Ever fancied yourself as a TV Scriptwriter? Ever thought that you
could do better than the writers of your favourite show? Have you
always wanted Alf and Colleen to hook up? Now is your
chance!
BTTB is inviting members to write one scene of Home and Away for a
chance to win some great prizes! The competition is open to all
members, of any age, around the globe.
The scene should include two existing characters, past or
present, from the show and also one new character created by
the entrant. The scene should last around one minute and thirty
seconds (which tends to be the average scene length on H&A), the
best way to find this out is to act it out yourself
A short description (profile, background etc.) of the
new character of no more than 100 words should also be included.
The competition will be split into two age categories - 16 and
Under, and 17 and Over and the winner of each category
will receive the following prizes!
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A genuine Home and Away
script, signed by the cast! Kindly donated by Seven Network
Script Executive Bevan Lee. |
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A signed copy of Coral Drouyn's book
'Big Screen, Small Screen: A
Practical Guide to writing for Film and Television in Australia'
kindly donated by Coral herself |
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The 'Classic Home and
Away' VHS with 5 memorable episodes from H&A history |
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A Home and Away
novel
(may differ from one shown) |
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And a few other H&A
Goodies! |
The competition will be judged by former Home and Away Script
Producer Coral Drouyn, who has over 25 years experience of writing
for Australian television, and also members of the BTTB staff.
Not sure where to start? Coral has written a short outline on
writing a scene that may help you out. You can access it by clicking
the link on the right hand side of this page. You also may want to
check out the BBC
Writers Room which contains useful information for scriptwriting
and formatting
Before entering, please read the following conditions:
- Entrants must
supply their full name, address, and e mail details on the
application form.*
- Entries must
be written in a Word or Final Draft document and sent as an attachment to the e
mail entry.
- The
competition is open to any one who is a registered member, but
not to those who are involved in the judging of the competition.
- Entries should
be emailed to competition@backtothebay.net where an independent
administrator will give each entry a number before forwarding
them on the judges. The judges will therefore not know the
identity of the writer when judging.
- The winning
entries, plus those which the judges deem to be highly commended
will be published on BTTB.
- All
submissions must be the original work of the person entering
the script.
- All entries
must be submitted no later than 12pm GMT on Friday 9th March
2007
- No
responsibility will be accepted by BTTB for late or lost
entries, or for fraudulently submitted entries (e.g. An entry
submitted by a 30 year old claiming to be 12!)
- Only one entry
per member.
- The judge’s
decision will be final.
*All personal information sent to
BTTB will be held in strictest confidence by an Administrator
Please paste the following form into your email and remember to
attach both the script and character description before sending!
Good luck to everyone!
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BTTB user
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E mail
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Home Address:
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Phone number
(include country code )
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Date of Birth
if 16 or under |
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Title of scene
submitted.
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Are you
related to, or do you personally know, any member of the
judging panel? |
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