Month: March 2018

Writing PLOT for your Story and Screenplay

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
PLOT WRITING FILMMAKING NOTES How to Write a Screenplay? PART 3 – PLOT Screenwriting For most writers, PLOT is the most interesting part of screenplay writing, and why they begin to write to write the script in the first place. They have a good idea for a story,…

Interview with Winning TV Pilot Writer Ed Vela (PSI-COM)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? At a secret government facility, young psychics are being trained and their psychic gifts developed but when one group: Psi-Com 5, finds out about an enhancement program that is killing and maiming some of the younger less powerful psychics, while at…

TV Spec of TRANSPARENT “The Board Shorts”, by Marissa Lessman

  Genre: Comedy, Drama Maura is haunted by her old life as Josh and Ali set up a garage sale while Sarah and Shelley try to throw the perfect Purim party resulting in an unexpected outcome. CAST LIST: Gary:  Allan Cooke Ali: Rachel Rain Packota Josh: Geoff Mays Narrator: Olivia Jon Maura: Shawn Devlin Shelley: Lesley Ballantyne Sarah: Jennifer Vallance Get to… Continue reading TV Spec of TRANSPARENT “The Board Shorts”, by Marissa Lessman

TV PILOT Best Scene Reading – WHAT THE HELL, by Melissa Willis

  Genre: Comedy A single-camera comedy that follows a free-spirited young woman who’s lost everything and her four friends who are all forced to recreate their lives and themselves one humiliating, semi-permanent situation at a time. Cast List: Jamie: James Dooley Narrator: Val Cole Amy: Kelci Stephenson The Messenger: Gary Graham Get to know the writer: 1. What is… Continue reading TV PILOT Best Scene Reading – WHAT THE HELL, by Melissa Willis

TV PILOT 1st Scene Script – JAKOB’S COVE, by Travis Darkow

  Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Suspense A crazy mash up of The X-Files and Supernatural, but with more violence, old school noir detective movies like The Maltese Falcon, and the soundtrack style of Stranger Things or It Follows, 80’s synthesizer and all. CAST LIST: Narrator: Peter Nelson Det. Jameson: Neil Bennett Get to know the writer:   1. What… Continue reading TV PILOT 1st Scene Script – JAKOB’S COVE, by Travis Darkow

TV PILOT 1st Scene Reading – BY TOUCH, by Robert Cox

Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama Anton Michaels is a college professor with a gift. To some people in the police force Anton is used to help catch criminals with his abnormal psychometric abilities. After an explosion at a nuclear power plant leaves one man as a prime suspect, Anton is called in by his friend Father John… Continue reading TV PILOT 1st Scene Reading – BY TOUCH, by Robert Cox

Winning TV Screenplays for February 2018

Watch readings of the winning screenplays performed by professional actors: WINNING TV PILOT Screenplay – FAMILY SECRETSFebruary 2018 Readingby Allison Osborne SCI-FI BEST SCENE TV Screenplay – MORPHFebruary 2018 Readingby Christine Davis 1st Scene TV Screenplay – JAKOB’S COVEFebruary 2018 Readingby Travis Darkow COMEDY 1st Scene TV Screenplay – CHARACTERSFebruary 2018 Readingby Chris Harris 1st… Continue reading Winning TV Screenplays for February 2018