Dramatising a real-life tragedy into a commercially oriented screenplay: An actor’s reflection on the screenwriting process

The thesis initially unearths and defines my own creative process, then describes how I dramatised the factual sequence of real-life events into a screenplay that sit within the thesis. The perspective I take is from that of an actor, new to the practice of writing for the screen, but not new to film making. My creative practice-led research articulates how this unique perspective informed the aesthetic dramatisation of the screenplay and, as such, the research will uniquely contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the screenwriting process.