by Tremayne Miller
Other work commitments saw
me not being able to make it to the industry workshop that hiive and creative
skillset put on Immersive storytelling
I did, however, manage to
make it to the workshop The London Film Academy put on yesterday on
Scriptwriting (http://shortfilms.org.uk/events/2017-01-11-industry-london-film-academy-presents-scriptwriting-ideas-and-development).
The workshop was lead by
British actress, writer and academic, Kay Stonham.
Stonham drew reference to two people when she spoke about teaching creativity, the
first Linda Aaronson, whose
practical guide to screenwriting, The
21st-Century Screenplay she thoroughly recommends. A
successor to the author's internationally acclaimed book Scriptwriting Updated.
The second, Edward
De Bono, a pioneer in Brain Training, who in 1967 invented the famous
Lateral Thinking technique, and dedicated his life to help people around the
world improve their thinking ability and creative skills.
Following
a three-stage process we, as a group pull together and weed out ideas for a low
budget romance to pitch to a producer.
*For more information on the kinds of courses the
London Film Academy run, short and long term, please visit their website at www.londonfilmacademy.com
**The 14th London Short Film Festival runs
now until the 15th January, 2017, for further details please visit
SHORTFILMS.ORG.UK
Stonham was a regular cast member of
the BBC Jasper Carrott TV comedy sketch show Carrot’s Lib 1982.
She contributed to the
Radio 4 comedy shows: The Sunday Format,
Dead Ringers and Week Ending, and won the Radio Light Entertainment Titheridge Award
in 1995.
In 1995 she shared
a Writers’ Guild of Great Britain award with co-writers on the television
comedy series Harry Enfield and Chums.
Other TV sketch shows
she has been linked to include Alistair
McGowan’s Big Impression for the BBC, and Alas Smith and Jones for BBC 2, The Sketch Show for itv, Comedy
Nation for BBC2 and TV to Go for
BBC. She was also a table writer for My Family in 2006.
Work for children's and
young peoples TV includes: Kerching for CBBC, Girls in Love for Granada Kids, Grange Hill for Mersey Television, Dani’s House for CBBC and Shaun the Sheep for Aardman Animation.
Stonham has a master's degree in
Screenwriting for Film and Television from Royal Holloway, University of London
and was previously a Teaching Fellow in Screenwriting at Worcester
University.
Tremayne Miller is a Film Writer and Critic who guests on LifestyleMK Tuesdays, 7pm with a Film Review slot. She writes for heyuguys.com
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