INCOMPLETENESS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the November 2021 TV Web Series Festival. You can watch the film and full festival this upcoming Saturday for FREE HERE

“A terminal cancer diagnosis leads a miserable workaholic on a self-indulgent quest to win back his pregnant-and-estranged wife and connect with his unborn son through a self-funded, semi-autobiographical movie about the meaning of life.”

Conversation with filmmaker David Ash on the making of this TV series from concept to distribution.

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WOOSUNG 2020 is a winning TV PILOT screenplay from the FAN FICTION Film Festival. “This script is a greatly structured story about the challenges of someone who isn’t familiar with her culture and is trying to integrate herself into it.”

Conversation with writer Janet Oh followed by the BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading of WOOSUNG 2020.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo

Justin: Bill Poulin

Tae-Min: Sean Ballantyne

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KING is a LGBTQ+ TV PILOT Screening Winner. “After landing a coveted junior associate position at a prestigious law firm, a freshly minted lawyer must navigate the harsh reality of working for one of D.C.’s top firms, all while uncovering a dark family secret buried under decades of carefully cultivated deceit.”

Conversation with Jessica L. Folk on the process writing this screenplay. BEST SCENE audio version reading of the script after the interview.

Watch the Best Scene Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Ollie: Kyana Teresa
Sage: Hannah Ehman

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Actor turned director Jeananne Goossen discusses her unique process writing the TV Web Series THE ARTIST’S WAY OUT. Played at the June 2021 TV Web Series Festival. Winner of BEST DIRECTION at the festival.

You can watch the full series at the website https://www.artistswayout.com/

Jeananne is an accomplished actor, presently known to many for playing the role of Aunt Ruth on the multiple award winning series “The Handmaid’s Tale”. She talks about her journey to becoming a director, starting with this TV Web Series.

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“On A List” is a short content series about doing the most vulnerable and difficult tasks as a means to fall in love. Watch the series on Instagram @onalistshow and YouTube @onalist

Winner BEST TV WEB SERIES at the June 2021 TV Festival. Watch the Audience Feedback Video of the first episode HERE

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Conversation with musician turned actor turned director Nicole Simone on the process creating the Web Series ON A LIST.

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NECROPOLIS is an award winning TV PILOT screenplay. Conversation with writer Caledonia Hanson on the process writing this series and the process making it happen. Followed by audio version best scene reading of the script after the interview.

WATCH the video of the best scene reading.

Necropolis: A violent and seedy hell on earth, the part of the city everyone warns you about. When 18-year-old Eddie Soreno ventures into this insidious place to uncover the truth of his father’s past, only his sister, Maria, holds hope that he will return alive. Against the clock, Maria goes in after him, willingly risking her life so that her brother won’t suffer the same fate as their father.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Horaz: Sean Ballantyne
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Great chat with the writer who is becoming the master of writing a TV SPEC screenplay from an existing show. Already in 2020 Shane Walsh-Smith has won awards for writing three SPECS: “Farscape”. “Black Mirror”. “Bojack Horseman”.

We tackle the art of writing a great TV spec and what the purpose of writing them.

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Matthew Toffolo chats with winning screenwriter Marko Amato about his all-time favorite television episode of all-time. The first in our series of interviewing people in the industry about their “Top TV Episode”.

Marco picks: MR. MONK TAKES HIS MEDICINE. Season 3 Episode 9.

August 20th 2004. First premiered on the USA Network.

IMDB Synopsis: A woman commits suicide and minutes later Captain Stottlemeyer is shot nearby. Monk needs to determine if the two events are related, but his new medication has turned him into an obnoxious jerk who can't concentrate on the case.

October 24th 2020 this day in history:

1962 "The Manchurian Candidate", directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released.

1973 John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone.

1992 World Series Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title.

2018 Pipe bombs sent to prominent US Democrats including the Obamas, Clintons, John Brennan and CNN, but safely defused.

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An episode so strong there is an entire website about it: http://seventeenpeople.com/

Called a “BOTTLE” episode. Is produced cheaply and restricted in scope to use as few non-regular cast members, effects, and sets as possible. Occurs when the show is over-budget and they need to shoot a cost saving episode.

What the heck is a Nickelodeon, anyway? And where did it come from? Join Mary and Kierston as they wax rhapsodic about 90’s television and the origin of this zany word!

Ring, ring. Tap, tap. Crunch, crunch. It's time to talk about Foley. What are foley Artists, anyway and how on earth do you make a library for sounds? Find out all about it and more on this episode of WILDsound's The Film Podcast. 

You have probably heard of a biopic before. But if you have NO IDEA what one is, chances are you've seen one. Or maybe you THINK you've seen one. Today, Matthew and Kierston take a look at some well known Bio Pics, some not-so-well-known biopics, and what makes the genre so great! 

Today, on a special episode of WILDsound's The Film Podcast, Matthew interviews Kierston on her previous career in the Film and Television Industry. Find out about a little-known job in the industry called Craft, and how doing it often ends up being a situation where you bite off more than you can chew.  

What the heck is B-Roll and What does it actually DO anyway? Why should we worry about it at all, right? Does it actually affect the main story? Matthew and Kierston tackle this topic in today episode of The Film Podcast and discover that it actually is quite important. 

Also- stay tuned to find out just how many films Kierston has on her list to see!