Write a Movie in 30 Days with Pat Higgins
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Description
Ever wanted to write a movie or a TV show?
In this special talk, acclaimed screenwriter and lecturer Pat Higgins will take you through some of the tricks and techniques of successful screenwriting. From creating characters to idea generation, from how to get those first words onto the paper through to constructing an emotionally satisfying ending. This is a new interactive show for
2019, condensing a ridiculous amount of advice into a jam-packed 80 minutes.
Over the last fifteen years, Pat Higgins has sold spec screenplays on both sides of the Atlantic, directed award-winning feature films and and worked extensively as a script doctor. He's spoken at film festivals, the TEDx stage, colleges and universities.
He aims to show you that you, too, can write a rock-solid screenplay in 30 days without giving up your day job or neglecting your other commitments.
And you can have fun doing it.
‘One of the highlights of the weekend. Informative, clever and, as expected with Pat’s experience in stand-up, very funny’ – NERDLY
‘One of the key names in the British horror revival’ – SCREAM magazine
‘The Tarantino of budget gore flicks for style and dialogue’ – SFX magazine
‘A cult favourite’ – Fangoria
‘Essex auteur’ – EMPIRE magazine
‘Pat Higgins is a funny guy’ – DVD & Blu-Ray Review magazine
Organiser Pat Higgins
Organiser of Write a Movie in 30 Days with Pat Higgins
Pat Higgins is a British scriptwriter and director. After writing and directing three internationally distributed micro-budget horrors, (TrashHouse, Hellbride and KillerKiller), Pat branched out with award-winning mockumentary The Devil’s Music (which won Best Independent Feature at the Festival of Fantastic Film in 2008). He's been called the 'Essex Auteur' in Empire and 'the Tarantino of budget gore flicks for style and dialogue' in SFX.
For the last ten years, Pat has lectured on idea generation and screenwriting at various colleges and universities. His live talks (such as 2015's acclaimed How Not to Make a Horror Movie and 2018's Fear and Film) are regularly scheduled at film festivals. He is also very active as a script doctor, providing (often uncredited) rewrites for features in the UK and the US.
He is the co-creator of the Death Tales series of films, (Bordello Death Tales, Nazi Zombie Death Tales) with Jim Eaves and Al Ronald, and was the original writer and creator of international cinema release Strippers vs Werewolves.
