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Wed Apr 11 13:12:39 PDT 2007

>From: "Kaos Films Newsletter" <newsletter at kaosfilms.co.uk>
>To: <mike.atienza at ucr.edu>
>Subject: Kaos Films Newsletter
>Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:23:10 +0100
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>Only 16 Days to the Early Deadline Michael Grade Joins the Panel of Judges 
>Ask Arif Hussein the Founder of BSSC
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>British Short Screenplay Competition is sponsored by:
>Ascent Media, Kodak, Lee Lighting, Panavision, Pinewood-Shepperton 
>Studios, Screenplay Systems and Working Title Films
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>Only 16 Days to the Early Deadline
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>The early deadline of the British Short Screenplay Competition 2007 is 
>less 16 days away. If you haven't mailed your submission yet do so now and 
>take advantage of the lower entry fee. Don't forget this year THREE 
>winners will go into production. No other screenplay competition in the 
>world offers a bigger prize package! And TEN runners-up will recieve Movie 
>Magic screenwriting software. PLUS all the finalists will be invited to an 
>interview with the panel of the top UK film school NFTS for MA in 
>Screenwriting by-passing preliminary rounds.
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>But if you still need to brain-storm the last scene with your writing 
>partner who is not back from the Bahamas don't panic, the final deadline 
>is 22nd June.
>For Rules and Entry forms please <http://www.kaosfilms.co.uk>Visit the 
>website by clicking here
>Michael Grade Joins the Panel of Judges
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>We are hugely honoured to welcome Michael Grade the current Executive 
>Chairman of ITV and arguably the most powerful man in UK broadcasting to 
>the panel of judges of BSSC.
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>Michael Grade comes from a showbusiness dynasty, with his uncles, 
>impresarios Lew Grade and Bernard Delfont. He is the son of Leslie Grade, 
>the theatrical agent who booked stars like Bob Hope and Danny Kaye. 
>Michael Grade joined the Grade organisation as an agent in 1966 and moved 
>into TV in 1973 as Deputy Controller of Entertainment Programmes at London 
>Weekend Television.
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> From LWT, Mr Grade moved on to BBC One in 1984, where he won many 
> admirers. Bob Geldof said nobody else would have had "the bottle" to hand 
> over a network for 24 hours to Live Aid in 1985.
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>In 1988 he moved on to become Chief Executive of Channel 4. Mr Grade left 
>Channel 4 and in 1999 he became Chairman of the firm running Pinewood and 
>Shepperton Film Studios. In 2004 Mr Grade became Chairman of the Board of 
>Governors of the BBC. In November 2006 Mr Grade resigned from the BBC and 
>became Executive Chairman of ITV.
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>Ask Arif Hussein the Founder of BSSC
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>In our last newsletter we promised to put Arif Hussein, the founder of the 
>BSSC in the hot seat again on your behalf and invited you to send in the 
>questions. We've been inundated with emails from our readers. So let's go 
>to the first question:-
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>Q: Dear Arif, I've longed to be able to ask this question, and not knowing 
>the answer has held me back from submitting a script to the Kaos short 
>script competition. My question is: is there any chance of getting to 
>direct my script myself if it's chosen as a winner? In my case, I have 
>filmmaking training and short film directing experience, though I have not 
>yet done any paid/professional directing work. I also have theatre 
>directing experience and professional acting credits. Shane Vahey
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>A: We often get asked this question and we've always said that despite our 
>relationship with the NFTS if the writer wants to direct their own winning 
>screenplay then we will include them in the mix when we are appointing the 
>director. We want the most qualified person to direct the film. And 
>qualified doesn't mean academic qualifications it means the person with 
>the best vision. But of course this year three winners will go into 
>production. So we will be actively looking for directors outside the NFTS. 
>But we do ask that you make your intention clear when you enter the 
>competition by stating on the title page that you wish to be considered as 
>director.
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>Q: Dear Sir, I live in Tokyo, Japan. May I enter this competition or is it 
>for the British people only? Also does the screenplay has to be written in 
>English? - Haruko
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>A: The BSSC is an international competition open to anyone from any 
>country of any nationality. We receive entries from over 120 countries. Of 
>the past five winners two, Tom Beach and Hank Issac are from the US, Two 
>James Walker and Mark Cowling from UK and last year's winner Linda Niccol 
>is from New Zealand. Runners-up have come from Australia, Peru, India, 
>Italy, Iran, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil and Japan. The screenplays have 
>to be in English but later may be translated into the native language if 
>necessary for dramatic reasons. We have done this with LIKE FATHER which 
>was translated into Bosnian and THE STARS DON'T TWINKLE IN OUTER SPACE was 
>translated into Hungarian.
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>Q: Dear Sir, Can you please tell me what is the budget of the winning 
>screenplay that you produce? Yours, Steve - USA
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>A: I can't tell you what will be the budget on the winning films of 2007 
>because we don't yet have the screenplays in our hand. There are so many 
>factors that affect the budget, cast, location, period and so on. What I 
>can tell you is that the last three films we have already produced had an 
>average budget of $340,000 inclusive of all sponsorship package. THE 
>HANDYMAN was shot on location in USA, THE STARS DON'T TWINKLE IN OUTER 
>SPACE was shot on location in Hungary and LIKE FATHER was shot in Bosnia. 
>That is the biggest prize package of any screewriting competition in the 
>world. And of course in 2007 there will be three winning screenplays.
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>Q: Dear Arif, I know that we can submit a script again which has not won 
>in a previous BSSC. Has anyone ever done this and won , or gotten closer 
>to winning? Thank you, Eric Schneider - USA (2003 semi-finalist)
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>A: Yes, anyone can re-enter their screenplay which has not won the top 
>prize previously. Many writers re-enter their screenplays. We always say 
>before you re-enter please check and see if you can improve upon what you 
>have done. One writer entered a screenplay three years running. First year 
>it only made first round. He rewrote it and entered it again next year 
>under a different title and it made it to the third round. The following 
>year he made the finalists. But each year there were major rewrites. He 
>worked hard and deserved the prize.
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>Q: Dear Arif, Is it possible to get copies of screenplays of past winners 
>or runners up to get some kind of a feel for why they were successful? - 
>Danny Katz - Australia.
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>A: We get this question from writers again and again. We cannot publish 
>the runners-up as we do not own the copyright on them. As regards the 
>winning screenplays we have been reluctant to publish them because we feel 
>it would spoil the film that will be produced from the screenplay. But 
>having said that we are publishing THE HANDYMAN screenplay. It should be 
>up on the website in the next few days.
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>Q: Dear Arif, If I sign the release am I surrendering the rights to my 
>screenplay to Kaos Films? - Amanda - Singapore
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>A: Not at all. The release allows us (the readers and the judges) to read 
>your screenplay without the fear of litigation in the future. You retain 
>all rights to the screenplay. When you win the competition you will be 
>asked to enter into an agreement which will assign the rights to Kaos Films.
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>Q: Dear Arif, What do you recommend a novice writer should do to better 
>their chances of winning the competition. Do you recommend reading any 
>screenplays, books? Thanks, Neil - UK
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>A: There are lots of books a writer should read, too many to mention here. 
>But you can never read enough screenplays. If you want to write 
>screenplays then read screenplays. Read good ones and the bad ones. The 
>internet is full of websites which provide free to read screenplays. The 
>Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences has a huge database of screenplays 
>you can read online - if you can figure out how the site works! And many 
>other sites. The important thing is go to the site that have screenplays 
>in their original format.
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>Q: Dear Arif, I have heard so much about the winning films you're 
>producing how can I see them? - Rita - India
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>A: The Handyman has been screened in many film festivals around the world 
>and continuing to do so. I'm not sure if it's going to be screened in 
>India. If you're travelling look out for it or we're pleased to say that 
>it has acquired a distributor and we hope it will soon be available on 
>DVDs and will be broadcast on television. We will keep you updated via our 
>website.
>For Rules and Entry forms please <http://www.kaosfilms.co.uk>Visit the 
>website by clicking here
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>British Short Screenplay Competition is sponsored by:
>Ascent Media, Kodak, Lee Lighting, Panavision, Pinewood-Shepperton 
>Studios, Screenplay Systems and Working Title Films
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