Edinburgh International Film Festival are working with the Wellcome
Trust this year to offer an Ideas generating Lab for Scottish
screenwriters. At the end of this Lab, Wellcome are hosting an industry event
as part of the main programme for delegates and students looking at where ideas
come from both creatively and scientifically.
The event will take
place at 15:30 on Friday 19th June. In addition to writers, the panellists
will include a neuroscientist who will talk about the neurological side of the
ideas process. I will be taking part as a writer, and talking about how I come up with ideas and about my creative processes.
Professor Stephen Lawrie from the University of Edinburgh will
cover the scientific part of the discussion. EIFF have also invited Simon Pummel
(Brand New-U) and Paul Fraser (A Room for Romeo Brass) to take
part.
Wellcome Trust Presents: Ideas Don’t Just Grow on
Trees
15:30 – 16:45
Traverse Theatre 2
- EIFF Delegate Centre
Where do ideas come from? Meet our panel of writers, filmmakers and
neuroscientists who will look at the creative process of generating ideas and
how the science behind that process takes effect.
