The Scriptwriter - Dominic Carver

Dominic Trevor Carver
BA(HONS) Scriptwriting For Film & TV

EDUCATION

1998 - 2001 Bournemouth University
Graduated with a BA(Hons) in Scriptwriting For Film and Television
1st Year Units
Scriptwriting Craft, Script Into Video Production, Screenings and Analysis, History and Theory of Film and Broadcasting, Analysis of Media and Society, Applied Research Methods.
2nd Year Units
Scriptwriting Craft, Scripting Television Drama, Scripting Comedy, Screenings and Analysis, Producing, Media Messages and Meanings, History and Theory of Film and Broadcasting, Professional Work Placement.
3rd Year Units
Advanced Scriptwriting Craft, Scripting Major Feature, Dissertation, Script Editing and Analysis, Production Analysis, Study of the Television and Film Industry

RELATED WORK EXPERENCE

June 2000 – September 2000
Portman Entertainment Group, 167 Wardour Street, London, W1V 3TA.

Completed the six weeks minimum requirement for the course and volunteered to continue unpaid work for the rest of the summer.

During my time at Portman I read and wrote critiques on twelve scripts.

Contact: Jenifer Landor

CAREER OBJECTIVE

I intend to return to part-time education sometime in the future, to complete a distance learning MA in Scriptwriting for Film and Television at Bournemouth University. I will continue to write screenplays with the aim of firmly establishing myself as a writer.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

  • Wrote, filmed and edited a ten-minute drama and documentary in the first year.
  • Worked as a co-writer on a New Media Production student’s final year project.
  • Regular contributor for the student magazine, The Nerve.
  • Regular reviewer on Triggerstreet.com with over forty scripts read and reviewed in the last two months.


CREDITS

GAZE - Screenwriter - an interactive DVD student production.

AGN - Screenwriter - a four minute short due to be released in Norwegian cinemas 2008.

THE DEAD SIDE OF LIFE - Screenwriter - a ten minute comedy currently in production with Static Films. Due to complete 2008.

Mr. Vista (www.mrvista.net) - Screenwriter - six episodes for second web series, due to film 2008.



SKILLS

PERSONAL
A good knowledge of the following software: Dramatic Pro, Final Draft, Scriptwrite, Outlook Express, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, Quark, The Internet.

INTERPERSONAL
Problem solving, teamwork, organising, methodical, self motivated, reliable.

REFERENCES

ACADEMIC
David Hanson,
Head of Course,
Scriptwriting For Film and TV,
Bournemouth University

PERSONAL
Rev Paul Griffiths
Contact the above references through www.thescriptwriter.co.uk
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