TG4 has announced details of their latest development scheme, Údar, which offers talented new Irish-language writers/directors the opportunity to adapt a well-known original Irish language literary work for television.
Údar aims to bring the selected work from a basic script stage to the broadcasting stage.
This scheme, which is co-sponsored by TG4 and Greasán na Méan, is open to Irish language writers from all over the country, whether they have screen experience or not, and to directors who wish to gain experience in television drama through Irish.
To start the process each applicant must choose an original piece of work in Irish, for example a recognised short story. The applicant can arrange the work in his or her own way by building on the story of the original work (adhering to the time in which it is set) or by bringing it up-to-date. The most important development, however, is to make the work suitable for the television screen.
The outline of the story and 12 pages of sample script (= a number of scenes) must be enclosed when sending the application form to TG4. Additional information is available by ringing 091-558492 or by emailing christine@greasannamean.ie
Applicants will be competing in a script competition. From this competition nine will be selected to attend craft master-classes conducted by a script editor where each proposal will be developed further.
Six drama scripts will be chosen for television production from the nine proposed scripts. These will be developed through the directing workshop before being produced and broadcast on TG4 in 2010.
Application forms and details of the scheme are available at www.tg4.ie
Applicants must send application forms, the outline and the sample script to:
Comórtas Údar
f/c Greasán na Méan,
An Chuasnóg,
Baile Ard,
An Spidéal,
Co. na Gaillimhe
Deadline midday 16 November 2009.
Údar – Comórtas do dhrámaíocht teilifíse
Scéim fhorbartha í seo a thugann deis do thallann nua scríbhneoirí/stiúrthóirí le Gaeilge, saothar aitheanta a athchóiriú don teilifíse agus a thabhairt ó chéim bhunscripte chuig céim chraolta.
Tá an scéim seo, atá comhurraithe ag TG4 agus Gréasán na Meán, oscailte do scríbhneoirí Gaeilge ó cheann ceann na tíre, bíodh taithí scáileáin acu nó ná bíodh, agus do stiúrthóirí ar mhian leo taithí a fháil ar dhrámaíocht teilifíse i nGaeilge.
Mar thús leis an bpróiseas, roghnóidh gach iarrthóir bunshaothar Gaeilge, mar shampla gearrscéal aitheanta. Tig leis an iarrthóir a chóiriú féin a chur air trí thógáil ar chreatlach an bhunshaothair (cloí leis an saol ina bhfuil sé lonnaithe) nó é a thabhairt suas chun dáta. Is í an fhorbairt is tábhachtaí, áfach, ná an saothar a chur in oiriúint don scáileáin teilifíse.
Ní mór Imlíne den scéal chomh maith le 12 leathanach de script samplach (= roinnt radharcanna) agus an fhoirm iarratais faoi iamh a sheoladh chugainn. Is féidir breis eolas a lorg ach glaoch ar 091-558492 nó r-phost a sheoladh chuig christine@greasannamean.ie
Beidh na hiarrthóirí san iomaíocht i gcomórtas scripte. Ón gcomórtas seo roghnófar naonúr le freastal ar mháistir–ranganna ceirde, faoi stiúir eagarthóir scripte, ag a ndéanfar forbairt bhreise ar gach togra.
As an 9 togra scripte roghnófar 6 dráma le léiriú do theilifís. Déanfar forbairt orthu sin ag ceardlann stiúrthóireachta sula ndéanfar iad a léiriú agus a chraoladh ar TG4 in 2010.
Tá foirm iarratais agus sonraí na scéime le fáil ar www.tg4.ie
Ní foláir d’iarrthóirí foirm iarratais, imlíne agus script samplach a sheoladh sa phost chuig:
Comórtas Údar
Gréasán na Meán
Eo Teilifís
An Spidéal
Co. na Gaillimhe
le go mbeidh sí faighte againn roimh mheánlae 16 Samhain 2009.
