Oscar nominee tells students to take risks
An Oscar-nominated screenwriter has advised graduating students to "take risks and make mistakes", as she received an honorary doctorate.
Krysty Wilson-cairns was honoured during the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's (RCS) online summer graduation ceremony yesterday.
The Glasgow-born writer graduated from the digital film and television programme at RCS in 2009.
She went on to co-write the First World War epic 1917, picking up an Academy Award nomination.
She has since been hired toco-writeanewstarwars movie with Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi.
Her latest film, Last Night In Soho, was written with director Edgar Wright and is due for release in October.
She told students: "You are in an amazing incubation period where you can do absolutely anything, you can make anything, everything's at your hands and fingers and feet, you're in the middle of a kind of melting pot.
“I would advise you to go all-in, try and do everything that you absolutely can, make all those films, make them in your spare time, do the extra-curricular work.
"The other thing I would advise you to do is learn from the people in your class as well, make really good friendships, lifelong friendships, work together, critique each other.
"Then the last thing, that I think is maybe the most important, is to go out and make mistakes."
Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, RCS principal, said: "Krysty Wilson-cairns is an inspiration to students and the next generation of screenwriters and filmmakers around the globe.”