Seminar and story pitching

Yesterday my seminar group had our first sitting, to discuss the Umberto Eco movement theory in James Bond films and, by extension, most other films in the 'gentleman spy'/espionage genre. I was very impressed by the work of my classmates in identifying the structural similarities between Goldfinger, Our Man Flint and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. I think that I identified them equally well.

Today for our scriptwriting class we have each been asked to prepare a rough outline of a story which we will pitch to the class. Feedback and story growth seems to be the idea here, and some of the better/more feasible stories will be selected to be made into short films.

Off to the BBC

Well I got up a bit earlier than I needed to, thinking class was on as usual as well as the visit to Broadcasting House, but never worry.