It’s year 2437. 3000 meters under the icy crust of earth, the last remaining pocket of humanity struggles to answer the question: Is life for the sake of living any life at all?Extinction is the rule. Survival, the exception.
What happens inside and outside Station Galápagos is a harsh examination of the things we don’t understand and the things we refuse to understand; the leaps of faith we take; the tough choices we are forced to make; and the fine points that can make our existence worthwhile.
It tries to answer the question: is hope for good or for bad?
2. Why should this screenplay be made into a TV show?
This show contains a darkness I have not yet seen on TV. This will not be about sfx and pretty people, but real conflicts and characters in extreme situations. Galápagos would be able to shine a light on a future that could very well become a reality.
3. How would you describe this script in two words?
Dark. Uncompromising.
4. What TV show do you keep watching over and over again?
I don’t watch much TV, but i did enjoy Black Mirror.
5. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
This was originally a screenplay I wrote 5 years ago. Took me a year. The toughest script to date I have written. I always felt it would make a great TV show, and so adapted parts of the screenplay into a TV pilot to learn the format better. The pilot adaptation took another 4 months.
6. How many stories have you written?
I have written 6 screenplays (4 of which I’m really happy with), 2 short screenplays (both made into succesful short films – “Into the Dark” and “The Son, the Father…”), and TV pilot.
7. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
“One More Kiss, Dear” from Blade Runner
8. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Not having written for TV before – spending a lot of time understanding the structure of a feature film screenplay – I had to adapt my format and technique to fit a different medium. I learned a lot about the differences in the media.
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Staying present, being kind, standing up for myself, owning my strengths and weaknesses, fighting injustice, highlighting ignorance, questioning manmade religion.
10. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I had been fortunate enough to have won before with a different script, and really enjoyed watching the reading (via youtube link). I knew it would be helpful to me. The positive feedback was extremely welcome at a time when i was doubting the strength of my material.
11. You entered your screenplay via FilmFreeway. What has been your experiences working with the submission platform site?
FilmFreeway is great. User friendly and easy.
12. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Locate writers who are better than you, and get feedback. Rewrites are essential. Don’t be afraid of sharing your work. The most common mistake I see with films out there on the festival circuit is that the script wasn’t ready. It was not fully developed/thought through. Never think your script can’t improve.
Lastview is a Crime Fiction in which a former police officer who witnesses the past events of dishonesty, war, love and loss of her former partner at a mystifying crime scene. She struggles to forget the vision and must gain control of her new position as the Warden of a Prison called Lastview.
The Grubb family experience the effects of advertising as Sis appears on voyeur TV; little Brother stays home to watch porno; while Mon and Dad eat out at a crappy restaurant; sponsored by Queerios, S&M’s, Pap Smear Ribbon Beer, and B S Coffee.
A hotshot young politician pus his campaign on hold when he pleads insanity to escape jail time, but he spends more time trying to earn his career back than his sanity.
Funny farm is about a couple who is just about to get married and want a change in their lives, they don’t want to live in the noise of the city. They want to be in the subs where it is a lot less noisier. this would be perfect for either a sitcom or a film.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
This is really good for TV sitcom but it can also be good for a funny movie.
. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
This film should be made into a movie because a lot of people need to laugh in the theaters again, it will be fun to go see a funny movie.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Real fun
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Titanic
7. How many stories have you written?
Fur
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Hall of Fame
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Getting tired at times when I really wanted to get it done.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I Love to host and produce my own online radio show the big d zone. I also enjoy helping the church get out to more places on the radio.
in memory of my late wife tresa donnell porter
Let me add that my late wife would have been proud to see this day for this is her work as well my only wish is she was here to see people enjoy the work .
GALAPAGOS – TV Screenplay
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MY MOTHER MURDERED MY FATHER – 1st Scene TV Screenplay
TIME SLIP – Best Scene TV Screenplay
TWEED – Best Scene TV Screenplay
DELIVER ME PIZZARIE – Best TV Screenplay
PAYCHECK 2 PAYCHECK – Best Scene TV Screenplay
TV FAN FICTION PILOT: SCOOBY DOO: AGE OF AQUARIUS
JOHN Q TV Best Scene Screenplay
ESC(APE) ONLINE TV Best Scene Screenplay
DRAGONS AND WOLVES – TV Best Scene Screenplay
GLOBAL FUND – TV Best Scene Screenplay
TV SPEC Screenplay of the show TRANSPARENT
TV 1st Scene Screenplay – JAKOB’S COVE
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TV Best Scene Screenplay – WHAT THE HELL
