The Art and Craft of Development with Stephen Cleary

Managing Director of Feisty Dame Productions, Tania Chambers most recently produced the action adventure children’s television series Itch. Tania Chambers produced the comedy feature A Few Less Men and the comedic thriller Kill Me Three Times, (selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival and BFI London International Film Festival). Tania produced the short film Tango Underpants and executive produced the factual series End of Empire and Turning Point, as well as short films One Fine Day, High Tide, Dark Whispers and A Shared Affair.Formerly Chief Executive of funding agencies Screen NSW and Screenwest, Tania is a Member and was formerly Chair of the Screenwest Industry Advisory Group, is Chair of the Screen Industry Diversity Leadership Group in WA, and was formerly Vice President and a Council Member of Screen Producers Australia. Tania is a member of Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) and of WIFT Australia (Women in Film and Television), an Honorary Life Member of Women in Film and Television (NSW), and is a Dame Changer. Tania was formerly on the Boards of the Perth International Arts Festival, ACT Screen Industry Association Ltd, Arts Law Centre and Geographe French Australian Festivals Inc. (CinefestOZ). and the Chair of Media Reconciliation Industry Network Group (Media RING), as well as a member of the International Academy of Arts and Sciences, an Ambassador for Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service. Tania was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the Arts and to Film and Television in 2016.

event host Tania Chambers, Feisty Dame Productions

Hosted by Feisty Dame Productions, this workshop is a practical guide to Story Development as an industrial/economic process and as a creative undertaking. It examines Development from a domestic and international perspective, including international co-development.
A Developer needs a range of skills, and success comes from combining good technical understanding with proper Development practice: technical story understanding is no use unless it is combined with good communication and interpersonal skills. Smart analysis is no use if you don’t listen properly.
Areas covered by this workshop include:
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how to write a technical analysis of a story
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working with creative individuals including how to define and respect boundaries
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how to intervene in order to have a constructive effect
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understanding story structure
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feature film vs TV drama development
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shorts and web series development
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the particular problems commonly associated with adaptation
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designing development budgets
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how your development work fits into a broader industry context
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The aims of the workshop are
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To stimulate professionals skilled in development who will work more successfully in their immediate region and beyond
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To give those professionals a sound technical understanding and knowledge of creative best practice
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To broaden their understanding of the opportunities development offers and the professional questions it poses
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This special workshop is not to be missed! Register early to avoid disappointment. 
ABOUT STEPHEN CLEARY
Stephen Cleary has worked in television and film for over 30 years, first as an independent TV producer/director, then a feature film developer and producer. He was Head of Development at the UK’s national film Agency, British Screen, for five years and has developed over 60 produced feature films including Before the Rain (Milcho Manchevski, Academy Award nominee for best foreign film, winner Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival), Rob Roy (Michael Caton-Jones), Butterfly Kiss (Michael Winterbottom), Love and Death on Long Island (Richard Kwietniowski) and Photographing Fairies (Nick Willing). His most recently developed films include Cast Me If You Can (Atsushi Ogata), The Hunter (Daniel Nettheim) and Buddha’s Little Finger (Tony Pemberton), which he also co-wrote. He was also the co-screenwriter of the feature, Alexandria, in 2002.
From 1996 to 2006, he founded and ran Arista, Europe’s largest private film development agency. Arista was declared a “centre of excellence” by the European Commission in 2001. Graduates of Arista’s training programs have written, directed or produced over 250 feature films and thousands of hours of television drama. Films include: The Last King of Scotland; Brick Lane; Totsi; The Flying Scotsman and London to Brighton. He had the honour of being Visiting Professor in Film at Westminster University in London between 2001 and 2005. He produced the feature New Years Day (Panorama selection Sundance Film Festival) and co-produced another, Goodbye Charlie Bright. He presents workshops and seminars on all aspects of screenwriting and development, most recently in Japan, Australia, France, Poland, and the Faroe Islands. He is a regular guest lecturer at the Danish Film School and at the Film School of the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia.
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Presented with financial assistance from Screenwest's Screen Industry Skills Development Fund.

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