New Course Dates

We're pleased to announce two new course dates for later this year:

Research and Production for Wildlife Documentaries (UK) 16-18 Sep 2011
Research and production are essential elements of the wildlife film industry but the activities involved and techniques required are not always obvious. This course combines presentations from experienced researchers and producers, who can guide you through the pitfalls and teach you the tricks of the trade, with practical work and examples from real productions. Further details at http://www.wildeye.co.uk/production.html

Writing for Wildlife Documentaries (UK) 2-4 Dec 2011
The commentary is crucial to a wildlife film. Beautiful and powerful images can be undercut and damaged by the wrong words at the right time and vice versa. The thread of the narrative can be unravelled by an incongruous choice of phrase. When faced with an empty page, how do you begin? What's more important, the words or the pictures? When does one take precedence over the other? How do you judge which style to employ, what mood to convey, what emotion to elicit? The Writing for Wildlife Documentaries course gives guidance from highly experienced wildlife writers, provides examples across different genres and offers constructive help with not only scripts but also treatments, synopses, TV Billings, DVD covers, websites and articles. Further details at http://www.wildeye.co.uk/writing.html