On Monday 18 September I started an eight week course, From Story to Screen, at Met Film School which is based at Ealing Studios in London. The last two weeks have been an absolute blast! As a relatively new screenwriter, I wanted to get a better understanding of the film world and what it takes to get from screenplay to completed film. I chose this course because it will give me a good understanding of key filmmaking disciplines such as camera operating, editing, directing,

Loving my 'Story to Screen' course at Met Film School. Today we talked about movie scenes which have moved us. The frozen palace in Dr Zhivago still has the same magic now as it did the first time I saw it many moons ago…. Often the main character in a scene is not a person, but the scenery. Here, David Lean tells the story of Zhivago and Lara's ill-fated love through the magical and ethereal beauty of the frozen place. Like the snow and ice, their love cannot last but will