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January 2016 TV Pilot/Spec Screenplay Winners

Deadline for Television Pilot/Spec Screenplay Festival: https://tvfestival.org/

Watch the 3 TV Screenplay Winners for January 2016:

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.

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.

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

Today’s TV Screenplay Reading: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM by Chris Agnew

Deadline for Television Pilot/Spec Screenplay Festival: https://tvfestival.org/ CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM TV SPEC Written by Chris Agnew Read 10 Questions with the writers SYNOPSIS: A spec from the classic TV spec screenplay Curb Your Enthusiasm. A fun-filled romp for the entire family. CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Rochelle Burke LARRY – Charles Gordon LEON – Aieron Munro… Continue reading Today’s TV Screenplay Reading: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM by Chris Agnew

2015 TV Spec Screenplay Winners

Deadline for Television Pilot/Spec Screenplay Festival: https://tvfestival.org/

Watch TV PILOT Reading: VINCENT LOCKE: VILLAIN-AT-LAW by Christiaan Alexander Kutlik

I was mainly trying to find feedback on my script. After leaving college, I suddenly found myself in a void where I could no longer find critiques from peers. This festival felt like a great opportunity to find a professional critique, especially with the live table-read. Rarely does a screenwriter have a chance to hear their script performed live by actors.

Watch TV Spec Reading of BOB’S BURGERS by Travis McMaster & Tony Interdonato

A friend of mine who just moved to L.A. from Brooklyn read our script and recommend we enter it. The coverage and feedback were right-on and helped us tighten up and improve things after staring at it for so many months.