 April.
The BAFTA / Rocliffe New Writing forum is both a platform for new writing, and a networking event. Created in 2000, the original format selects three 7-8 minute script extracts - feature film, short film, television drama, sitcom, theatre, radio or sketches. The pieces are cast by a casting director, and rehearsed by professional actors and directors on the evening. A narrator sets the piece in context and the extracts are then performed to an industry audience of producers, development executives, directors, actors and literary agents.
Following each performance, the writers received feedback from the industry co-chair and answered questions from the audience. The evening was rounded off with a Q&A with John Madden, and finally a relaxed networking session.
The benefits to a writer, new or seasoned, are multiple: hearing their work read by professional actors; a development focused discussion generated by the readings; exposure to and advice from experienced industry members; feedback from an audience and an invaluable method to test out new concepts and material. Given the often isolating nature of the industry, the New Writing Forum creates the ideal environment for networking.
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