CMF Event: Storytelling – Can we be More Adventurous?

Date/Time
Date(s) - 22/01/2015
6:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
Lewis Silkin Llp

Category(ies)

• CMF Evening Event

Tickets £10 – free to CMF supporters and patrons.

There are many influences on storytelling, from those that have to do with the craft – such as who the audience is and which medium or platform is being used to tell the tale – to those that have to do with commercial realities.

Do financing, commissioning, “received wisdom,” safety concerns – a plethora of pressures that have nothing to do with telling a story – put a stranglehold on our storytelling?

Does second-guessing what will or won’t work commercially limit our ability to do something different, to break through – to tell stories that are uniquely ours?

How can we use the changing media landscape to take more risks with our stories?  And in doing so, how can we cater for a more diverse audience?

Arrival:  6:15pm
Session starts:  6:30pm
Drinks:  8:00pm
Close:  8:30pm

Panelists:  
Mellie Buse (Adastra Creative)
Sharna Jackson (Hopster)
Paul King (writer/director ‘Paddington’)
David Levine (Disney)
Jeff Norton (Author, screenwriter, producer – Awesome)
Dr Becky Parry (University of Leeds). 

A lively and thought-provoking discussion about the influences, both positive and negative,  on the stories we tell.

Event Programme.

Event produced by
Jocelyn Stevenson, Owner: How Can I Help?

With thanks to Lewis Silkin Llp for providing the venue and to A.L.C.S. for their sponsorship of the drinks reception.