| |
| Frances Macaulay Forde ~ a writer for page & screen... |
| SCRIPTS: * * * * * * NEWS UPDATE: * * * * * * "Love You Mum" written by Frances Macaulay Forde (available to view on My Space) has been nominated or won awards both in Australia and overseas. CONGRATULATIONS TO CAST & CREW OF THE PRODUCTION. More information and full details on my LOVE YOU MUM Pages: Love You Mum scripts Love You Mum photos _________________________________________________________________ Frances currently holds the option on three books by well-known Melbourne writer Krista Bell : 'No Strings' is a feature length adaptation of three teen novels in the ' 'No' series by Krista Bell. The first draft was most kindly read by two very busy and prominent producers in the Eastern States. It was recently favourably assessed by AWG. A FULL assessment with DEVELOPMENT NOTES of my 5th Draft was done by Jared Morris of Script Assessment & Development. Comments received: No Strings "stood head and shoulders above others out there." CURRENT LOGLINE: (still working here...) " A suburban princess diving champion's dreams are dashed ~ but friends help her find a new voice and a new dream." CURRENT SHORT SYNOPSIS: (still working here too...) "Young champion diver Xanthe, doesn't have much free time, except for her bestie from primary school Julia. Can their princess promises survive different schools, new friends or Xanthe's crush on Julia's Felix? When Xanthe's diving dreams are threatened, it's her friends who help her find a new voice and the possibilities of a famous future." __________________________________________________________________ In January, 2006 a call went out for 5min scripts from the producers of Marx & Venus. Frances attended the talk by Geoffrey Atherton & submitted three scripts. Over 1700 were received from around the country, only 25 were chosen for production, none of which were the three submitted. In the meantime, Colin Reck chose her script 'Love You Mum' (see news above) out of 47 others for 2nd semester 2006 for his Screen Production Diploma students at the Adelaide Centre for the Arts. The 18min film premiered in Adelaide on 14th December 2006 to 'great applause and talk of festivals'. "I'm thrilled with the result! I have to keep reminding myself 'Love You Mum' is a student production, because it was so well done. The actors were perfectly cast and absolutely convincing (and stuck to the script)! Matt, the producer, David (the director) and the crew were amazing too - well done everyone! The film has been well received, winning nominations and awards on level platforms both here and overseas and continues to surprise and delight us all" with it's success." Frances. PAC Screen workshops: I recently took part in the PAC SWS1 run by Annie Murtagh-monks for Actors, Directors and Writers. Four different groups of participants are working with my scripts - two-page excerpts from my Marx & Venus competition entries & one written speciifcally for actors to use in the workshop. (Short video of one of my scripts used in the acting workshops 'Remote' available to view on MY SPACE.) Student Support: Three groups of Film Students from Curtin University are looked at using three short scripts for semester productions; "Overtime" and "Surf Saver" were shortlisted. One group have taken one of my scripts for their independant project ~ entitled 'Die Brucke'. I''m thoroughly enjoying my roles as assistant moderator and participant in the AWG On-Line Scriptwriting Group where we share, learn and critique each other's writing. I find reading such accomplished scripts and watching them evolve, totally inspiring. ____________________________________________________________________________ Resources: Unfortunately the scripts previously linked here have been removed because they are now in production. Frances will link some new & produced scripts asap. (Please also note all these scripts form part of larger scripts and may not be used without the express permission of the copyright owner: Frances Macaulay Forde.) Wings of Desire: An essay on Auteur Wim Wenders written at University. Love You Mum: This is the Diary of the Short Film includes links for the orginal short story written in the 90's, the original script from 2000 sent to ACA and the shooting script of the 2006 film nominated for seven awards at the SA Short Screen 2007 Awards and many others. Pac Screen Workshop Scripts: 2 page script written for use in workshops 'Remote' also AVAILABLE to view on MYSPACE: with "Love You Mum" Extracts from Scripts written for the Marx & Venus TV Series Competition & other short scripts written specifically for the PAC SCREEN WORKSHOPS: 'Photographs' Ext.1 - need love 'Revovations' Ext 1 - no love 'Valentine's Day' Ext 1 - almost love 'The Paper Wasp' - not so funny Minimum or no dialogue scripts: ''Murmuring Mobile' - a wry moment 'An Oscar Moment' - posing for praise Please Note: these scripts are provided for the purposes of study only. If you are interested in producing these scripts please obtain my express written permission. |
 |
 |
 |