Saturday, 23 October 2010

TV or Film?

In my second year of uni, I 'found' Kerry Rawlinds, a career-driven young 25-year old, with an equally career-driven father and a wickedly vicious mother. Funnily enough, she, by far, wasn't the most popular character in a workshop with my other peers in class. Her parents are divorced and her mother is with a ridiculously kind young man called Martin, an apt Clark Kent. So I can only assume that while the women in the class simply adored him, the men were notoriously jealous of his good-nature and gentle suaveness.

:)


Anyway, the last couple of days, I have been developing her story into what was initially going to be a 'This Is England'/'Cashback'/any-other-really-good-British-Drama-you-can-think-of style 90min film. However, I am 30pages in on Final Draft and my crucial hook hasn't happened yet - other film writers will know that in stereotypical terms, your hook should occur 15-20mins from the beginning of the film.


So, I've been thinking about maybe extending it to a four-part series, 60mins each way and am now wondering if the BBC or ITV or even Channel 4 would care to get their hands on it.


Who knows?


All I know is that it's all I can write at the moment, and I need to be writing something!


Mmmm. Tricky...


xXx

2 comments:

  1. They were totally jealous of him. Martin's ace!
    xXx

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  2. I know!
    :D
    I'm really excited about it... I reckon it will be for TV now.
    I just need to work out the later episodes etc. etc.
    xXx

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