Adam Redfern Talk

Today I had a talk from Adam Redfern, who is a Producer and Script Writer.

He has worked with companies such as CBBC and Disney, with one of his most recent works being a series on CBBC called 'Go Jetters' as shown below!

This talk was very useful as Adam gave us some tips in script-writing:

- Allow work to change (creative compromise).

- We may sometimes have to cut out parts of a script that don't let the story progress.

3 great things to have in a script are:

1) Interesting characters with flaws

2) Light and shade - fast and slow paces - drama and comedy - visual and verbal

3) Scenes, dialogue and action that all push the story on. Everything should push the story to the next scene, e.g. answer a characters question in one scene by using the following scene.

Additionally it is good to give characters problems:

-The inciting incident is a key dramatic event or plot point that thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story.

-Escalate problems too, for example in an episode of 'Go Jetters' a Solar Panel blocks the sun. Whats worse than a Solar Panel blocking the sun? When it turns into a meteorite.

Key Advice when script-writing:

1) Just start writing (even if its awful).

2) Get to the end of the story (even if its too long).

3) Go back, edit and improve (and it will get better).

I found this session really useful as it helped me to think about how the Story that I'm working on can improve.