Category Archives: Feature films

7 Positive Steps to Successful Creative Content Marketing

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Phil

Marketing for Creatives Digital exports are a major growth point for the creative industries. A Creative Industries Federation report estimated that they were worth £46bn in 2016, a figure which is probably considerably higher in 2020, despite Covid-19.  In addition,the … Continue reading →

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Money for Creatives Part 2: Specific Creative Work

Posted on 14/06/2019 by Phil

As part of BCre8ive’s work on developing support for creatives in the UK this is the second in a new series of blogs  linked to our series on local creative cluster development. Each of us tends to work in one … Continue reading →

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The Award Winning Genre

Posted on 23/02/2018 by Phil

Every year major film awards are made in the world the Oscar’s; the BAFTAS; EFA, Palme D’Or; BIFA, Sundance, IFFA etc. with much press coverage, celebrations, disappointments, box office boosts and some disbelief. However, what genre is most likely to … Continue reading →

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What Value the Quality of the Screenplay?

Posted on 14/07/2017 by Phil

This BCre8ive blog looks at the importance of the screenplay in the debate about creating independent films, and why it is so often overlooked.  The example of independent cinema discussed is the UK, but the issues equally apply in the … Continue reading →

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‘Green Shoots for Family Films’

Posted on 14/07/2016 by Phil

At the Children’s Media Conference (CMC) on Thursday  7th July I chaired  a session on the prospects and future of family films being produced in the UK.  On the panel with me were Pauline Burt(CEO Film Cymru/Wales); Ansgar Ahlers (director … Continue reading →

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‘Can you Learn to Write?’

Posted on 04/07/2016 by Phil

This blog is an extract from Chris Trengove’s blog on ‘Can you Learn to write?’  Chris is a BCre8ive Creative Champion, one of our team of experienced advisors who support our work on developing new ideas, mentoring talent, and creative … Continue reading →

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Creative Story Development 2 : Short and Feature films

Posted on 19/04/2016 by Phil

This blog is part of a series of development frameworks for narrative screenworks from mobile and short films to long running TV series.  The aim of the series is to look at the very first stage of development, when an … Continue reading →

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What Type of Thriller is Bond – part 2

Posted on 12/11/2015 by Phil

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?

Posted on 05/11/2015 by Phil

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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Is Bond Really a Thriller?

Posted on 22/10/2015 by Phil

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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