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The Importance of Setting and Theme in creating TV Drama Series

Back in April this year, I was listening to an international group of students pitch their ideas for TV drama series. And what I noticed was that the American students gave equal weight to setting and theme, plus characters and … Continue reading

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CREATING YOUR DRAMATIC WORLD

    Dramatic worlds are the basis of our multi platform world so where do you start when you just have a narrative/story, a character drawing or an interesting idea or subject? Phil Parker, co-founder of BCre8ive, provides some clues … Continue reading

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What Genre is your dramatic world?

The term, ‘genre’, is used widely by critics, writers, audiences, and those in the creative industries from painters to filmmakers and games developers. This term ‘genre’ is seen by many as an outrageous constraint on their artistic freedom and reject … Continue reading

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Brave New Worlds – A Mentor’s View

This blog on the work of a creative mentor is written by BCre8ive Mentor David Manderson One Strange World So, we’ve got our setting. Let’s say, hmm…a leather-tanning factory in nineteenth century rural France. Our characters: the women who live … Continue reading

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‘A Place like Settle’ – a BCre8ive Lab Opportunity with £8000 on offer

Do you have an idea for an interactive story? Bring your story to life in an interactive way? With £8,000 production funding guaranteed, mentoring support from the BCre8ive team, Settle Stories and TELL in the BCre8ive Lab with crowdfunding courtesy … Continue reading

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Immersive theatre and discovering a Dramatic World from within

This guest blog is written (31st may 2015) by Tanya Nash, a BCre8ive Mentor, and relates her experience of attending an immersive theatre experience and this use of a dramatic world. On Wednesday, I was offered a ticket to see … Continue reading

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What Value is a Short Film/Video?

This guest blog is written by BCre8ive Mentor Clifton Stewart. The First Question? How long is a short? A question film makers, particularly new ones, often ask when deciding to embark on making a ‘great short’ They know that a … Continue reading

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First Steps in Development – Active Questions

After selecting your idea – see blog Selecting an Idea – this blog, First Steps in the art of development, written by Phi Parker, co-founder of BCre8ive, is about the active questions you need to make your idea engage an … Continue reading

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Selecting a Creative Idea

We all have great ideas, or too many, or just one, the problem is how do you go about selecting an idea to work on. In this blog, Phil Parker, co-founder of BCre8ive, looks at the initial stages of developing … Continue reading

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10 Most Asked Quetions About Short Films

This blog is written by Phil Parker. Co-fouder of BCre8ive and in the context of examples, and discussions, of short films being held at Visegard Animation Forum in Czech Republic. Short film covers, of course, live action and animation, as … Continue reading

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