BBC Writers Room to Television Director | James Price | Career Advice for Film Students

Описание: BBC filmmaker James Price sits down with Film Forums to give advice to film students and aspiring filmmakers.

Price’ upcoming BBC iPlayer miniseries, DOG DAYS, follows Zoso (Conor McCarron) living rough on the streets of Dundee. Moved to Northeast Scotland to maintain a genuine relationship with his young daughter, despite friction with his ex. Zoso’s busking skills reveal a raw musical talent, however, Zoso lacks direction until he meets music lecturer Grace (Lois Chimimba). The search for hope is told with grit, dark humour, vibrancy and soul.

It’s not one to miss: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...

James Price, fondly known as Pricey, discusses working with the BBC on his own TV show, how BBC Writers Room catapulted his career and what he thinks could be done to improve the opportunities available in the Scottish and UK film industry.

Price is a voice of reassurance and practical advice in this episode as he opens up about his struggles as a screenwriter and director and how he continues to overcome them every day.

We talk casting actors, auditioning, writing, circulating script treatments and the importance of trusting a strong team of creatives to bring your movie or TV series to life.

Industry professionals started to take notice of his unique storytelling style when his 2015 film DROPPING OFF MICHAEL picked up several category nominations at BAFTA Awards Scotland that same year, including Best Short Film and Best Writer. The film also received notoriety at Glasgow Short Film Festival by winning the Best Film category.

Next was CHIBBED, which picked up a nomination for the Scottish Short Film Award at Glasgow Short Film Festival. Again, James Price wrote and directed the screenplay for this gritty microshort film.
2019 was a busy but successful year for Price as he put out four films: CONCRETE AND FLOWERS, BOYS NIGHT, SPIRAL and JACKPOT.
BOYS NIGHT received rave reviews from Eye For Film and Ready Steady Cut while also making waves at prominent BAFTA qualifying film festivals like Edinburgh International Film Festival, with a nomination for Best Short Film.

Jump to 2021 and Pricey Films makes a few more high quality short films and then in 2022, James wrote his first TV episode on SKINT for the online streaming platform BBC iPlayer.

April 7th 2023 will see the nationwide release of DOG DAYS on BBC iPlayer, as well as being broadcast on BBC Scotland.


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CREDITS:

Presenters: Aiysha Jebali and Thom Stace
Video Editor: Jack Judd
VFX/Titles/Intro & Artwork: Richard Williams
Stills and/or footage courtesy of: BBC

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