UEA MA INTERVIEW UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Why do you want to apply for a scriptwriting MA?
Answer:
I have always written. I want work in the performance industry. I have tried quite a few roles but I
always gravitate back towards script, thinking about new ideas of my own or critiquing someone
elses... I love it, it's what I do, it's what I always will do... so I decided to give myself a chance to
actually learn how to do it. Build the foundation and then experiment. I also think that
scriptwriting is the future.
Question:
2. Why the scriptwriting course at UEA?
Answer:
- Best in the country.
- Best course as it spans film, theatre, radio and tv.
- The theory and practice structure.
- The contemporary focus.
- Great optional modules: particularly the Hollywood one and the adaptation one.
Question:
3. Please give an example of how you've used feedback to improve?
Answer:
- Sent me questions pinpointing parts that weren't credible or realistic.
- Play relied heavily on contingency which has to be done well or it becomes unbelievable.
- e.g. the nature of eating dinner in a hotel restaurant, why not another one? how do character's
know the ring is expensive?
- Foundations were too weak to improve this play, but I changed my writing process to
accommodate research and planning.
Question:
4. What are your strengths?
Answer:
Character and dialogue.
- Always write from a performer's perspective.
- Natural, witty and cerebral.
- I find comedy easier than tragedy.
Question:
5. What are your weaknesses?
Answer:
Structure.
- I need to learn it.
- I have started reading your book.
- I want to develop a solid foundation and then interrogate conventions and play with them.
Question:
1. Why do you want to apply for a scriptwriting MA?
Answer:
I have always written. I want work in the performance industry. I have tried quite a few roles but I
always gravitate back towards script, thinking about new ideas of my own or critiquing someone
elses... I love it, it's what I do, it's what I always will do... so I decided to give myself a chance to
actually learn how to do it. Build the foundation and then experiment. I also think that
scriptwriting is the future.
Question:
2. Why the scriptwriting course at UEA?
Answer:
- Best in the country.
- Best course as it spans film, theatre, radio and tv.
- The theory and practice structure.
- The contemporary focus.
- Great optional modules: particularly the Hollywood one and the adaptation one.
Question:
3. Please give an example of how you've used feedback to improve?
Answer:
- Sent me questions pinpointing parts that weren't credible or realistic.
- Play relied heavily on contingency which has to be done well or it becomes unbelievable.
- e.g. the nature of eating dinner in a hotel restaurant, why not another one? how do character's
know the ring is expensive?
- Foundations were too weak to improve this play, but I changed my writing process to
accommodate research and planning.
Question:
4. What are your strengths?
Answer:
Character and dialogue.
- Always write from a performer's perspective.
- Natural, witty and cerebral.
- I find comedy easier than tragedy.
Question:
5. What are your weaknesses?
Answer:
Structure.
- I need to learn it.
- I have started reading your book.
- I want to develop a solid foundation and then interrogate conventions and play with them.
