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karinthomson2020
Aug 16, 20223 min read
What just happened...?
The draft script I had written for myself in 2022 had a major rewrite in May when two people close to me died. All plans took a back seat...
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karinthomson2020
May 2, 20223 min read
Whereof are you made?
Shakespeare is a constant source of inspiration to myself and others. I'm currently working on a PhD about the first public Shakespeare...
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karinthomson2020
Jan 25, 20225 min read
Tennyson, Shakespeare and Women
At the moment I’m working with the wonderful team that made The Trial of Lady Godiva, on creating a companion piece on Tennyson’s poem...
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karinthomson2020
Dec 31, 20212 min read
New Year Re-writing/Re-drafting
The last couple of years have been ones of enormous creativity for me. I’ve gone with the flow of story ideas and written those tricky...
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karinthomson2020
Dec 3, 20213 min read
Editing Godiva
Editing is a wonderfully creative process which begins as soon as you start reading a script. Working as both Director and Editor on The...
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karinthomson2020
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Edgar: King Lear's homeless son
A few years ago at the RSC, watching a production of King Lear, the finely dressed bourgeois, middle-aged couple sitting next to me...
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karinthomson2020
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Directing Godiva
Funded by Coventry City of Culture, conceived and written by Stephen Hardy in collaboration with actress Sonia Ritter, The Trial of Lady...
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karinthomson2020
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Playing with time
Like every screenwriter when they've completed a first draft, I'm so excited about the script I've just finished. It's probably my best...
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karinthomson2020
Sep 25, 20211 min read
I'm a Fresher!!
This week I started a three and a half year journey/adventure - a PhD exploring and writing about the first greatest Shakespeare...
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karinthomson2020
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Frankenstein
It may seem a bit crazy to write a sequel to one of the most iconic novels in English literature, but that's exactly what I've done. I...
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karinthomson2020
Sep 18, 20211 min read
DaVinci Resolve
It sounds like an Italian Renaissance indigestion tablet but is, in fact, a natty piece of film editing software (the basic package is...
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karinthomson2020
Aug 31, 20211 min read
The Voice of The Forest
The Forest is a script which could have been written for silent cinema, were it not for the essential voiceover of a character who is...
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karinthomson2020
May 25, 20214 min read
The Great Film-making Journal: Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well
There are many exceptional pieces of screenwriting that balance plot, character and visual storytelling in a seamless and brilliant way....
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karinthomson2020
May 19, 20211 min read
The Invited - exciting news!
Based on the creative and innovative development work put in to The Invited, The McGuires have received further funding to take this...
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karinthomson2020
May 16, 20215 min read
The Shakespeare Films That Never Were
Adapting Shakespeare for the screen has always struck me as a thankless task - the language and play format immediate obstacles for the...
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karinthomson2020
May 13, 20211 min read
Submission worthy screenwriting competitions
There are so many calls for scripts and it is often difficult to determine whether or not they are reputable. This list, published by...
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karinthomson2020
May 10, 20211 min read
Unexpected Comedy
At the moment I'm juggling several new script ideas in my head. Some of them have been brewing there for a while, most of them dark,...
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karinthomson2020
Oct 22, 20201 min read
Digital Story Telling with the McGuires
I am tremendously fortunate to have worked in collaboration with Kristin and Davy McGuire, wonderful digital artists who produce the most...
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