by Allan Scott | 26 May 2020 | Scriptwriting, Spoken word, Video, Writing skills |
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by Allan Scott | 19 January 2019 | Scriptwriting, Video |
Interviews for video aren’t exactly like the ones you see on the news. It’s true that you’re after the same thing as a news reporter – namely the story. But there the resemblance pretty much ends. Because it’s your job to make...
by Allan Scott | 18 January 2019 | Scriptwriting, Spoken word, Writing skills |
What scares you? In fact, what scares you the most? How about death? Scary enough? Failure. Does that worry you? Then, of course, there’s pain. No one loves pain. But in a well-known survey… …one fear topped them all. The fear of public speaking. And...
by Allan Scott | 8 January 2019 | Scriptwriting, Spoken word, Writing skills |
We don’t speak in the same way that we write. So if you’re writing something that’s going to be read aloud, you need to think a little differently. Short sentences. Ungrammatical constructions. (Or, at least, not strictly grammatical.) Careful word...
by Allan Scott | 4 January 2019 | Blog page, Scriptwriting, Video, Writing skills |
Video is a visual medium. Yes? Well, obviously. But in my experience many senior executives have a serious problem understanding that. And I say that after spending around thirty years of my life as a visual scriptwriter… ‘The CEO just wants to add his...
by Catherine Kendal | 16 October 2016 | Effective copywriting, Proofreading, Scriptwriting, Writing skills |
Despite the appearance of Christmas trees on the TV sofa adverts, it seems only a hop, skip and jump in time since we were enthralled by the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio. And it wasn’t just medals that got the media buzzing, but medalling. We all know that a medal...
