Month: January 2016

Interview with Graphic Designer Tina Charad (Maleficent, Fifty Shades of Grey)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A Graphic Designer creates the props and set-pieces for film productions and works directly with the Production Designer. Depending on the period and genre, these can be newspapers, love letters, shop signs, posters, cigarette boxes, logos. Basically, they create the original materials needed for a film that haven’t yet…

TV Festival Announces its January 2016 Screenplay Winners

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Watch each winning screenplay performed by professional actors.  Deadline to Submit your TV PILOT/SPEC to the Festival: http://tvfestival.org TV PILOT – LACIE BIDWELL January 2016 Reading Written by Jameel Khan http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/lacie_bidwell.html SYNOPSIS: LACIE BIDWELL is about a girl who’s father created a zombie virus that killed thousands. It’s twelve years…

TV PILOT Reading – LACIE BIDWELL by Jameel Khan

I really liked the idea of having a reading of the pilot. There is no substitute to hearing the words out loud. I plan to make several adjustments based on what I hear. As for the initial feedback, I thought it was solid. I don’t take one source of feedback at a time, but collect from several people and try to balance out personal tastes. Any piece of professional feedback is valuable to me.

Best Scene Reading of the TV Pilot ABSYNTHIA by Seregon O’Dassey

Logline: An attack on a mercenary airship, while on a seemingly innocent cargo run sends the lives of the Captain and her crew into their not so innocent pasts. Will the events that unfold destroy the future for everyone that the government has carefully and deliberately planned?

The crew (of the airship, The Absynthian) is five mercenaries operating under the direction of a secret Organization known as Tri-Aengle. They are on a random cargo run when they are attacked by a rival ship. After each crew member suffers par amnesia – to varying degrees – their random memories and experiences complicate their relationships

TV SPEC Reading UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT by Jen Turriff

I think I found that the key to writing for “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is finding that balance between Kimmy as a naive, sort of unaware of how the world works, and Kimmy as the brave, independent woman that would take on a city like New York. There are two sides to her, I think you have to kind of balance the story in the same way. I like to think that I did that with the surface story of Kimmy becoming addicted to an iPad app and racking up a big bill of those in-app purchases, but beyond that, if you look a little deeper, there’s a bigger story about addiction and how easy it is for someone to fall into a bad habit. Again, there’s that balance.

Read Today’s NEW TV Pilot/Webseries Pitches

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Deadline: TV PILOT/SPEC Script Festival – Get FULL FEEDBACK. Get script performed by professional actors: http://www.wildsound.ca/tvscreenplaycontest.html Read the best of today’s TV PILOT Loglines and Pitches: Title: Acewater http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/acewater_by_christian_ched… Written by: Christian Chedrawi Type: TV Show/Webseries Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama Title: CHATTER BOX/YOUR RAP IS PLAYED OUT http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/chatter_box_your_rap_is_pl… Written by:…

TV PILOT Reading – LIFE IN THE FAST LANE by Debi Calabro

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE is the January 2016 winning TV Pilot. Watch the table reading performed by professional actors. TV PILOT: LIFE IN THE FAST LANE by Debi Calabro CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Sean Ballantyne JESSIE – Maya Woloszyn SAL – Christopher Huron MARIA/SONIA – Mandy May Cheetham JAMES/RYAN – Nick Baillie SCARECROW/MICHAEL –… Continue reading TV PILOT Reading – LIFE IN THE FAST LANE by Debi Calabro