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Five writers have been unveiled as fellows with the International Writer\u2019s Lab. They were unveiled by Kenya Film Commission in conjunction with Venture Lift Africa, Blackhouse Foundation and PMF Media.<\/p>\n
The ceremony saw the first batch, an all-female team of five fellows selected for the inaugural Kenya class to refine their scripts for film and television.<\/p>\n
Voline Ogutu, Caroline Kemunto, Wanjiru Kairu, Grace Irungu and Damaris Irungu will undergo a 10-week intensive and extensive training.<\/p>\n
The writer\u2019s fellowship is a creative accelerator whose core mission is to support global emerging storytellers in the early stages of development of compelling film, TV or digital native projects and help position participants on a path to launch those projects or otherwise propel their careers forward through increased awareness and preparedness.<\/p>\n
Last year, the International Writer\u2019s Lab embarked on a training specifically focused on the film industry to drive skills, impact and interest among the scriptwriters.<\/p>\n
\u201cScriptwriting plays a major role in filmmaking in creating the main concept of your video production in written form. It provides a predetermined look at what will be said and what scenes will be shot to match the overall message you\u2019re trying to portray,\u201d said Dr Wilmot Allen, Co-founder IWL.<\/p>\n Film is the key<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking in the ceremony, Kenya Film Commission CEO Timothy Owase said:\u201cThis program is not only proof of the opportunities in the value chain for film production are varied, but most important is that Kenyans can do it. It also demonstrates the enormous interest for job creations\u201d<\/p>\n He added that \u201cevery video production has a purpose, but without scriptwriting, the purpose is likely to be missed, as this is what sets the basis of all videos and films. While the execution of these positions can make or break a production, without scriptwriting, there is no purpose or direction of what is being shot.\u201d<\/p>\n He also assured the fellows that they have his total unwavering support as long as film is concerned.<\/p>\n \u201cThe process was important for us as writers. Mostly our stories get global recognition, but locally, nobody recognizes the effort. The opportunity presented to us gave me a different perspective and an opportunity to sharpen my skills and equipped all of us to better our stories,\u201d said Damaris Irungu, an International Emmy Award-winning writer.<\/p>\n They will travel to the US, where they have been invited to the Blackhouse Foundation events at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, as part of the final segment of the program.<\/p>\n They will have an opportunity to participate in programs, salons and networking that is hosted each year to learn how to navigate to the Hollywood ecosystem and expand their international network with creative executives, writers, agents and management companies.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0An all-female team of five fellows was selected for the inaugural Kenya class to refine their scripts for film and television [Courtesy] Five writers have been unveiled as fellows with the International Writer\u2019s Lab. They were unveiled by Kenya Film Commission in conjunction with Venture Lift Africa, Blackhouse Foundation and PMF Media. The ceremony saw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jgfavwnclgzy4wr61ed1a01e45f4.jpg\"\/)