Comments on: CARRY ON TERENCE http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/2008/05/23/carry-on-terence/ Thoughts on screenwriting and creativity from a UK based writer, trainer, and script editor Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/2008/05/23/carry-on-terence/comment-page-1/#comment-336 James Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:06:41 +0000 http://www.youdothatvoodoo.com/?p=130#comment-336 I completely agree with you here. I once attended a special screening of Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (not a great film) where the Producer (previously of East is East) and Director did a Q&A at the end. The Producer ranted on forever about how she was leaving the film industry because British audiences won't go and see British films because they don't look like American films. Which to an extent I think is true, a lot of British films do look like crap, and the American's really know how to light their films, even their independents. But I also disagree with her and think story is a huge factor. A lot of the British film industry appears to be geared towards producing films that say something about us as a nation, films which reflect our culture. To me this seems like the wrong way to go about things, surely stories should be what they encourage, as through stories culture emerges. If we concentrated on good stories, well told and well made, I think we'd be doing a lot better. J I completely agree with you here. I once attended a special screening of Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution (not a great film) where the Producer (previously of East is East) and Director did a Q&A at the end. The Producer ranted on forever about how she was leaving the film industry because British audiences won’t go and see British films because they don’t look like American films. Which to an extent I think is true, a lot of British films do look like crap, and the American’s really know how to light their films, even their independents. But I also disagree with her and think story is a huge factor. A lot of the British film industry appears to be geared towards producing films that say something about us as a nation, films which reflect our culture. To me this seems like the wrong way to go about things, surely stories should be what they encourage, as through stories culture emerges. If we concentrated on good stories, well told and well made, I think we’d be doing a lot better.

J

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