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Developing and Pitching Drama

Date:         Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd August 2019 (2 days)
Location:  BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA

Description
This course explores how best to develop drama proposals, script outlines, or un-commissioned scripts and to target/pitch these to potential financiers, sales agents and distributors.

This course will make you think realistically about your ideas and give you a framework for going forward. If you’ve been struggling on your own, it will give you invaluable feedback, suggestions and ways of packaging your ideas.

Course Content 
This course covers:

•  The role of the producer
•  How to develop a story
•  Options and contracts
•  How to look for finance

In order to get the most from this course, please come with a couple of your own ideas that you can work on throughout the 2 days.

Tutor
This course is led by NFTS's own Peter Ansorge (Ex-commissioning Editor and Head of Channel 4 Drama) whose award-winning career includes: A Very British Coup, Traffik, GBH, The Politician’s Wife, Tales of the City, Brookside and The Camomile Lawn.

Fees
Freelance rate: £335
Corporate rate: £550

Once you have been accepted on the course we will invoice you, by email, for the full amount of the fees. We must receive your payment 5 working days before the course at the latest. Your place on the course is not confirmed until we have received full payment from you, or you have received written confirmation that you have been awarded a bursary. 

Application and deadline
This course is currently open for applications. 
If you intend to apply for a bursary the deadline for this part of the application is 5.30pm on Friday 12th July 2018.

Bursaries
Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, discretionary bursaries may be available to those who are eligible. Bursary information is available from www.nfts.co.uk/scotland and on each course information page. Please contact scotland@nfts.co.uk if you have a bursary query.

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