Adam Courting
Currently I am performing as a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, learning to write radio scripts and developing a one-person sketch show.
I love to read, learn, collaborate and eat cake.
Location London, England.
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I'll speak to parents and people with ADHD with more understanding. I'll also be able to delve further into more research and have a greater level of compassion.
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I still see the need for a multi-modal approach, and understand the benefits of a calibrated medical intervention.
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Sharing more stories and research.
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Less focus on exams and quantity of information. A more inclusive practice in education for children with ADHD would benefit all. Children that can self-regulate, easily conform to classroom norms and enjoy or can effectively study outside of school (with or without parental support) will still do so, even with a more flexible schedule.
Teachers can already...
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It may be that it can more efficiently target the 'problem' areas (in the majority of cases), and therefore artificially resolves the physiological aspect of the condition.
There are many more factors involved in the non-medical interventions (e.g. previous environment(s), current environments, psychosocial skills, self-esteem levels, relationship to...
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Via an app or online website.
Through a physical pack sent in the post.
A podcast-style audio format.
Online streaming.
Booklets and workbooks from a GP, library, newsagent, book store, police station, hospital, prison library, school, adult college, university.
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Hearing that correct doses of medication 'stimulate' to regulate has blown my mind!
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How much time has the 'diagnoser' spent getting to really know the child and environment?
How can we standardise or at least explore a more comprehensive and adaptable process?
How much will it cost and will it be affordable for those who really need it?
Can we position the argument for the long-term individual and societal benefits in a way that...
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Discussions around the research and experiences of families and professionals need to become the norm.
We also need to ensure that the experiences of parents' do count significantly on the road to diagnosis.
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Reciprocal knowledge sharing and mutual learning may help. By professionals from both countries as well as other sharing their experience and actively seeking to adjust their respective methods with the patients being at the forefront of people's minds.
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Some of these ideas may be featured in literature or discussions regarding planned parenthood or parent support networks.
For adults with ADHD entering parenthood it may assist with managing expectations and helping them to understand what may or may not happen.
Social services (inc. CAMHS in the UK) may also gain more insight into more accurate...
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Ideas based on understanding, misunderstanding, observation, interpretation, detailed research, outdated research, anecdotes, judgements.
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Only so much as I have an even greater curiosity and have been reminded of the gendered-nature of a lot of the older research.
I've worked with various children with ADHD and know it presents uniquely in each of them. With some of them, I never experienced the outward displays' they were known to have so I have also experienced the effect of a new, and...
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Fear of the unknown. A lack of understanding. Concern about neurodiversity and stigmas that can come with it (e.g. I'm a bad parent.) An abundance of misinformation.
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Support them. Listen to them. Share experiences with them. Be patient.
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Short appointments. Don't always have all of the information from thr other parts of the patient's life. It's often hard to articulate complex or partially understood feelings.
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We can help by talking more about the challenges for parents with regards to ADHD and other neurodiverse conditions' educational & health care plans in general discourse.
Case studies and spotlighting of individual cases help to humanise the subject, especially in a world saturated with information. If you have no personal connection or only look at reports...
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A lack of knowledge/understanding from professionals whose job it is to support you with knowledge and understanding.
Parents need unholy amounts of time, patience, and resilience to navigate the various systems.
Aside from navigating the bureaucracy and inefficiencies within the system, you will also need to protect yourself against shame and...
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- Parents were raised in a world where the things we are learning right now were less-well known, less-creditable or simply locked away in research papers or private studies so our paradigms for behaviour and presentation were significantly different. We can consciously or unconsiously use our own upbringing as a guide, which in itself was consciously or...
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Lack of understanding by parents, teachers, peers, and the children themselves.
Not enough reasonable adjustments made to the syllabus, environment, and assessment process.
Bullying from peers.
Mislabelling of their behaviour by others.
We can better educate oursleves as adults, whether we are parents, teachers, or have no relationship to a child...
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A lack of understanding in times gone by might be one possibility. Even with extensive research and organisations dedicated to the various neurological states we, today, often see constant shifting of what we once thought clear, as more data, new findings, changing diets and environments reposition yesterday's insight.
Rewind 10, 20, 30 years and you can...
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Yes, as it means we are unable to look at the condition from a more balanced and informed perspective. The professional understanding of any condition has a direct impact on the public's understanding. So a partially, and under-researched area will only dilute into deeper ignorance. Girls and women will be those impacted most significantly, as their ability to...
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Having observed many different children in traditional school settings as an external facilitator/workshop leader and then observed children in more natural settings as a Forest School practitioner, I've noticed that the open, relaxed, more adaptable environment and circumstances have allowed seemingly 'uncontrollable', 'restless' or 'trouble' children to...
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Reasons which immediately spring to mind are:
- Understanding of the condition (interpretation of behaviour or symptoms) by a particular individual, institution, or governing body: you first need to agree on a definition, then decide what action is necessary to take. Each Government, Health services, Governing body, and Mental health institution is...
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ADHD means a category for a person in order to better understand their behaviour.
I'm a Forest School Facilitator, Storyteller, and Corporate Trainer. I'm interested in learning more about various aspects of human behaviour and neuroscience so I can better connect with, support and understand other people I come into contact with and beyond.
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I'm selecting the indie film 'The Cube'.
The action mainly takes place in a giant cube maze of predominantly white walls with various hazards appearing that c sometim a prove fatal. The characters have to select the right paths to take and navigate the various traps along the way.
You could construct the 'cube-shaped' interiors with moving parts in all...
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I'm a performer, writer and producer but generally curious about any area I know little or nothing about.
Storytelling is a fascinating concept for me and in trying to create works for this reimagined age, I believe this course and my fellow peers will spark new fancies and discovery.
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I often do courses on here on my phone but I may try the laptop and 'folders' combo to see if I can enhance my learning experience!
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In a globalised world of increasing interdependence and shifting alliances, identification and definitions, freedom has become increasingly hard to define and, therefore - in my eyes - even harder to obtain.
I see freedom as being interlinked with an understanding of both yourself and your environment/society. The more sense you can make of your own genetic...
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I've been assessing and re-assessing my relationship and understanding of religion since I decided, at the age of fourteen, that Catholicism wasn't for me.
One of the key problems of arguments around the freedoms of religion is that very few people have personal experience from both within and without the various corners of the spectrum so comparing the...
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This course, along with the input from my fellow participants, has been a valuable experience. I had already been looking at the British Empire for another project and focusing on Kenya in particular, where my ancestry lies.
Having been born and raised in London, this has allowed me to re-examine my identity and has helped to answer a lot of questions.
I...
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For those with a vested interest in masking its lasting effects (e.g. the British Government) there appears a reductionist approach: some bad eggs made some mistakes but we fixed it and are still making amends now through foreign aid etc.
Some people think it ended when they said it did and some don't care.
Everyone is still experiencing its effects but...
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This is a great observation and I wonder if it is also tied to the fact that business has succeeded religion in guiding/influencing a lot of state policy.
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I agree with a lot of the comments below regarding the impossible nature of assessing a psyche when so far removed, however, it could be more effective to look at what ideas and notions from the era have we kept and what have we let go?
The history taught in schools, policies enshrined in law and response to non-UK nationals from the ex-colonies are all...
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The 'real' history likely lies somewhere between the two. I also instinctively feel that the truth is closer to the individual accounts than the accepted mainstream history as the stakes are always greater when you have several powerful parties involved, each with vested interests in constructing a particular narrative.
Also, of scholars are truly...
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The Empire appears to take on a mythical status: glorious within the heavens and everything focused inwards.
The map incorporates images of the Greek gods of the winds who, presumably, 'bless' the sails of the fine Empire fleet we see traversing the well-connected Empire.
That there is less human cost in this version of Empire.
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I was unaware of the interest in South Africa, specifically the diamond and gold rush. Also the 'right to self-determination' statement that accompanied the war effort.
It is remarkably similar to the situation created by the in the declaration of independence, when they stated: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that...
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We can't change the past but we can try to understand it. The fact that you're on this course is a good sign that you're willing to try and expand your understanding.
By doing that alone and sometimes together we can actually make better decisions today to help all of those to come.
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Key words: Power. Exploitation. Subjugation. Wealth. Empowerment. Development. Division. Exploration.
I learned a lot about the colonisation of a lot of foreign lands, acquisition of treats and delights from far away places, new infrastructure put in place in places lile Kenya and India.
More recently I've discovered the gulags, mass oppression,...
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There is a lot of efficiency in using the summary approach. It provides not only a clear framing of the story within but also allows the dialogue in the scene to occur as close to naturally as possible. There is a return to summary in among the dialogue but it's more for context amd helps to deepen the emotional and psychological aspects of what's being...
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Prior to reading that breakdown of the various types, the first-person narrator felt like the most suitable form for me but seeing the other methods used with great efficiency has made me rethink that idea.
When skillfully employed each method can offer you something useful, depending on the impression you want to make and the information you wish to convey.
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I often 'see' a character in my mind behaving in a particular way and that becomes the basis for their outline. Then I'll let them roam around in my imagination and put them through various situations to see how they respond. If I know the story then as I rewrite I let them dictate their own path.
More recently I've been trying to create characters to fit a...
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Thank you!
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I wrote about a young African-British man, who was returning to his old school as a social economist 'wunderkind': going from hoody to scholar.
Sports clothing and slang were the main vehicles I chose for communicating the stereotype.
His transformation of a casual observation of how much marketing had influenced him and his peers into a socio-economic...
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Kwame had made a different sort of impact on society. It was on a cheeky Friday bunk in the common room here that he joked about how badly he and the other eediots had been rinsed by the relentless marketing campaigns of sportswear manufacturers since forever, and - on the back of a Tampax box - wrote the first steps of his later-to-be-published socio-economic...
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Crouching down to re-tie the ridiculously oversized, multicolour trainer laces for the 'eighth flippin' time' this morning, Kwame Michael Amah-Appiah wondered why he'd ever wasted dollar on these stupid kicks: he couldn't run, couldn't stand in 'em and could barely walk. If you're gonna judge a man by the cut of his cloth, then Kwame was some retro 90s, baggy...
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The entrepeneur who can't work appliances at home.
The polyglot translator who struggles to communicate with her wife.
The flash-car estate agent who talks clients out of sales.
The Oxbridge Prime Minister who implements bottom-up policies in all sectors.
The Instagram model/Reality-TV personality who develops a new branch of social...
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Adam Courting replied to Elinor O'Donovan
I could read something featuring the sweet old radical union leader :-)
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Adam Courting replied to Elif Parlak
Massive fan of the pop star one!
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Adaliyah was a budding entrepreneur, who's pathway to success was curtailed by an increasing dependence on alchohol and a litany of failed schemes.
After her father passes away she is named executor of his will and bequeathed a large sum of money to 'responsibly distribute' between herself, her university-bound sister and their recently 'sectioned'...
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Our concerns tend to.be tied up to our identity so in showing the world who you are (through your work) we'd definitely like to know what interests you in particular.
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It's a great starting point.
I do believe that people should be able to make the work that they want we definitely need to make more space for people with concerns such as yourself to get some important messages across.
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I think it will definitely resonate more with others who feel the same or are interested in your perspective.
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I'm exploring the idea that in the combination of the music I listen to, the films, shows and plays I enjoy and the opinions I uphold or rail against, lies a composite of the ideas and issues that interest or concern me at any given time. Looking back at material I've written is also a useful clue and maybe a next step would be sharing extracts of my work to...
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Adam Courting replied to Richard megenis
Which means you've opened up a whole new world of possibility!
As annoying as it is, being able to observe a definite/established truth/fact from a new perspective is a superpower!
Imagine a world where everyone was truly capable of seeing things from other people's perspectives. It would save us a lot of angry letters to the Guardian/Daily Mail!
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This particular woman is a 38-year-old freelance translator for several international NGOs and a high-level operative for the protest group 'Anonymous', about to launch a devastating cyber attack.
By displaying a red sweater she signalled to the sleeper cell working as transport officers that today was activation day: with the Pekinese indicating that the...
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Researching outside of your own imagination is rewarding in terms of fact-checking and inspiration but I don't feel it's necessary for everything. What I like to see is consistency in a world, irrespective of whether it is based on provable facts or deliberate anachronisms/fallacies.
One of my goals as a writer (predominantly of stage plays and poems but...
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The rush hour crowd scampered, oblivious, beneath the darkening rain clouds.
Among them stood Hilary, gun concealed in her coat, staring fixedly above.
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I wrote a character in a situation and then started to expand out into a story. As I discovered the space and the people around them in more and more depth, I started to develop the narrative.
I see it as the basis for a longerstory but it offered, in itself, a snapshot of someone at their peak before returning to the reality of their recent passing...
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It's a great way to trigger the angle of speech that really evokes feeling. Possibly because a lot of what we remembered is coloured by the emotion that made it significant.
I sometimes struggle with seeing just what is in front of me, hearing only my own voice and talking in the present tense so this is a gift for me.
- I loathed them/her/him...
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Adam Courting replied to Rebecca Elizabeth
I work in a similar way! I find it hard to start without allowing the mind to wander :-)
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Adam Courting replied to Kriti Kumar
...struggling to integrate them, get them out or try new ones. If you are clear on what your premise is (e.g. what your piece is trying to say) then your aim is to find the right protagonist(s) to make that journey and the right antagonist(s) to challenge them.
- I find it easier to start with the message and then work out the rest later. Am I upset by an...
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Adam Courting replied to Kriti Kumar
Hi Kriti,
I am by no means an expert but I have spent a lot of the last several months writing, getting into problems and finding solutions. We all different ways of working but maybe if I share some of my process you might find something useful?
- I write poems, monologues, plays (short and long), haikus and soon will work on TV scripts then film....
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...as the capricious aroma snuck through the tiniest crack in the window, pirouetted over the bustling drive and embraced me with a delicate familiarity.
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Adam Courting replied to Mark Mark
That sounds good to me! It's mainly to give a helping hand up to people who are in the industry but don't hand the same advantages as others.
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Adam Courting replied to Mark Mark
@MarkMark Hi Mark!
If you've not been to.an accredited drama school I would absolutely recommend the Norman Beaton Fellowship initiative run by the BBC:
I was one of the luckly recipients last year and spent five lovely months at the...
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Adam Courting replied to Adam Courting
I appreciate that, Susan!
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Original description:
Short, stern-looking but friendly in manner. Hair thinning at the top. Unshaven but not unkempt. Cautious and curious but reticent. His mind is always processing and he sees everything but doesn't always comment. Can come acroas as harsh and his speech is bullish, delivered in sharp bursts but the volume never rises and you can easily...
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Amended description:
Eventually I reach my intended destination and manoeuvre my crutches around the uneven paving as I approach the Doruk Food centre entrance via the accessible slope. As I awkwardly pass the compact, battle-weary store assistant, he who daily challenges lung cancer to a duel with commendable constancy, I deftly switch my focus to the...
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I'm following you comprehensively in both sections and in the second I'm very much caught up in the poetry. It's very compelling.
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Your writing contains both clarity and character: I know exactly what's happening at all times but I'm also reminded of the human element. It's not just mechanical prose.
I feel like I'm experiencing someone who lives a life of order bordered on many sides by chaos! (In an interesting way!)
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I sit in an open field, shoes off and scattered across the grass somewhere, as the sun beats down, fighting the blue sky for my attention and a cuckoo in a lonely tree sits atop the highest branch and boldy sings a challenge to the exaltation of larks, harmonising nearby. I feel like I am not 'without' and that there is no 'me' to write.
We're securely in...
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Havimg recently read and performed in the William Shakespeare play: Henry Sixth: Part one I was struck by how rich it was with English history. I learned that Richard Plantagenet was related to Edward III through both his mother and; that Henry VI was actuallly the nephew of Henry V; that the War of the Roses (York versus Lancaster) featured many players that...
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This all feels more doable! I feel like I'll be able to explore far more ideas now that I have a process to work with.
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This feels like a great way to build backstory and develop real memories for your character prep. I think I'll try and fo this regularly when I have time/am bored to add more depth to my characters and script.
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I recently watched docu-drama 'The Great Hack' and found two of the protagonists Alexander Nix (real footage) and Brittany Kaiser (scripted dialogue) utterly fascinating.
Alexander displayed quite a few elements of narcissism - his belief in his own rectitude and the national conspiratorial elements set against his company appeared entirely...
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1. Genre: Surreal Thriller
2. Protagonist: Black former Starlet.
3. Goal: Self-worth
4. Obstacles: Lack of self-esteem; Prejudice.
5. What's important: Tackling oppression; Providing a voice for Black women.Plot: Aretha is drawn into a tense psychological battle on-and-off camera with her ex-partner: a renowned interviewer and her former abuser....
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@AngelaB. Thank you! That's given me food for thought :-)
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I've been working on a radio play, most recently, and also attended two playwrighting workshops this week but this course has further bolstered my journey back towards scriptwriting: for all the available forms.
I tend to have a lot of different ideas and they're often suited to different formats so I feel confident that I can make in-road in different...
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Pulp Fiction is the classic Quentin Tarantino film from the 90s that skilfully employs a non-linear multi-narrative structure. We follow several characters in turn through their explosive intersecting lives revolving around the world of gangster Marcellus Wallace but - as the film plays out of sequence - we are continuously kept out of the loop and on our toes.
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Genre: Surreal Thriller
Protagonist: Black former Starlet.
Goal: Self-worth
Obstacles: Lack of self-esteem, patriarchy, industry, racial stereotypes.
What's important: Tackling societal and institutional oppression; Providing a voice for Black women and highlighting some of their issues.A black former Starlet recounts several key moments from her life...
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Adam Courting replied to Adam Courting
Hi Angela,
I am a new member of the BBC Radio Drama Company.
I will be recording my first one next week but I can recommend loads.
Firstly, 'Home Front' is a wonderful series of interesting characters and beautiful storylines. Anything written by Katie Hims is a winner. I use the BBC Sounds app or website and listen to the dramas on there but the BBC...
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I looked at 'Get Out' (which I haven't seen) and 'Stan and Ollie' (which I have.)
In the former there is a simplicity of dialogue and action at the start so you can really build a clear picture (based on the description that is included.) The tension builds nicely as we're kept quite present and 'feel' the fear simultaneously with the protagonist.
In the...
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Hello all,
I have been an actor and theatremaker for several years but before the stage I was all about the screen. I'm currently working in radio drama (as an actor) and developing radio scripts but am determined to get my writing brain active and so I'm diving into radio, theatre and screen all at once!
