How did a TV pilot about incest, drug addiction, and imprisonment lead to today’s writer getting Pixar’s “Inside Out” assignment? Read on to find out! Genre: TV Pilot – Drama Premise: We follow a group of adults in various stages of arrested development, highlighted by a strange man who’s secretly imprisoning his wife. About: So […]
Pixar continues to make a laughingstock out of the competition with its storytelling skillz. Genre: Animation Drama/Comedy Premise: We follow the physical embodiment of an 11 year-old girl’s emotions as her family makes the move from Minnesota to San Francisco. About: Inside Out may not have taken down Chris Pratt and his dino-pals this weekend, […]
Get Your Script Reviewed On Scriptshadow!: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, along with the title, genre, logline, and finally, something interesting about yourself and/or your script that you’d like us to post along with the script if reviewed. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Remember […]
One of the questions I’m often asked is, “Do I need to obtain the rights to someone’s life in order to write about them?” I’ve brought in Lisa Callif, a partner at the law firm of Donaldson and Callif, to help answer that question. Callif has helped steer many independent producers through this process, including […]
Today I talk about how to be funny, dammit! Genre: TV Pilot (comedy sci-fi) Premise: A support group whose members believe they’ve been abducted by aliens is furious when a journalist makes fun of them in an article. The only problem is, the journalist begins to think he may have been abducted as well. About: […]
