Interview with Winning Screenwriter Christine Sherwood (CHERRY GLAZED)

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Cherry Glazed is about about a small town crime boss who has to go clean up her sabordinates mess and she really hates messes.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Crime Drama

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It’s a fun, witty, crime drama with a strong female lead that uses her wit over brawn for most of her actions.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Wet and Sticky

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Goodfellas

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

I first wrote a flash story, which I then adapted. Time from starting to write flash story to script was 2.5 years, but I was also moving countries, traveling, and had many many months gap between. Actual…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Derek W. Wright (WHEN THE DUST SETTLES)

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Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your screenplay about?

On the day of America’s most savage terrorist attack, the world’s gaze rests upon New York but when the dust settles, two of the victims originally believed to be victims of the terrorists actually leave traces of their blood on the hands of someone else….. An American!

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Crime drama

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
I’d love to see another producer and director’s take on it.

Here is our vision.
https://vimeo.com/208858099 Password: Truth11234

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Game changing!

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Godfather II

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

From inception to final edit was about five years

7. How many stories have you written?

I’ve written…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Taylor Zaccario (DIMAGGIO)

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Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your screenplay about?

A father, desperate to connect with his son, tries to force his passion for baseball onto his son who is more interested in music.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Family drama, sports drama.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

This is a story about a parent and a child. Both love each other tremendously but fear they have nothing in common. They want nothing more than to have a connection. This is a universal theme and a story that an audience will connect with regardless of age and culture. I think audience would love to see it on the big screen.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

The two words would be: “love” and “passion”.

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Jaws…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Janice Walker (FIRST TIME FOR PENNY)

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Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your screenplay about?

An engaged executive tired of the life-long ill treatment of her family uncovers emotionally devestating family secrets that test her faith.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Faith-Based; Christian; Family Film; Drama

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

Because this story is about the universal theme of family dysfunction and the impact of forgiveness on the health and welfare of the individual member
and the family collectively.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Poignant and real.

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

It’s a toss-up between The Count of Monte Cristo, Pretty Woman, and Shawshank Redemption.

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

Three months at the time I entered screenplay contests in May 2017. Subsequently, it has been through…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Amy Jackson (REBEKAH’S CLOSET)

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?
A young woman in Paris is healing from repercussions of child sexual abuse. She meets the love of her life, and together with her friends, her counselor, and the woman’s determination, she is able to begin to heal on a deeper level.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Drama, Psychological Thriller, Fantasy, Magic Realism, Romance

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It is such a triumphant story, overcoming the psychological effects of ritual abuse growing up. It is based on a true story, and needs a wider audience to show how love and courage overcome in the end. It is also based on a novel of the same name, full of magic realism, poetry, and even more filmable elements. I selected from the novel, but this screenplay is more raw, gritty, and inspirational…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter J. David Thayer (ROBOTS FROM NEPTUNE)

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Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your screenplay about?

The ROBOBTS FROM NEPTUNE film trilogy is an animated scieince fiction comedy. This scene is from the epymonous first film, and films two and three are entitiled RFN2:The Venus Casino, and RFN3: Pax Neptunia.

In the first film, we learn of a race of people called the X-Tonians. They live deep within the icy layers of Neptune on a floating chunk of ore called The X-Tonian Subcontent. X-Tonians each have six eyes, no mouths, and they communicate exclusively through telepathy. They also telepathically control a set of disembodied hands, and they move around atop a single slug-like foot. As we join them in our story, X-Tonia is on the brink of suffocation. They are silicone-based creatures, and they metabolize in reverse from humans–which is to say they breathe pollution and exhale clean air. Centuries of over industrialization have cleaned…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Michael Clohesy (BIOS)

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Get to know the writer: 

 1. What is your screenplay about?

BIOS surrounds the life, love and destiny of two people, born lifetimes apart but who share the same consciousness, who must come together and harness their shared potential in order to avert a cataclysmic ecological disaster.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

BIOS is a Sci-fi mystery drama. Kinda like LOST with some elements of Dark thrown in, even though it was conceived well before Dark entered the zeitgeist.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

The reason BIOS should be made in to TV series is because the themes of Indigenous land rights, the cost of ecological preservation, the role of technology in overcoming adversity and the importance of critical thinking in a world full of ‘fake news’ are all crucial in today’s increasingly interconnected yet myopically corporatised global society.

4. How would…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Eddie Baca (LOOK INTO MY EYES)

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Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your screenplay about?

My screenplay is about 2 gay men from completely different backgrounds (geographically, religion, age, ethnicity, world viewpoints, politically and the acceptance of their own gayness) who fall madly in love and go about changing the course of their world.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Romance, drama, lgbt,

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It’s a powerful film about how people perceived as powerless in this power driven mad world of ours can actually effectuate change and make a real difference.

4. How would you describe this script in two words.

Unpredictable, believable.

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

6 years.

7. How many stories have you written?

This is my only and 1st screenplay.

8. What is your favorite song? (or what song have you listened to the…

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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Mike Hoberg (OCCUPY WALLY STREETSKI)

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Get to know the writer: 

 1. What is your screenplay about?

You’re just one electric bill away from being Amish!

Finn Chandler is a jobless college graduate, loaded with debt, and living in his Dad’s basement. While at an Occupy Wall Street protest, Finn gets whacked in the head by a weird-looking coin that supernaturally predicts future stock prices.

Finn uses the coin’s picks to make $261,554.14 in his first week at home as a day trader.

The coin belonged to filthy-rich Walter Streetski and he begins a devious plan to put Finn through hell to get the coin back.

Finn fights back, but is just one step from going to prison.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Comedy, Action, Central Hero, High Concept

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

Cathartic relief if you’ve ever been screwed over by a rich person, business, or…

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Interview with Filmmaker Kaitlin Creadon (FOR THE LOVE OF THE CHILD)

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FOR THE LOVE OF THE CHILD played to rave reviews at the March 2018 DOCUMENTARY FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Kaitlin Creadon: With the wonderful opportunity to make any type of film I desired through my schooling, I had the chance to turn this once-in-a-lifetime event into a documentary. Creating this personal documentary was definitely out of my comfort zone, but I knew it was a story I truly wanted to share with the world. A big motivation for completing this film was the hope that someone else
going through this will see it, and that the film will help them through their own journey.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short?

I started working on the concept in August of 2016 and it took about a year and a half…

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