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@popculturebash.bsky.social
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Freelance script reader/consultant Producing MA, National Film and Television School UK graduate I hope to work in scripted development one day. Meanwhile, I’m sharing my latest film, TV and culture thoughts and obsessions. UK based

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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Writer or director characters are one of my personal pet peeves. After reading hundreds of new writers funding submissions, it’s a pattern that comes up quite a lot. The below thoughtful guide on how to move beyond that comfort zone is definitely worth a read. #scriptsky #filmmaking
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A gentle Monday reminder that Mental Health Awareness Week may be over, but it's still important to take care of our own mental health and to look out for those around us. I'm not an expert, but I find these resources really helpful. filmtvcharity.org.uk/get-support/... #scriptsky #filmmaking
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Poster: How are you feeling today? Eight practical tips for emotional resilience for film and TV crew
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Rejection might be universal, but it so often feels like a lonely place. It’s tough not to take it to heart or question your work. Really appreciate you sharing your experience — it’s great reminder to keep going! #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #filmmaking
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I had to set aside a dream I’d held since I was 16 — becoming an independent producer. Without personal financial support, it didn’t feel sustainable. I still hope to return to it, but with the industry as it is, it’s hard to say when. #producing #filmmaking www.screendaily.com/news/second-...
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Second Producers Roundtable survey paints bleak picture for UK indie producers
EXCLUSIVE: Almost nine in 10 UK independent producers say the job is not currently sustainable
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
For me, season 3 didn’t quite reach the heights of the first two — but there’s still so much to love. Holding out hope for what’s to come! #TheBear #tvshow #hetv
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Absolutely love the thoughtful, educational work @thescriptreader.bsky.social is doing. It’s such a gift to have this kind of experience shared so openly. The writers I support have found your posts incredibly accessible, and they’re already putting your advice into practice. #scriptsky #filmsky
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Huge congratulations to the team! Mr Bates vs The Post Office is a powerful reminder of why I love this industry. Now more than ever, we need stories that stand for something. It’s so encouraging to see it recognised — and making real change beyond the screen. #bafta #scriptsky #britishtv #hetv
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Sadly, I’ve been in this position more times I’d like to admit to myself. It’s disheartening — creative work is real work, and it deserves proper recognition. People don’t live and pay bills in exposure or portfolio. We owe it to each other to break this cycle! #scriptsky #filmsky #tvsky
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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 09/05/2025
“Yippee ki-yay…” We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011.
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The film and telly industry is undoubtedly on the brink of change. The question is, where will it lead us? #filmsky #FutureOfStorytelling #FilmAndTVThoughts
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Thank you @mattbelloni.bsky.social for your quick reaction! Both American and global industries are in a deep crisis. We don’t need more issues, but real solutions and financing restructuring! #movie #filmsky #tariffs
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
My beloved grandpa, a longtime humanities teacher, just passed. At his funeral, students from across decades showed up. I realised then he didn’t just inspire my love of storytelling – he sparked it in generations. Here’s to those who first lit the flame for writers and filmmakers! #scriptsky
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Anyone else from the filmmakers out there found The Studio very anxiety inducing? ;) #appletv #thestudio #tvshow #filmmakerslife
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I hope that Adolescence will prove to both writers and commissioners that socially engaged drama is worth a while. We need more of them! #adolescence #tvshow
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
As always, it was great to attend BFI Flare- a LGBTQ+ film festival! This year I was able only watch Hot Milk and If I Die There Will Be Joy. I’m looking for recommendations on queer films screened there I should look out for. #bfiflare #filmfestival #queer #queerfilm #lgbtq+ #filmsky
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Gints Zilbalodis @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Flow global box office is over $36 Million and still going strong! Not bad for a $3.7 million budget! Exciting times for independent animation! variety.com/2025/film/bo...
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Directors UK @directors-uk.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📣Applications now open! ScreenSkills, in association with Directors UK, is offering an opportunity for three directors new to HETV drama and based in the regions, to receive mentoring and support from experienced and established directors in the genre. 📅Apply by Thu 24 Apr 🔗 ow.ly/UzB850Vlk6L
High-end TV Regional New Directors Champion Programme.
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Berlin ER is my recent German AppleTV discovery. Very gritty, strongly grounded in reality of underfunded hospitals and full of ambiguous characters. I recommend giving it a go even if you’re not a fan of non English language shows! #tvshow #tv #appletv #krankberlin youtu.be/VXNlCOtVDnE?...
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Berlin ER (KRANK Berlin) — Official Trailer | Apple TV+
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
River City becomes next British long running show to be cancelled in recent years… This is a terrible news not only for employees and their families but also an end to a fantastic talent pipeline. #britishtv #tvshow #bbc #scotland www.televisual.com/news/bbc-axe...
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BBC axes River City after 23 years - Televisual
BBC Scotland has announced that long-running drama series, River City will come to an end next year after more than 20 years on screen.
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I love that!
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The greatest British TV shows were born out of band 2 budgets and commissioners not afraid to take creative risks. We don’t see much of either anymore. #tv #tvshow #uktv www.thetimes.com/article/80b8...
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‘British stories are dying out’: the cash crisis threatening TV
The rise of YouTube and global streamers such as Netflix means raising funding for shows that appeal mainly to UK audiences is increasingly difficult
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Love reading this #WIP trend! I want to get to know more of you brilliant writers 😊 #scriptsky #filmsky
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In this weird times of diversity regress, I feel that the UK should work even harder in that area. Reservation Dogs is an amazing example of community representation but not many Brits have seen it. Watch it to get inspired! #scriptskyuk #tvshow #reservationdogs youtu.be/YWYVTyhFAOU?...
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Reservation Dogs Season 1 Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV
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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
WGGB was involved with + support's @tuc.org.uk's new AI manifesto, published today, which calls for action to protect workers in the creative industries amid huge changes in AI Read more in the Guardian, incl a quote from our Chair @emmajanereeves.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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UK unions call for action to protect creative industry workers as AI develops
TUC says proposals on copyright and AI framework must go further to stop exploitation by ‘rapacious tech bosses’
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
In my opinion Flow is the biggest winner of #oscars. This tiny production made with free #blender won with the best names of the #animation industry. It’s a legendary achievement! I hope that it will give more courage to animators out there and open up more funding opportunities. #indieanimation
A poster of an animation Flow. Shows animals leaning against a boat side on the bottom of the poster. Animals from the left are: a black cat, beige labrador, brown capybara, grey lemur and white bird. On the top of the poster is a white sign Flow on a blue, sunny sky background.
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
According to the public announcements, several Oscar nominated films this year have used AI. There’s still no guidance on how to approach intellectual property in that kind of cases. Is it possible that those films will disappear soon as they won’t be able to clear rights? #AI #Oscars #filmsky
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Creators' Rights Alliance @creatorsrights.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The CRA are standing with all creators and performers, sending a clear message to UK Government; Make it Fair - stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. #makeitfair #PaytheCreator. Read more: www.creatorsrightsalliance.org
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A friendly Monday reminder to all struggling screenwriters! Harvard Business School 2019 study found that the Black List films did better at cinemas than their same budget counterparts generating 90% more revenue at the box office. Rejection doesn’t define you or your project! #scriptsky
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
We Live In Time didn't impress me with the idea or scenes from the characters' life they chose to make the concept work. But the flat surface egg trick is first-class! You never know where you can find a new cooking hack :) #filmuksky #filmsky #eggs #irony #weliveintime @a24movies.bsky.social
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Both directors and producers have been struggling to earn any money. Film financing requires urgent changes; otherwise, we won’t see any new indie films soon. I’m not convinced Sing Sing is a sustainable model, but it could inspire alternative approaches. #filmsky open.spotify.com/episode/0j5v...
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Equal Pay, Equal Stake: A Filmmaking Experiment
The Town with Matthew Belloni · Episode
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
That marks the end to an important era in the entertainment… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #jamesbond #film #filmuk #barbarabroccoli
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James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon
Barbara Broccoli and co-producer Michael G Wilson annouce they are stepping down.
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Pop Culture Bash @popculturebash.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Showing that women of different ages have sexuality in films like Babygirl or even the new Bridget Jones is great. But, the Thelma and Louise rewatch made me realise that since 1991, the validation of women's experiences hasn’t received much more representation. Are we missing the point? #film
A still from the film Thelma and Louise. Two women seating on top of a cabriolet in poses expressing confidence. Louise, on the left it wearing a white cowboy hat and a white top, Thelma on the right is wearing dark sunglasses and a black top with a skull.
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