Emma Thompson | BAFTA Screenwriters' Lecture Series

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9 жыл бұрын

"Just write. It doesn’t matter what you write. Just sit at that desk and write."
Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, Saving Mr. Banks, Nanny McPhee) delivers an entertaining and heart-felt lecture, as she demonstrates her own writing processes and discusses failure, adaptation and inspiration.
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@thexxit 2 жыл бұрын

Emma Thompson is iconic. So very talented!

@janverboven 4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that how few men adore her in the comments. Fellow guys, this is a REAL CLASS woman ! - (and a beauty in- and outside) - Her acting performances are beyond words.

@pjbraine2289 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Emma! You are my role model. I literally consumed "Sense & Sensibility" 100's of times. It is a part of my soul, at this point. Now, at 68.5, with three happily married children, and three grand children, I am writing screenplays; something I have dreamed of since first seeing "S&S"!!!! There are just not enough words to describe how you beautifully you enrich the world of film making.

@riich73 6 жыл бұрын

You ate Sense & Sensibility?

@janverboven 4 жыл бұрын

pj Braine, I love you like Emma, not unlike I like and love Emma,but she's born in 1959, so it makes her 60 at the most.

@thexxit 2 жыл бұрын

@@riich73 It's a common phrase used in English - to consume something doesn't always mean literally to eat it. Like when I say "it's raining cats and dogs" it's not literally doing that.

@thexxit 2 жыл бұрын

@@janverboven I think she meant she herself (PJ) is 68... she's talking about herself.

@thexxit 2 жыл бұрын

That is fabulous. It's been some time since this comment but I hope your writing has brought you happiness!

@AndromedaImagination77 8 жыл бұрын

Like Tolstoy said, to write a great novel (or screenplay) this is the order of importance: First, Transitions. Second, Context. THEN we go to Character, and finally you get to: Story.

@gracefaithjanet2673 9 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this she is an amazing screenwriter and actress.

@chikkychiksful 9 жыл бұрын

Saving Mr Banks .. i cried bucketful .

@loopyvirgo 7 жыл бұрын

She's definitely one of my role models!

@susettesantiago5509 5 жыл бұрын

Sense and sensibility...brilliant..

@LatvianElina 9 жыл бұрын

She's a perfect artist - both writer and performer. How many do we have of those?

@SophyaAgain 6 жыл бұрын

She is sooooo funy and sooooo inteligent!

@justintai8725 6 жыл бұрын

fantastic thanks so much !

@Marilinaa 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Some really good advice.

@Aurora-qn2dx 6 ай бұрын

Finally can see both sisters actong together.

@he_isa_teacher5706 9 жыл бұрын

Starting 8:17 is the best!

@sydneyaustin9098 9 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where I can find her monologue? It's awesome!

@karenbaumgartel6077 5 жыл бұрын

At 16:58 that’s a very interesting concept!

@cqdude0158 7 жыл бұрын

32:54 .. that quote .. wow..

@drew2943 9 жыл бұрын

25:58 Chills.

@allergic5 9 жыл бұрын

Is there access to the other half of the lecture, in video?

@sharekeogh8658 Жыл бұрын

Of course very talented

@setmefree1109 9 жыл бұрын

Hi, is there a full transcript for this Emma's lecture?

@Patricia-ok1cd 5 жыл бұрын

What a character Emma is . lol lol lol .

@ThatsWhat-She. Ай бұрын

Why didn't she get clarification about the head/melon conundrum?

@Rockblue01 7 жыл бұрын

Marjorie was bloody brilliant.

@wenaolong 8 жыл бұрын

All of these sentiments might have significance and validity in any world, but in the world in which they are related, these sentiments of "the script of the world" in which she "honed her part" vis-a-vis scriptwriting, become a reference to an alternate universe, where corruption hasn't made a mockery of the meaning of society. It's not real, but it echoes something that once was.

@evgeniamusic3801 5 жыл бұрын

I like her earrings!! I want them :)))) Anyone knows where they're from?

@petertubular 6 жыл бұрын

Who is the spotty old no one interrupting the interesting intelligent woman?

@ArnaudSiemons 4 жыл бұрын

This woman. I would cook a wonderful meal for her. And talk......

@helionflux 8 жыл бұрын

I found this very difficult to watch due to the interviewer continually interrupting her mid-speech and 'a-hum-ing and a-ha-ing' over her answers. There's controlling the interview, and then there's riding rough shod all over it! Stop it! Argh!

@georgex.moutafis4997 7 жыл бұрын

A-huh. Mmm.

@georgex.moutafis4997 7 жыл бұрын

A-huh. Mmm.

@francoisebremond3354 6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you: Emma is half playing and half real ... bough !!!

@josephmiddleton4331 5 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with this! He's insufferable!

@Querent2000 5 жыл бұрын

I find it really annoying that he's narrating his plan for the interview as he goes along.

@annetaylor6619 5 жыл бұрын

i only wanna hear Emma talk i wish this guy would just stop talking over her

@pacifier311 6 жыл бұрын

Very funny :-)

@alexfernandohuenten1374 8 жыл бұрын

nani mcphee good movie.

@sharekeogh8658 Жыл бұрын

Emma had wonderful short blonde hair didn't she? Lovely

@robinhunt9772 5 жыл бұрын

What a self-opinionated and annoying interviewer Brock is. He should learn to shut up and listen. Definitely not listen to his own voice. Stop interrupting, Brock!

@drew2943 7 жыл бұрын

This interviewer is terrible. For fuck's sake, she's not interviewing YOU 🙄

@MrUndersolo 5 жыл бұрын

Marjorie’s friends gave this all the thumbs down... 🇻🇳

@olzarius 7 жыл бұрын

she looks lean

@hagenissen666 6 жыл бұрын

Can I personally get to hit the screamingly incompetent editor?

@David-mg1yj 8 жыл бұрын

Love Emma, but would much rather hear her talking about the art of screenwriting, than watch her performing old comedy sketches.

@oscarfun100 7 жыл бұрын

She performed only one sketch.

@David-pt8ge 9 жыл бұрын

Uhh, that was toe curling.

@olzarius 7 жыл бұрын

she looks lean/high

@lauragatehouse7935 4 жыл бұрын

Do wish the interviewer would stop saying “I ”.... it’s not about you, you are a facilitator! he rates himself far too highly.

@dr.elizabethmartin7118 4 жыл бұрын

Laura, It is called a CONVERSATION - intelligent people have them often with OTHER intelligent people. sheeeeeeesh

@lauragatehouse7935 4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Elizabeth Martin well aware of that thank you!! I have them daily. I felt he placed too much emphasis on what he thought.

@Huntertainment1 8 жыл бұрын

Supposedly this is about screenwriting? All I see is someone talking about themself.

@misss.7863 8 жыл бұрын

+James Hunter It's akin to The Actors Studio, but for screenwriters. Thompson was invited to speak about her experiences as a writer. She didn't offer herself to BAFTA to do it.

@babyirene3188 7 жыл бұрын

Good lord. What happened to EM? How can someone so funny make utter nonsense like N.McPhee? And the skits she does here-Yikes! They're not in the same galaxy as funny. Does she not have friends to clue her in?

@ladyredconstance 6 жыл бұрын

She sounds racist...most English people are....

@sassora 5 жыл бұрын

Inspirational word I agree with most English, but Emma’s son is a POC, so I don’t think she is. But the culture around you will influence you in ways you don’t notice and she may say things that she doesn’t mean.

@janverboven 4 жыл бұрын

@@sassora Not that inspirational. I travelled around the UK from south to north and never encountered a racist, I met only helpful people, descent, friendly and of all colours and ethnicity. So the racists must be hiding under a secret haystack most of the time. And BTW Emma has a Scottish heritage (mother was Phyllida Ann Law) Don't start dividing the UK Mr. Word, because they are all intermingled. I'm just a simple Belgian, but I know and recognise trends and person with an affliction to racism.