Imogen Polycarpou TV Production Blog

Monday 28th September 2015 Today we had a very special who lectured us on how to write good screenplays. This delightful man was Steve Coombes. I would like to share with you what I learnt from him and what I learn about him: STEVE COOMBES: http://stevecoombeswriter.co.uk/ As a writer: Jakes Journey  Love Joy  Birds of a feather  Frank Stubbs Presents  Roughnecks  New Tricks  Hustle  Feature Film: 'What rats won't do' = produced by Working Title Films 1998 TV Series: Outlaws = nominated for BAFTA  Currently working on Rusk, Clubland and Cu_ts (BBC medical series) As you can tell Coombes is a very successful writer (evidently shown by being nominated for a BAFTA) and takes his work very seriously. For his series 'Outlaws' Coombes did a great deal amount of research before hand. 'Outlaws' got a rating of 8.5 on imdb.com  In our lesson with Coombes, he emphasised the importance of MOMENTS! As well as emphasis

Research Memento and explain how it effected your work Summary of movie: Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.  Written by Scion013  Some reviews on the film:  'This movie without a doubt is a classic dramatic movie which engages its audience through Leonards' complex and intriguing character. Christopher Nolan is a masterpiece!' - Critic Helen Imogen Polycarpou CHRISTOPHER NOLAN                                                           FILMOGRAPHY: How did the movie 'Memento' affect my work? What inspired me? I really enjoyed how the movie kept going back (rewind). By Nolan doing this he managed to engage the au

Mini Project  What we chose:  CHARACTER: Political Activist  CHARACTER: Minor Celebrity  LOCATION: Nightclub  Characters:  Minor Celebrity: Natalie   female  working class (poor family, cramped house, golden chance to escape from it and become something; therefore she lost more. Also when she became famous she abandoned her family to live the celebrity life)  takes care of her appearance  160  curvy and fit  tanned  long wavy golden brown hair  informal style  Minor role in sit-com: 'LIFE OF THE UNICORNS' (she played dumb, blonde who knew nothing)  allegedly lost her job because she was shamed by political activist  Bar-woman  Political Activist: James  Male Tall  Slender  Rigid  Good looking  short black hair  formal style  snob  wealthy/high class background (lived in luxury, graduated from top schools, easy for him to become something, unaware of the struggles people go through)  TV host for a political show where he shames peopl