A compo for budding screenscribblers has been launched on the International Screenwriters’ Festival website. The D+Cineastes who come up with the best outline for a ten-minute film will be invited to attend an evening workshop to help complete their idea and improve their screenwriting skills. The ‘lucky’ writer then has four weeks to complete the script […]
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Current fun
Since Lost and 24 have been booted off Virgin Media, we’ve been watching the Current TV channel. Well, not really. It all looks a bit worthy and dull, but you sound quite trendy if you mention it, non? Still, we must admit it’s a pretty innovative idea – a telly network created by, for, and with young adults. […]
Young team
There are rumblings from the Motionplymouth crowd that Dartmoor faerie artist (fartist?) Alan Lee will be flashing his Oscar at the event this year. After illustrating the centenary book of Tolkien’s classic tale in 1992, Alan was asked to provide the artwork for the sets of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings wheeze – and picked up an Oscar for […]
What a Relief
Those lovely chaps at Chew TV are supporting this year’s Red Nose Day by running a triffic competition. And the good news for D+Cineastes is it has nothing to do with baths of baked beans or Lenny Henry. Hooray! To enter, all you have to do is produce a short film about happiness. It can be in […]
For Mash, get MySpace
Calling all short filmmakers, directors, video artists and camcorder jockeys (that covers just about everyone, don’t it?). MySpace has chummed up with Vertigo Films to launch MyMovie MashUp, a competition to find the best short film director on MySpace. The winner will get to direct a feature-length movie with a budget of over £1 million. Yes, we said £1 million! […]