Turn Your Stories into Films

Ideal for over 12-18-year-olds

The Event
What if the next great movie started with your idea?

In this interactive workshop, award-winning filmmaker Nicola Irvine will take you behind the scenes and show you how a story from your imagination can be developed into an onscreen film. Through storyboarding, learning cinematic shot set ups and filmmaker tricks used in real productions, you'll learn how to build exciting scenes, memorable characters and cinematic moments without needing expensive equipment to bring your stories to life.

About Nicola
Nicola Irvine is a filmmaker/storyteller, and owner of the production company Landlady Films which she set up in 2019. She has made her own films since the age of twelve and has taught children about film at theatre companies in the past. She primarily focuses on writing dark stories and tales for children. Nicola is currently writing her first children's novella The Moonlight Circus, based on an audio drama she self-produced. Last year she completed her MSt in Writing for Performance at Cambridge University.

Tickets

• Financial aid tickets: £4
  For anyone who would otherwise be unable to attend on a standard ticket
• Standard ticket: £7
  The regular ticket price, covering the cost of your place at the event
  
• Pay it forward ticket: £9
  If you're able to pay a little more, this helps subsidise
  
• Carer: £0

As part of the booking process, we'll be taking parent/carer contact details - this is so parents/carers can drop off their child at this event if they are happy to do so. 

About Storytale Festival

Since 2019, Storytale has run its annual children’s storytelling festival right in the centre of Bristol. We believe that all children should have the chance to be inspired by the power of stories, whether told, heard, read or watched. Our festival aims to be affordable, diverse, and supportive of our amazingly talented local writers and artists.

To find out more about Storytale Festival, and any other events and activities we’re cooking up, visit our website at https://www.storytalefestival.com/

Directions
We The Curious is in Millennium Square in the centre of Bristol. There is plenty of cycle parking, it is a short walk from many city centre bus stops and 20 minutes from Bristol Temple Meads. You could also get a ferry!

If you are travelling by car, the venue is within the Bristol Clean Air Zone so you may incur a fee if you use a vehicle. There is a car park directly underneath the venue, with 22 blue badge spaces and lifts for access. Use BS1 5LL to get to Millennium Square Car Park.

More details of how to reach the venue are here Getting here | We The Curious

About the venue
We The Curious is an interactive science museum, with a cafe, shop and main entrance. Storytale Festival is on the top floor, accessible from the side door that opens out onto Millennium Square, very near the shiny metal Planetarium. Look out for our signs and volunteers who will show you where to go.

Once you are in the door, there is a lift to the top floor, with accessible toilets and a large main room (The Rosalind Franklin Room). There will be buggy parking, a cloakroom and books for sale in that space. The events will mainly be taking place in rooms that immediately join onto the main room. There is also a balcony space outside. You can see photos of the spaces and take a virtual tour on the We The Curious website: Rosalind Franklin Room | We The Curious and The Annexe | We The Curious

We will have headphones and a sensory space. You can see more details about the venue, entrance, facilities etc here AccessAble - Your Accessibility Guide

Storytale Festival tickets DO NOT allow you entrance into the museum itself. You can buy museum tickets here Ticket information | We The Curious

Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times due to the rules of We The Curious. Babes in arms do not require a ticket.