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Author Archives: Phil
Looking for Love…. or Not!
With only two, possibly three, romance films – ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’, and possibly ‘Focus’ – in the UK top 50 box office in 2015 this is a look at what makes a good romance … Continue reading
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5 Tips from Karrie Fransman
Karrie Fransman is a BCre8ive Creative Champion1, author of ‘The House That Groaned’ and creates comic strips for The Guardian, Telegraph and The Times. Here she writes about her top tips on how to become a great graphic novelist – … Continue reading
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‘Heretics’ wins ‘A Place Like Settle ~ Competition
“We are thrilled to have won the “A Place Like Settle” competition” Deborah Hodges, Heretic’s team member. After three months in the BCre8ive Lab, which ran from October to December 2015, the ‘Heretic’s team emerged the winners of the Settle Stories … Continue reading
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How to Create a Great Web series
As the opportunities for new original works by new talent dry up on TV and in the independent film sector the use of the Web Series is coming back into fashion as a means of finding an audience, generating funding, … Continue reading
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How do we make Content Development work?
In a month where new monies are announced for cross platform production, games funding, and media and content convergence the focus appears to be on the tech part of the creative industries rather than the content, yet it is the … Continue reading
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What Type of Thriller is Bond – part 2
In looking for a genre framework in to which the Bond movies fit we have looked at the relationship and the investigative thrillers. This blog is about the other two main sub-genre – the Political or Conspiracy Thriller and the … Continue reading
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Which type of thriller is Bond – part 1?
In the last blog – ‘Is Bond a thriller?‘ I set out a basic framework for assessing whether a film was a thriller or not. However, at the end of the blog I asked the question – ‘Which type of … Continue reading
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Dramatic Worlds at Anglia Ruskin
BCre8ve Mentor launches new course module this month. October sees the launch of a new level 3 module within the creative writing faculty at Anglia Ruskin University. Anglia Ruskin, in Cambridge, was started in 1858 by the famous art critic … Continue reading
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Is Bond Really a Thriller?
In the week of the new James Bond film ‘Spectre’ Phil Parker looks at the thriller genre and asks is James Bond really a thriller? This is one of a series of blogs I am writing on genre to help … Continue reading
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Drama’s Personal Journey
What is the Personal Drama Journey? Those familiar with screenwriting theory may have heard of ‘The Hero’s Journey’, and the underlying concepts of Robert McKee’s ‘Story’ or ‘Save the Cat’. All of these narrative structures , which some claim are … Continue reading
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