Script to Screen TALKS 2023: Development Essentials with Nicole Dade (Extract)

Experienced screenwriter, script editor and development producer Nicole Dade breaks down the script development process and discusses how to develop your own idea so that it moves forward. Nicole talks about the main structural element of the story, the story world, and examines how the importance of finding the heart and primal theme of the story is fundamental to its success. This talk was held in June 2023, at the Christchurch Screen Canterbury offices. ----more---- Nicole is referencing slides throughout this talk, but it is easy to following her development essentials without them. This podcast contains one moment of strong language which hasn’t been censored. ----more---- ABOUT NICOLE DADE: Nicole Dade is a screenwriter, story developer and story/script producer with 15 years’ international experience in TV, film and online scripted content. She is a screenwriter of original and commissioned work and also contributes to writers’ rooms as writer, script editor or script producer. A skilled story and script consultant, Nicole is highly regarded for her creative and strategic insight and for her expertise in screen story and genre craft...----more---- This podcast is brought to you thanks to generous support from the New Zealand Film Commission, Te Puna Matarau, Screen CanterburyNZ, White Studios and Images and Sound. ----more---- The voiceover was recorded by Jamie Irvine, and the music is by Podington Bear. You can read more about these speakers at our website www.script-to-screen.co.nz