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Unique
Scriptwriting Competition Launched
Opportunity
for aspiring scriptwriters to Make their Mark in Film
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A new
nationwide competition to encourage and support young British
scriptwriting talent was
been launched on
23
August 2006 by film producer/director and Director of the National
Film and Television School, Nik Powell, at the 60th Edinburgh
International Film Festival.
The Make Your
Mark in Film with CobraVision script competition is a collaboration
between the national Make Your Mark campaign, which aims to encourage
enterprise in the widest possible sense among young people, and Cobra
Beer's short film competition CobraVision, to support new
screenwriting talent.
Judges include
Franc Roddam, director of six major feature-films including cult film
Quadrophenia, and City University Creative Writing MA course
director, Chris Fallon, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000.
The winning
screenwriter will win £3,000; the chance to see their film put
into production and a screening of the finished work at a premiere,
before being shown around the UK in 2007. The script will be divided
into ten five-minute episodes and produced on a national scale by ten
regional production teams, who will be selected via the second stage
of the competition, to be announced later in the year.
The backing of
the competition by the Make Your Mark campaign means that the central
premise of the script will be around the theme of having an idea and
making it happen.
The film
itself can be from any genre, from film noir to gothic horror but
with a small cast of no more than four central characters. While the
film should contain minimal special effects, there is the possibility
that the winning script will feature cameos from well-known actors or actresses.
Kevin Steele,
Chief Executive of Enterprise Insight, which runs the Make Your Mark
campaign, spoke at the launch of the competition in Edinburgh:
"This
competition is a tremendous opportunity for established or budding
young scriptwriters to make their mark in the film industry. In its
later stages this unique project will also give aspiring directors,
producers and crew a chance to showcase their talents.
"The
Make Your mark campaign aims to encourage young people to be more
enterprising - to turn their own ideas into reality. To do this, it
is important that we tap into their own areas of interest. This
competition aims to inspire them to make their ideas happen through film."
Simon Edwards,
Marketing Director of Cobra Beer says: "Cobra is committed to
supporting and encouraging creativity and filmmaking in the UK with
its short film competition CobraVision. The Make Your Mark in Film
with CobraVision script competition is a fantastic initiative which
will provide a real opportunity for an aspiring scriptwriter to have
their work produced and showcased as part of a national campaign".
Full details
about how to enter can be found at www.makeyourmarkinfilm.org
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