Interviewees required to help make Channel 4 film
Posted on Tuesday, 16 September 2008 at 10:48 by Richard O'NeillCategory: television/film, young people |
Lime Pictures is looking to meet with parents, youth workers and social workers, teachers and young people to discuss the causes and consequences of truancy and alternatives to in-school education for a new Channel 4 drama by Melvin Burgess. The vision for the drama is an honest snapshot of teen life today, taking in the aspirations close to young peoples’ hearts, and the way these are both moulded and threatened by exam pressure, parental pressure and peer pressure.
Lime Pictures is not looking to use any one particular case or character profile, but rather to gain a general overview of the issues involved, in order to inform Melvin’s script writing and ensure the drama is a true to life as possible.
Melvin’s first published book, “The Cry of the Wolf” (1990), was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, but it was for his controversial teenage novel, “Junk” (1996) that he gained wider recognition. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, it is an honest account of teenage homelessness and heroin addiction on the streets of Bristol, and has been adapted for television. In 2007, it was shortlisted for the Carnegie of Carnegies. “Bloodtide” (1999) was joint winner of the Lancashire County Library Children’s Book of the Year Award, and he also wrote the novelisation of “Billy Elliot”. Melvin gives regular talks to schools and colleges about his work, which is widely taught at GCSE and A Level. Click here for more information on his novels and the work he does with young people.
To get involved contact Ciaran Varley at Lime Pictures on 0791 2607 933 or email cmresearch@limepictures.com
