SCRIPT DEVELOPMENTUSHERU - #FILMHACK

Jamie WolpertVice President, Creative Affairs - Rocket Pictures

Andrew Steggall

Writer & Director, ‘Departure’

SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT - ROUGH OVERVIEW

▸ Who we are, what we’ve done

▸ Departure - a brief case study

▸ Development

▸ what development exec. does

▸ tips

▸ the main pitfalls and hurdles

▸ Q&A (but you can ask during too)

SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT

JAMIE WOLPERT

BFI NET.WORK

ANDREW STEGGALL

DEPARTURE

THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

▸ What is a development exec.

▸ The development process

▸ When to move to the next stage

▸ Who reads it when

▸ When to go to cast and crew

▸ When to get filming

DEVELOPMENT - TIPS AND PITFALLS▸ Plot vs. Story

▸ Who to collaborate with

▸ Who’s your audience?

▸ Read it back

▸ How To books

▸ Research later

▸ Kindness and confidence

▸ “Write what you know”

▸ Character bios, place descriptions/photos

▸ Keep the first draft

▸ Time and place to write

FILM - CAREER NOTES

▸ Being a writer-director

▸ Collaboration - don’t spread too thin

▸ Short to feature

▸ Know people’s worlds

▸ Broadcasters

▸ Production companies

Q&A