The art of writing a spec screenplay. Jay Servedio is just starting out in his career and he just won our TV SPEC Screenplay contest for his script based on the LETTERKENNY television show.

WATCH the winning 1st scene reading.

The hicks help Dary write a poem to woo a “cultured lass”; The hockey players run a bake sale for new jerseys.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Wayne: Allan Michael Brunet
Daryl: Steve Rizzo
Squirrley: Bill Poulin
Katy: Kyana Teresa

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COME ALIVE is a winning LGBTQ+ Festival script about a middle-aged gay couple’s attempt to rekindle their relationship that turns into an absurd, hormone-fueled quest to defeat alien invaders and save a new LGBTQ society.

Great chat with screenwriter L. Andrew Cooper on the process of writing this script.

Watch the winning best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/503731254

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Alvy: Bill Poulin
Tim: Allan Michael Brunet
Ron: Steve Rizzo
Michelle: Julie Sheppard
Duke: Geoff Mays

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SUMMONING DEMONS is a winning HORROR Festival SHORT Screenplay. Terrific interview with screenwriter Larry Dwyer on the process of writing this script. Plus, Larry also chats about the festival he created that shows classic Horror films: www.ConnecticutCultClassics.com

Watch the Winning Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/503753018

A couple, expecting a child, toy with the demonic.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Deborah: Hannah Ehman
John: Allan Michael Brunet

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Friendship. Relationships. LGBTQ+, Mothers, Ashes., Death, Forgiveness, Mediums, Connections - There a lot of essence in the COPPERLAND screenplay written by the guests to the podcast today.

Candid chat with writers Eila & Holly Algood on the process of writing the screenplay. LISTEN to the best scene reading after the interview.

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Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is revealed causing tension and turmoil yet offering new potential for depth in the relationships between the women.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Grace: Julie Sheppard
Raven/Dorothy: Hannah Ehman
Cate: Kyana Teresa
Maggie: Allison Kampf

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A based on a true story screenplay about a female serial killer at the beginning of the 20th century. Candid conversation with the writer of HELLE’S BELLE, Kari Karsten, about the process writing this screenplay from the research to finding the structure.

Summary of Script: In the early 20th century a young woman discovers a way to prosper from her husband’s death, leading her down a lifelong path of murderous treachery that threatens to be discovered by a local police detective investigating a sinister series of mysterious events.

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The Five Stages of Quarantine is the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Jan. 2021 Under 5min. Film Festival. RSVP to watch the festival this Friday Jan. 15th. Streaming online for FREE: https://under5minutefilmfestival.com/next-festival-event/

Great chat with writer/director Dan Bricker on the process of making this film as a one man film crew.

Summary of FILM:

Just as Jeff is about to tell his roommate he’s moving out, he’s informed that the city is shutting down and they will be quarantined together.

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ON THE RIDE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. There is a special screening streaming all day on Saturday January 9th.

You can RSVP/WATCH the festival at https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/next-film-festival-event/

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Summary of ON THE RIDE, 13min., USA, Drama:

On his morning bike ride, Scott grapples with the memories of a trauma he experienced with his husband Todd. When his route suddenly takes an unexpected turn, Scott finds himself on the doorstep of a stranger intimately connected to the past he can’t shake.

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Upcoming screenwriter Jacobo Fe is a recent graduate from the UCLA Screenwriting program. He wrote a winning script based on a the true story about Sir Douglas Bader, a British pilot during WWII, who, after losing both of his legs, became a flying ace.

Listen to interview with Jacobo, plus a best scene reading performance after the interview.

Watch the best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/492733632

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Bader: Shawn Devlin
Halahan: Sean Ballantyne
Coach: Matthew Camp

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A young woman with a genetically evolved, cognitive ability is transported to a secret island, for her protection. But upon learning the real forces in charge of the island, she steps up and leads a revolution to take action against inaction.

Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Lola.

Watch the Best Scene Reading: https://vimeo.com/493906055

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Sonya: Hannah Ehman
Gian: Allan Michael Brunet

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CRACKSMEN is a terrific high concept feature screenplay written by comic book writer/screenwriter Daniel Corey:

“Cracksmen are a new class of criminal that specialize in slipping into an alternate dimension to commit crimes. Jake is one of the best, but to escape the mob, he has to strike a deal that will get him in trouble with syndicates on both sides of reality.”

Watch the Best Scene Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/491979244

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jake: Steve Rizzo
Leo: Sean Ballantyne
Isis: Allison Kampf

Writer Biography – Daniel Corey

Daniel Corey is a writer and content producer who has created for comics, live theatre and virtual reality.

Daniel’s projects include the graphic novels BLOODWORTH and PROPHET, which he wrote and distributed through his company, DangerKatt, as well as MORIARTY and RED CITY, which he published through Image Comics (home of THE WALKING DEAD). MORIARTY has been adapted into a VR comic book titled MORIARTY: ENDGAME VR, which earned him the #2 spot on Onalytica’s Top 100 VR Influencers list.

He has also worked in broadcast news for NPR and ABC, serves on the Creative Writing Program Advisory Committee at Full Sail University, and speaks at pop culture conventions around the country.

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Multi-talented actor/director/writer Stephen Keep Mills ends 2020 and begins 2021 for WILDsound as we chat with him about his fantastic feature film LOVE IS NOT LOVE.

“Love is Not Love” is streaming for free for 24 hours as part of the Black & White Film Festival on January 1st 2021. Watch it here: https://blackandwhitefilmfestival.com/

Stephen chats with Matthew about making a feature film on a budget. Finding the right cast & crew to carry out and add to his vision, and then putting it all together in post-production. He also chats about being trained as an actor by the legendary teacher Stella Adler, and shares some funny stories about that time in his life.

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WHO KNEW? is the story about a Hollywood A-lister falling for a spunky political press secretary. A classic romantic comedy that everyone wants to watch, whether they admit it or not!

Great chat with Monty C. Floyd, the Romance Festival screenplay winner, on the process of writing & living overseas in Germany raising a family.

Watch the best scene script reading of WHO KNEW? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49-1ppVF80

Hope finds unexpected love in Washington D.C..

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Hope: Kyana Teresa
Dan/Howard: Geoff Mays
Audra: Julie Sheppard

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The TV PILOT screenplay that needs to be turned into a series. It’s all about the down the middle perspective of guns in the US society.

Great interview with writer Rain Story about the process of writing this script and the change of perspective of growing from growing up in the South to living in Los Angeles. LISTEN to the best scene reading of GUNS AND GODS after the interview.

Watch 1st Scene Reading of GUNS AND GODS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxlvryPFtzo

A powerful Bible-belt family protects its gun empire, cultural traditions, and constitutional right to bear arms not only from the liberals next door but also from changing gun laws.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Colton/Activists/Willie : Steve Rizzo
Activists/Radio Host : Allan Michael Brunet
Catherine : Hannah Ehman

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WILDsound has performed a few of Joel Stern’s winning screenplays through the years. It was great to finally catch up with the sportscaster turned writer.

Joel is very candid with his passion for his work and is a terrific communicator & storyteller.. He saves the best story for last in this interview and shares a very personal story on how life could have changed if only got this one job.

Stay tuned for the audio best scene reading of his winning script THE WAITING ROOM.

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlLnkSlDU-0

In this suspense/comedy, Bill Egan, a crusty Alcatraz corrections officer, suddenly finds himself in a waiting room along with a one-armed Medal of Honor award winner-turned hitman, a ditzy bank teller and a Bronx street hoodlum. From different time periods, they try to piece together the events that brought them there.
Little do they know they are about to face the ultimate judgement.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

CAST LIST:

Linda: Cassandra Guthrie
Chuck: John Marcucci
Narrator: Kat Smiley
Bill: Shawn Devlin
Oscar: Sean Ballantyne
Reggie: Sam Fazli

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The first ever podcast done in a Hobbit Hole. Writer Brent Peterson made his “Own Private Hobbit Hole”. See it here: https://myownprivatehobbithole.com/

Star Wars: Rendezvous is a fan-fiction film set in the Star Wars universe with a cast of new characters as well as some more established ones. Matthew chats with the winner Fan Fiction writer Brent Peterson on the process of writing in the context of this legendary franchise.

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhZre_ceojo

A pair of do-gooders attempt to save a young girl wanted by the Empire.

CAST LIST:

Hologram Voice/Darth Maul: Sean Ballantyne

Mandalorian/Ashoka/Voice: Steve Rizzo

Rahn: Allan Michael Brunet

Qu’ra/R’iila/Zandara: Julie Sheppard

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Kurt T. Choate, PhD is an associate professor and department chair of psychology and counseling at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

He’s also a great screenwriter.

Listen to the interview with the professor/writer and after listen to the best scene reading of his screenplay INHERITANCE

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJF1NFTRcU

, by Kurt T. Choate

An F.B.I. agent turns to someone from his past to stop a serial killer, but healing the fractured relationship may prove to be the bigger challenge.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison Kampf

Caleb: Geoff Mays

Vaughn: Shawn Devlin

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Larry gets a phone call from his old friend, NFL Network legend, Rich Eisen. He is asked to attend Colin Kaepernick’s press conference revealing his new Athletic Shoe; by Colin’s request. Larry causes an uproar when he inadvertently takes a knee at the event. Anchovies and Humble pie save the day.

That is the summary of this amazing TV SPEC script on the CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM HBO show. Great chat with the writer Lance Barnett.

Watch the Best Scene Script Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjQsjL9MfE

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Richard Lewis: Shawn Devlin
Larry: Steve Rizzo
Mail Courier: Kyana Teresa

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The ultimate “META MOVIE”. The romantic comedy leading man MEETS his screenwriter at a Starbucks and explains to the “star” that he’s in a movie. Then the leading man decides to screw up the screenplay.

Great chat with writer Arthur Tiersky chatting about his terrific award winning script. Best scene reading of “I DON’T KNOW” after the interview.

Watch the video best scene reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMXF9jl-8MI

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison Kampf

Rob: Geoff Mays

Dana: Julie Sheppard

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Fabulous interview with talented actor turned screenwriter McCaleb Burnett. We dive into the world of creativity during Covid-19, the art of writers groups & how they really help you get things done, and turning McCaleb’s short scripts into movies in the future.

McCaleb Burnett IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1080831/

Watch the winning script reading of A VACATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y821f1aMd3s

A weekend away. What could be better?

CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
VO: Julie Sheppard
HE: Shawn Devlin
SHE: Kyana Teresa

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Russell Knight shares a great story on the process of writing his winning screening “Horizon Calling” during the lockdown. It’s all about diligence and having his wife a part of the writing process.

“Horizon Calling” is about a dismayed young man who travels through the Australian outback after the death of his brother. He ends up going on an ill-advised sailing trip with his estranged father and finds himself caught up in the violent world of international smuggling. It’s a drama with action/adventure.

Watch the best scene screenplay reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh6vdfmdp94

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