Jutta Goetze
Jutta Goetze is an author and screenwriter. Her first books were picture books. Ice Flowers, a series of books for the RSPCA featuring the dogs Mab and Tim, a kitten called Syd Vicious, and the more naturalistic books Seal Pup, Little Falcon, Penguin Island. Her most recent books are Wolf Cry, Dolphins Dance, the young adult novel Luna-C and the adventure fantasy Snow Wings. Both Luna-C and Snow Wings were originally screenplays and have undergone huge transformations to become the novels they are.
Jutta's television work as a writer and script editor spans 25 years, beginning with Skyways and Cop Shop, the second series of All the Rivers Run, The Flying Doctors, All the Way, Embassy, The Man from Snowy River, Janus, Phoenix, Simone de Beauvoir's Babies, Halifax fp, Good Guys Bad Guys, Always Greener, The Saddle Club. Jutta has adapted Morris Gleitzman's Belly Flop and Waterwings into a feature film script, has co-written the script for 'Blabbermouth and Stickybeak' for an English co-production; she has worked with Morris developing 'Deadly' into an animation series for Channel Nine.
Are you interested in the difference between writing for television and writing a picture book or a novel? What disciplines are necessary in writing for the screen? How is a series plotted? What is the television process? What form does a script take? What are the different stages of a script? How important is research? How do you work with other people's ideas? What's the difference between a feature film script and scripts for series or serial television? Who are the personnel involved in creating an episode? How does this compare to a publishing team? Using her experience, Jutta's talks can be the nuts and bolts of writing for either genre or workshops related to particular themes. She seeks to inspire children (and adults) of all ages to find their voices and to tell their stories. To be discerning in what they view and to always read.
BLACK SNOW, AUTISM, WOLVES AND BANDS
Snow Wings - dazzling adventure set in a magical snow-covered world
With the arrival of the black cloud, things start to wrong. Avalanches block the valley, the animals disappear, black snow falls, and high on the mountain, a small being drops out of the sky, desperate for help.
Snow Wings is a race against time, a quest to save two worlds and a journey towards friendship for six children, a dog, a cat, and a cockatoo called Violette.
Dolphins Dance is on the Premier's reading list, 2008
Ali is ten. Her younger brother Max has autism and sometimes Ali feels that she has autism too. But Ali is a fierce, protective and ingenuous sister. Max is lucky to have her.
Wolf Cry - what if you could no longer knew how to behave?
What if you turned into an animal – not magically, but realistically? What would happen to you if you spent your formative years living with a pack of wolves? Would you stop being human?
Luna-C. Fame, friendship, bands.
Phoebe and Dale are country girls. When they follow a visiting band to the city they don’t fit in. Phoebe learns to assimilate. Dale never does.
Phoebe wants fame but can’t have it. Dale finds fame but loses a part of herself. Both girls love the same man, love the music and it tears their friendship apart.
Books for younger readers: Ice Flowers, the Adventures of EC, a series of eight books for the RSPCA featuring the dogs Mab and Tim, a kitten called Syd Vicious, and the more naturalistic books Seal Pup, Little Falcon, Penguin Island. Plus short stories with Bento.
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