24 October; 09:00 - 15:00 - TV Centre, 14th Floor

Scripting Low-Budget films 
The talk will look at the cheapest ways to capture and maintain audience tension by concentrating on character motivation, conflict and discovery. Examples will be shown from a variety of genres.    

Babel and Beyond
In these dark economic times, European co-productions are once again coming back into favour. But how naturally can different nationalities and indeed languages be fitted into your story?    

Guy Meredith is a writer, story editor, script consultant and trainer. He is a regular speaker at the European Broadcasting Union and helped originate the EU Media Programme's television scriptwriting course, where he was Head of Studies for seven years.

He has lectured on various aspects of writing for broadcasters, publishers, universities and other professional bodies both in his native UK and in a dozen other countries.

His writing credits include: Ruth Rendell Mysteries for ITV, Einstein for BBC, Heartbeat for ITV, Daunt and Dervish for BBC. Guy has been nominated for the Prix Futura, Prix Italia and three Writers Guild Awards.