1st Scene Screenplay Festival – August 22 2018

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Screenwriter Craig Andrews (UNTIL THE DAY) Timing, feedback, and reputation. Feedback was good. We  accept online submissions through Film Freeway. Genre: Drama It is the spring of 1884 and Christine Lockhart, the daughter of a doctor, has just graduated with dreams of forging her own path in the world,…

First Scene Screenplay Contest – Testimonial August 18 2018

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Meg Bowen (LOVERS IN PARADISE) Opening sequences have always been so important to my enjoyment of any movie or tv show. So I’ve always paid close attention to how my own stories open and draw readers in. I thought that this was a very interesting festival because it would,…

Watch the July 2018 1st Scene Script Winners

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  Winning 1st Scene Script: UNTIL THE DAY by Craig Andrews Winning THRILLER 1st Scene Script: MARCO POLO by Jeff Heckler Winning FEMALE 1st Scene Script: AMERICAN PRINCESS by Jenny Kleiman Winning SCI-FI 1st Scene Script: POLE by Robert Dodrill Winning DRAMA 1st Scene Script: TAKE THE SHOT…

1st Scene Reading – LOVERS IN PARADISE, by Meg Bowen

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6N21b9MBg Genre: Romance, Crime, Action A bank robbery goes awry and our two criminals have to steal a getaway car. Except there’s a girl tied up in the trunk, who might just be their best chance at walk-away money. CAST LIST: Janine: Alicia Payne Kip: Dorian Shine Narrator: Val Cole Brad: Jolly…

1st Scene Reading – LOVERS IN PARADISE, by Meg Bowen

Originally posted on First Scene Screenplay Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6N21b9MBg Genre: Romance, Crime, Action A bank robbery goes awry and our two criminals have to steal a getaway car. Except there’s a girl tied up in the trunk, who might just be their best chance at walk-away money. CAST LIST: Janine: Alicia Payne Kip: Dorian Shine Narrator: Val Cole Brad: Jolly…

1st Scene Reading – REMEMBERING LIZ, by Joan Beilstein

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnxojlcaO5o Genre: Drama A runaway fifteen year-old girl is found dead from a heroin overdose. Forty years later, her best childhood friend, haunted from unresolved guilt and grief, uncovers a secret, which sheds light on her friend’s tragic short life. CAST LIST: Laura: Amrit Kaur Narrator: Val Cole Jane: Zena Driver…

1st Scene Reading – EDEN, by Jean Barker

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tZdQayLgSs Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Romance A teenage girl who grew up in a cult based on the biblical myth of Eden falls in love with an intruder from the sinful world outside the garden walls. CAST LIST: Judith: Zena Driver Narrator: Val Cole Edie: Amrit Kaur John: Jolly Amoako ****** Producer: Matthew…

THRILLER 1st Scene Script – FIELDS OF BLOOD, by Michael Meade

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? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZEwdWQ-MFQ Genre: Thriller, Horror Passing through a small Mid-West town and lending a helping hand to a stranger soon turns into a nightmare for Scott in this tense, paranoid horror thriller. A short screenplay by Mike Meade. CAST LIST: Earl: Scott McCulloch Trucker: Danilo Reyes Nicki: Tayna Bevan Narrator: Kate Fenton…

Watch the June 2018 1st Scene Script Winners

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HALFWAY TO MARS – 1st Scene LGBT ScreenplayJune 2018 Readingby Fabian Martin PIANO LESSONS – 1st Scene LGBT ScreenplayJune 2018 Readingby Nevada McPherson CROSSSING THE COWHOUSE – 1st Scene LGBT ScreenplayJune 2018 Readingby David Lykes Keenan UNBALANCED LIFE – 1st Scene ScreenplayJune 2018 Readingby Kristy Leigh Lussier ****…