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Pulling the Apron Strings

Monday, 8 September 2008, 12:14 am | Script to Screen

Script to Screen’s July Writer’s Room featured three of the key creatives behind this year’s film festival opener, Apron Strings. Caroline Grose (screenwriter, producer and script consultant) led the discussion (with Apron co-writers Shuchi ... More >>

Writing Better Movie Dialogue: Wendall Thomas

Monday, 18 August 2008, 1:21 pm | Script to Screen

The June Writers Room invited LA-based writer, lecturer and script consultant Wendall Thomas to draw upon her twenty years of screenwriting experience to discuss how the effective use of dialogue can create tension, develop character and add to the dramatic ... More >>

Conversation with the team behind Apron Strings

Thursday, 17 July 2008, 2:41 pm | Script to Screen

After premiering at this year’s Auckland International Film Festival, Apron Strings continues to delight audiences as a film that celebrates love, food, and cultural diversity. More >>

June Writer’s Room: Writing Drama For New Media

Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 1:46 pm | Script to Screen

The June Writer’s Room presents the second installment of exploration through the rapidly growing world of New Media. Script to Screen brings together yet another stellar lineup of New Media aficionados to look at the opportunities emerging for ... More >>

Special June Writer's Room: Wendall Thomas

Monday, 9 June 2008, 1:10 pm | Script to Screen

Script to Screen invites L.A. based writer, lecturer and script consultant, Wendall Thomas to join writer, broadcaster, and film reviewer Tim O’Brien (NZFC Development Executive) to discuss the role of dialogue in the film making process and the different ... More >>

Writers Room: Making good comedy is no laughing ma

Monday, 26 May 2008, 3:50 pm | Script to Screen

Flyer to the May Writer’s Room in Auckland and the summary of the April Writer’s Room More >>

Nga Aho Whakaari: ‘Writing the Future’

Friday, 11 April 2008, 3:56 pm | Script to Screen

The recent Nga Aho Whakaari conference in March provided the venue for an intimate discussion on Maori screen writing in New Zealand. Script to Screen listened in as a panel of three well known Maori writers discussed the potential for the craft of ... More >>

Seminar: Writing for Television and New Media

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:13 pm | Script to Screen

Join Comedy pioneer Paul Horan (Stickmen, Rove) for a half day workshop on the ever changing face of comedy in Television and New Media Paul Horan was one of the founders of the Classic Comedy Club in Auckland and co-founder of the New Zealand Comedy Festival. ... More >>

From Stage to Screen II

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 11:30 am | Script to Screen

Script to screen invites former Script Associate for Channel 4 Rob Ritchie (Who Bombed Birmingham?) and renowned Australian playwright/screenwriter Andrew Bovell (Lantana, Strictly Ballroom) for the next stage of our discussions on crossover writing from ... More >>

How to Write Your First Feature Film

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 2:55 pm | Script to Screen

A practical discussion about how to present your first feature script for funding and development On the panel will be NZFC Development Executive, Hone Kouka; Shuchi Kothari, who has just written and co-produced her first NZ feature Apron Strings; ... More >>

February Writer’s Room Summary – 2008

Monday, 10 March 2008, 9:34 am | Script to Screen

Hard to make a living … but possible to make a killing Stories of struggle, perseverance and success, offered up with generous amounts of advice delivered an evening of ‘perspiration and inspiration’ as guests Anthony McCarten (Ladies’ Night, Via Satellite) and ... More >>

Global Reach – In Conversation with Amotz Zakai

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 12:51 am | Script to Screen

Script to Screen invites LA teacher, film producer, development executive and agent Amotz Zakai into the Writer’s Room in Auckland this November. Join MC Vanessa Alexander to hear Amotz share stories of taking culturally specific and independent projects ... More >>

Script to Screen presents a special lunch time

Thursday, 1 November 2007, 5:03 pm | Script to Screen

Jeremy Nathan has been involved in the South African film and television industries for nearly twenty years. More >>

2008 Script Read-through Applications Close Soon

Monday, 17 September 2007, 4:11 pm | Script to Screen

Script to Screen runs read-throughs of scripts as one of its contributions to New Zealand screenwriting. The read-throughs include actors and a dramaturge (workshop director). This series is made possible by the financial assistance of the NZ Film ... More >>

Writing Outstanding Shorts

Friday, 14 September 2007, 11:24 am | Script to Screen

Script to Screen welcomed three screenwriters into the Writer’s Room in August to discuss the art of the short film. All three had work screening in this year’s ‘Homegrown’ section of the International Film Festival which celebrated an exceptional ... More >>

2008 Script Read-Through Series

Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 10:06 am | Script to Screen

Script to Screen runs read-throughs of scripts as one of its contributions to New Zealand screenwriting. The read-throughs include actors and a dramaturge (workshop director). This series is made possible by the financial assistance of the NZ Film ... More >>

New Executive Director of Script to Screen

Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 2:25 pm | Script to Screen

The Board of Script to Screen is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Marler as the temporary Executive Director while Rebecca Kunin takes maternity leave. More >>

Courtship, collaboration, commitment

Saturday, 11 August 2007, 2:00 pm | Script to Screen

August 10th 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nick Ward, Robin Scholes, Trevor Haysom and Matt Horrocks More >>

Two Nights with Taika & Ant

Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 2:05 pm | Script to Screen

Screenwriter / director Taika Waititi (Two Cars, One Night, Tama Tu, Eagle vs Shark) continues his singular, subversive and glittering career with Eagle vs. Shark, a deliciously tangy, deadpan feature debut. Starring talented local actors Loren Horsley, ... More >>

Killer Sheep Take On The World -- Writers Room

Friday, 15 June 2007, 8:27 pm | Script to Screen

Screenwriter / director Jonathan King (Black Sheep, The Tattooist) combined three classic Kiwi institutions, gore, comedy and the innocent sheep to spawn a GE modified killer flock in his hilarious first feature Black Sheep. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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