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Calling for Script Editors and Mentors

Cornwall Film is looking for a Mentor with expertise in Factual Programming, and Script Editors specialising in low budget drama for TV and film.

SCRIPT EDITORS - UPRISING

UPRISING is an holistic, supported and Cornwall-specific approach to low budget drama development with links to the wider industry. Uprising will develop low budget drama expertise, initially in screenwriting – we want to get more of the fantastic Cornish stories we know are out there up on screen. The stories selected for the scheme will need to take full advantage of being made digitally, at a low budget – i.e. limited locations, characters, stunts etc.

Cornwall Film is looking for Script Editors to help deliver a unique opportunity for Cornwall resident writers to access specialist support. Editors will bring experience of working on low budget drama screenplays – these can be for features, TV one-offs, or TV series. They will demonstrate an ability to work well with both emerging and experienced writing talent, and to develop drama projects within a market context.

Up to six Screenwriters will be selected for the first stage of Uprising. Script Editors will need to be available to attend a three day specialist screenwriting course with the selected writers in early February 2006 (probably Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th February).

Script Editors will support the writers to develop a step outline and first draft by the end of March 2006. Cornwall Film will be able to offer Script Editors a fee of £750 per project.

Up to three of the Screenwriters will then be selected to progress to second draft, again with the support of a Script Editor, to be delivered in mid May. Three Directors will be attached to the projects in April to inform the development process and will feed into the script development process in meetings with the writer and Script Editor. Cornwall Film will again be able to offer Script Editors a fee of £750 per project.

If you are interested in applying to work as a Script Editor on UPRISING, please email your CV and a covering letter to Kathy Perkin at kathy.perkin@cornwallfilm.com by 13 January 2006.

More information on the scheme can be found on the website under 'funds' and 'other schemes'.

All project activity will take place in Cornwall.


MENTOR - RESEARCHER SCHEME

Up to four factual programming Researcher posts in Cornwall-based production companies will be part funded by Cornwall Film from February 2006 via the RESEARCHERS SCHEME. The scheme aims to develop local talent and to generate a greater number of successful commissions for the companies involved – an opportunity to avoid ‘feast and famine’ production conditions.

Companies hosting a Researcher post will need to demonstrate a commitment to developing new talent and Cornwall’s media industry, the support and expertise required to develop the Researcher’s skills and ideas, and accessible office facilities. Companies will bring experience in the development and production of factual programming, strong links to commissioners and a viable company business plan. The Researcher posts will be supported by training and specialist mentoring.

The Mentor will act as guide and coach to the Researchers selected for the Researchers Scheme. The Mentor will host individual bimonthly mentoring sessions with individual Researchers. The Mentor will also attend quarterly meetings with Cornwall Film in order to report on the Researchers’ progress against targets set in the Researcher’s Project Plan.

The Mentor will need to demonstrate experience of working in a range of factual programming genres and an understanding of the specific needs of the local media industry. He or she will have a strong up to date knowledge of the marketplace and contacts with commissioners and broadcasters. The Mentor will demonstrate experience of successfully mentoring and developing new and experienced talent; and of progressing ideas from treatment to taster tape resulting in broadcast commissions.

It is anticipated that if four researchers are selected for the scheme, the role of Mentor will require approximately 50 hours work over a 12 month period:

• 6 quarterly 1.5 hour bi-monthly mentoring sessions (inc. prep) x 4 = 36 hours
• 1 quarterly 2 hour meeting with Cornwall Film (inc. prep) = 10 hours.

Cornwall Film is able to pay a total fee of £1000 for the services of the mentor.

If you are interested in applying to work as a Mentor on the RESEARCHER SCHEME, please email your CV and a covering letter to Kathy Perkin at kathy.perkin@cornwallfilm.com by 13 January 2006.

More information on the scheme can be found on the website under 'funds' and 'other schemes'.

All project activity will take place in Cornwall.