Dominic Minghella.
Australian producers who lament the time and resources devoted to developing projects that don’t eventuate can take heart from Dominic Minghella.
Despite a stellar track record as the creator of Doc Martin and Robin Hood, the UK producer/writer says his strike rate is just one in six of all the projects he’s developed.
“I have been incredibly lucky, but what you don’t see are the projects I wrote which I was sure would work and didn’t work,” he tells If via Skype from his home in London. “Development isn’t fun.”
Minghella will be a keynote speaker at Screen Producers Australia’s Screen Forever conference in Melbourne this November, marking just his second trip down under. In 2008 he took part in Spark, the script development program by the Australian Film Commission run in conjunction with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs...
Australian producers who lament the time and resources devoted to developing projects that don’t eventuate can take heart from Dominic Minghella.
Despite a stellar track record as the creator of Doc Martin and Robin Hood, the UK producer/writer says his strike rate is just one in six of all the projects he’s developed.
“I have been incredibly lucky, but what you don’t see are the projects I wrote which I was sure would work and didn’t work,” he tells If via Skype from his home in London. “Development isn’t fun.”
Minghella will be a keynote speaker at Screen Producers Australia’s Screen Forever conference in Melbourne this November, marking just his second trip down under. In 2008 he took part in Spark, the script development program by the Australian Film Commission run in conjunction with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs...
- 11/8/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
If you're a young film-maker, here are my tips on creating a calling card that will open doors to a job in the industry
Film and TV have always been highly competitive industries, and no doors have ever opened without some serious pushing. And my sense is that the odds are longer these days for prospective new entrants. So that's partly what the Intergenerational Foundation/Nus/Guardian short film competition is about: no one can stop you making a little film and flexing your storytelling muscles. And a good short is a great calling-card.
Making drama and telling stories is a strange calling, and "calling" is the right word: the work chooses you. If you're reading this, and you're interested in entering the competition, you'll probably know what I'm talking about. Something drives you to tell stories even before you know what the stories are.
My own story is this.
Film and TV have always been highly competitive industries, and no doors have ever opened without some serious pushing. And my sense is that the odds are longer these days for prospective new entrants. So that's partly what the Intergenerational Foundation/Nus/Guardian short film competition is about: no one can stop you making a little film and flexing your storytelling muscles. And a good short is a great calling-card.
Making drama and telling stories is a strange calling, and "calling" is the right word: the work chooses you. If you're reading this, and you're interested in entering the competition, you'll probably know what I'm talking about. Something drives you to tell stories even before you know what the stories are.
My own story is this.
- 2/13/2013
- by Dominic Minghella
- The Guardian - Film News
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