Hollywood Calling Screenplay Writing Skills For Key Stage 2
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Hollywood Calling - Screenplay Writing Skills For Key Stage 2
Hollywood Calling is a creative writing programme that offers a clear and straightforward
structure designed to optimise children’s learning. It is based on my experience as a professional
screenwriter, and works particularly well for the shorter stories children usually write.
This programme has already been run successfully with Year 6 pupils at Blenheim Primary School,
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
“The use of popular films engaged the children straight away. Their interest and
imagination was captured and they were eager to write independently. The final results
showed thoughtful creative work.”
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| Rebecca Perman, Deputy Head/Literacy Coordinator, Blenheim Primary
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Hollywood Calling is based around the essential skills required in Key Stage 2, in
particular, the ability to:
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Have an interest in words and their
meanings and a growing vocabulary |
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Know, understand and be able to
write in a range of genres in fiction and poetry, and understand and be familiar with some of the ways
in which narratives are structured through basic literacy ideas of setting, character and plot |
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Plan, draft, revise and edit their
own writing |
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Have a suitable technical
vocabulary through which to understand and discuss their reading and writing |
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Through reading and writing,
develop their powers of imagination, inventiveness and critical awareness |
| A series of five, one-hour sessions designed to work with a standard class size
(approx. 30 children), at the end of the five sessions children will have both a completed project
and a template to use for future projects Discover more
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"I have worked with Don on three scripts over the
past 18 months, and I am looking forward to an ongoing working
relationship.
Creatively, he is highly imaginative, capable of
utilising both his own ideas and incorporating those of others to their maximum
potential. Don is very hard-working - he works fast, but cares - which means that it
becomes very energising for those he works with.
Tough deadlines are a challenge rather than a
problem, so if time is of the essence, Don is the ideal person to have on your
team."
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PR, Copenhagen |
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Don is by far the fastest scribe I've had the
pleasure of working with. In fact, I am puzzled by how high the quality is; you would
think it would suffer accordingly.
Don is always just an email away, and didn't
hesitate to open up his phone lines despite us being in two different countries. Note
that he insisted on picking up the bill every time, which I thought was
class.
Don's educational background, with a Masters in
Screenwriting, plus his global travels and experiences, all come through and result in
rich, pointed prose. Highly recommended.
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| Rhys Trenhaile,
Writer/Producer/Actor, Probity Productions Inc., Canada. |
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