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Genre: Horror/Found-FootagePremise: After a viral video depicting a vampire attack hits the internet, a group of myth-busters go on a quest to prove it’s fake.About: Anthony Jaswinski is an idea machine who unabashedly focuses on the high concept.  He writes a lot of scripts with big stories and fast writing.  One of his earlier scripts […]
Genre: Period Premise: The true story of the Marlands, an oil magnate back in the 20s who were very controversial due to a shocking family development. About: The writer here, Chris Terrio, has been kicking ass for a few years now.  He wrote Ben Affleck’s upcoming “Argo,” which I reviewed on the site, and I […]
Everybody always complains to me about my Amateur Friday choices.  (complain-y voice) “Carson, you never pick Amateur Friday scripts fairly.” “Why does this guy get to go twice?”  “This logline sucks.  Mine’s better.”  “How come I didn’t get picked?”  “You play favorites.”  Well NO MORE my friends! That’s because YOU’RE picking the next two Amateur […]
NEW Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten pages of your script, your title, genre, logline, and finally, why I should read your script. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Your script and “first ten” will be posted. […]
Genre: ComedyPremise: (original Twit-Pitch logline) With his favorite fast-food sandwich facing its final week before it’s phased out forever, an obsessed man leads a protest to save it.About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, as long as […]