Category Archives: Scriptwriting

D F Mamea on writing.

GOODBYE MY FELENI: Rehearsal Week -5

We have a Choir Mistress: Maureen Fepulea’i, a playwright to look out for. The Producer and Director have names, too: Jenni Heka and Chris Molloy, respectively – I salute you both. Their bios are here. And the cast, of course. Shadon Meredith, who was one of the voice actors in O le Samaria. The young [...]

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SKYBLUE: Post-match

I’d forgotten about that interview they stitched seamlessly into an intro. I sound reasonably coherent – score! Some link-love for the masochists amongst you – – and in downloadable format:     Ogg Vorbis       mp3 I believe the links self-destruct a fortnight from today so, y’know, no rush or anything. In the [...]

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SKYBLUE

In December 2010 I went down to my oul’ home toon to sit in on the recording of a radio drama I wrote. I bragged about it, of course. Now it’s about to hit the airwaves. SKYBLUE will be broadcast on SUNDAY 13 MAY 2012 at 3:05pm (New Zealand time) on National Radio. Getting stuff [...]

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GOODBYE MY FELENI: Revised First Draft

For some reason – and it’s not just my usual laziness – the idea of revision has, of late, been quite a mountain to climb. As if it wasn’t bad enough circling a blank screen, approaching a draft with revisory intent always makes me think of that saying about dogs and their vomit. A script [...]

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GOODBYE MY FELENI: The First Read Through

You want names? They’re right here and here. … Um, yeah: more to follow, obviously. So, yesterday was the read-through and…. Read-through’s are always an heady, anxious, butterflies-in-the-bowels kind of experience. You’ve just emerged into the light with a draft that you think/hope/pray hits the mark. You anticipate the joy of hearing your dialogue sing [...]

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GOODBYE MY FELENI: The First Draft – Final Postscript

Recap:  -  a 23-page working first draft of the script was submitted on Sunday (15 April);  -  on Wednesday (18 April) an actual, like, complete first draft of the script was demanded by the coming Saturday (21 April);  -  Thursday was day-job day, and was full-on, maaan;  -  Thursday was so full-on that it spilled into [...]

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