hugoking.com » Writing http://hugoking.com Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:15:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 In the beginning script http://hugoking.com/in-the-beginning-script/ http://hugoking.com/in-the-beginning-script/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:42:49 +0000 Hugo King http://hugoking.com/neo/?p=37 This script idea came to me in a dream, that sounds really cliched but I swear it’s true, and I guess it’s just my idea of a perfect meeting between boy and girl. It’s only a short, 3-5 minute, film idea and is meant to be all cute and feel good.


In The Beginning… script

]]> http://hugoking.com/in-the-beginning-script/feed/ 0 Josie’s bedtime story http://hugoking.com/josies-bedtime-story/ http://hugoking.com/josies-bedtime-story/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:53:41 +0000 Hugo King http://hugoking.com/neo/?p=9 I wrote these two stories for The Kat And Iain Show (a uni radio show). They’re cute little stories for a feature called Josie’s Bedtime Story where they were read by Josie.

I think I got the tone right; they’re meant to be charming with a subtle moral and suitable to be read on radio. They were fun to write anyway, and there are some hidden inside jokes in there!


Josie's bedtime story

]]> http://hugoking.com/josies-bedtime-story/feed/ 0 A Gamble On Life http://hugoking.com/a-gamble-on-life/ http://hugoking.com/a-gamble-on-life/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:56:27 +0000 Hugo King http://hugoking.com/neo/?p=19 We’ve just finished shooting on A Gamble On Life; my latest adventure to write, produce and edit a classic Film Noir story and style piece! We’ve been shooting for 7 days in Brighton with a cast of 5 and a crew of 3.

I wanted to make a short film that was more intricate and artistic than anything I’ve done previously, so what better than imitating the style of film noir? I studied several films to get a good feeling for the characters and story lines then set out writing.

As I was both writing and producing the film I was able to envisage my perfect locations and shoot it just as I had imagined. I created storyboards and included extensive direction notes in the script to this end.


A Gamble On Life scene 1

We’ve got to get stuck into the post production yet but the rushes are looking great (apart from my ‘acting’). I want to do quite a lot of grading on this piece so don’t expect it to be finished for a while! The first cut of the first scene is above.


A Gamble On Life script

]]> http://hugoking.com/a-gamble-on-life/feed/ 0 Penguins news article http://hugoking.com/penguins-news-article/ http://hugoking.com/penguins-news-article/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:38:18 +0000 Hugo King http://hugoking.com/neo/?p=7 Josie was obsessed with the idea that global warming was killing the penguins (all the penguins) so we definitely had to prank her. I wrote a newspaper article, the intention was to distribute it to local and national papers…but the campaign never really got off the ground!

The trick was to get the style and tone of the writing right – using elaborate descriptions and metaphors, and creating believable (but completely false) information.


Penguins news article

]]> http://hugoking.com/penguins-news-article/feed/ 0 Too cold to snow http://hugoking.com/too-cold-to-snow/ http://hugoking.com/too-cold-to-snow/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:59:04 +0000 Hugo King http://hugoking.com/neo/?p=10 Is it actually possible for it to be ‘too cold to snow’? Or is it just an old wives tale? Well, why not research it and write up a highly biased paper on the subject? I made sure the paper was fully referenced, included tables and diagrams and was written with the proper tone of voice.


Can it be 'too cold to snow'?

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