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Screenwriters' Conference 2013: What's love got to do with it
Rom-coms are box office gold but terribly difficult to write. Romantic love is a mainstay of soapies, while thwarted desire…
Screenwriters'Conference 2013: the industrial side of the trade
Beneath the joy and excitement of writing, creating scripts is a form of commerce, in which the deals and their…
AACTA: calls on Federal government to triple support for Awards
As Australians prepared to watch the Oscar ceremony live from the US, AFI | AACTA CEO Damian Trewhalla spoke passionately…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: Once Upon a Crime - Writing Crime for the Screen
We've always done cop shows, but now our culture seems to be feasting on crime - and true crime -…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: how to write a sitcom
Rick Kalowski, seasoned sitcom scribe, brings to his sense of humour an intellectual rigour which made his session chairing a…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: the ingredients for a smash hit comedy
Peter Moon sat down with Oscar winner Tom Schulman and Australian directors David Parker and Stephan Elliott to talk about…
Ten: James Warburton fired as CEO
Ten Network Holdings has announced that the Board has "given notice of termination to Mr James Warburton. He will no…
MEAA: skid marks on the visa process
Speed freaks and petrol heads will be watching with glee as the 2013 Superbike World Championship kicks off on Phillip…
National Screenwriters' Conference 2013: Comedy Writing Panel
Writing on a panel show often means creating dozens of gags and sketches that will never be used. As Ian…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013: ah the horror, the horror
Shane Krause and Shane Armstrong (K9, Bait 3D) jumped to the other side of the fence when they where asked…