- Bleeding edge - podcast audio drama series - futuristic, thriller, satire
- Funded by Welcome Trust
- Transmedia (Henry Jenkins) - fans of products experience them in different forms of media
- Supported by University of Brighton, University of Sussex and Imperial College London
- Produced by Resonance 104.4 FM
- Will be released internationally Spring 2017
- The Flickerman
- Advice: think forward; "what happens if it's brilliant"- prepare for the best and the worst
Bid writing
- Respond to brief
- What else has been commissioned
- Be pragmatic
- Write positively, make your project sound engaging and realistic
- Re-draft until perfect
- Respond to advice given (by client/teachers)
- Don't get too lost in describing story (content)
- "Sell the sizzle not the steak"
- Atmosphere and feeling of the piece
Team building
- Spend a lot of time with each other
- Mix it up - people you know and trust and people to keep you on your toes
- Don't just work with people you're familiar with - diversity is useful
Script wiring
1. Open writing
- Throw everything around
- Messy chaotic and surprising
- Work in 50 min sessions
- Use rules and structure as guides but throw away after
2. Closed process
- Focus and controlled
- Shut out doubt
- Commit words to the page
- Don't get too distracted by other ideas
- Take yourself into emotional space
- Listen to soundtracks
- Work in 25 minute blocks, then 5 minute breaks
- Take proper breaks after 90 minutes
- Avoid phones - use/do something different
- Clear mind
3. Editing process
- Take draft and cut it
- Shift, change and bring in new material
- Trust instincts
- Read as objectively as possible
- Be critical
Production:
- Pilot should be amazing
- Sum up spirit of work
- First line is key - has to draw audience
- Production planning
- Keep rolling version of budget
- Predicate for worst
- Schedule early
Although Dann works in Radio, his talk was really useful. I will definitely take his advice on script writing, when creating my storyboard. I tend to get so caught up on having a perfect version that I don't end up writing down anything at all. Therefore breaking it up into sessions would be a useful way to get my ideas out there. Then I can perfect them afterwards.
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