{"id":2314,"date":"2025-03-12T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/?page_id=2314"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:57:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#4d4e4b\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3872\" height=\"2592\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-118\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?resize=3872%2C2592\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?w=3872 3872w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?resize=300%2C201 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?resize=1024%2C685 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?resize=1170%2C783 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20090304-Painted-wagon-wheels.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blaise Hesselgren<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Screenwriter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Script Consultant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaise is a commissioned and optioned screenwriter based in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has written a commissioned low budget Sci Fi feature as well as several commissioned shorts, and has had an original non-linear Sci-Fi spec feature optioned. Original Film and TV scripts have all performed well in various competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He specializes in speculative stories from sci-fi to fantasy to horror and his work encompasses non-linear narratives, technological dystopias, mythologies real and imagined, and a character-based approach coupled with inventive world-building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaise recently had his poetry featured on the BBC Radio London programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0kqgkmc\">Upload<\/a>, and has also written factual scripts for the history YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SideQuestYT\/videos\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SideQuestYT\/videos\">Sidequest<\/a>, written futurology articles and concepts for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifutures.com\/\">SciFutures.com<\/a>, and written promotions, adverts and explainer online videos for several clients including BBC Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaise is also a script reader and development consultant, both independently and at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorescripts.com\/\">Shore Scripts<\/a>. He has read thousands of TV and Film scripts and has written over a thousand coverage reports. He also work with individual clients on a private basis, doing anything from coverage reports to mentoring to treatments, outlines and script polishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaise can be reached at Blaise@Hesselgren.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blaise is a commissioned and optioned screenwriter based in London. He has written a commissioned low budget Sci Fi feature as well as several commissioned shorts, and has had an original non-linear Sci-Fi spec feature optioned. Original Film and TV scripts have all performed well in various competitions. He specializes in speculative stories from sci-fi to fantasy to horror and his work encompasses non-linear narratives, technological dystopias, mythologies real and imagined, and a character-based approach coupled with inventive world-building. Blaise recently had his poetry featured on the BBC Radio London programme Upload, and has also written factual scripts for the history YouTube channel Sidequest, written futurology articles and concepts for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6Z6KK-Bk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2328,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2314\/revisions\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}