Vote now! Script with the most votes gets a review Monday.
And the winner is…
It’s here!
The final countdown to the winner of the Mega-Showdown.
Just to be clear, this is the final voting weekend. Whoever gets the most votes wins. I’ll review their script this Monday.
If you’re new to the site, we’ve been having a 10-day feature screenplay contest. These are the final four scripts in the competition. Your job, as a reader, is to vote for your favorite of the four in the comments. Just comment and say, “My vote is or [insert script title].” Feel free to add any reasons for your vote.
A couple of changes here.
There will be NO HALF-VOTES. Full votes only.
Also, normally, voting closes at 11:59pm Sunday Pacific Time. This weekend it’s going to close at 10pm Pacific Time. That’s because I have to read and review the script the next day. So don’t wait too long!
If you want to read pages for any of the scripts, simply click the script title link and it will take you to the first five pages of the script.
Good luck to the four contestants. I honestly have no idea who’s going to win. Each script has its backers.
So let’s find out!
Title: Bedford
Genre: Thriller / Sci-Fi
Logline: During a graveyard shift in a local air traffic control tower, a passenger flight goes missing, setting off a series of unexplained occurrences in the sky and leaving it up to a single determined tower operator to untangle the mystery.
Title: The Best and Brightest
Genre: Mystery
Logline: After the president of the United States is poisoned aboard Air Force One, a no-nonsense Secret Service agent reluctantly teams up with a hotshot White House staffer to investigate a flight of high-maintenance VIP suspects and solve the murder before the plane lands.
Title: Noah’s Choice
Genre: Sci-Fi
Logline: Halfway through its 120-year journey to save mankind, the hypersleeping passengers of the spaceship A.R.K. begin to fall victim to a serial killer.
Title: Outpace the Dawn
Genre: Science Fiction
Logline: The crew of a ramshackle starship, stranded lightyears from the rest of humanity, stages a daring heist to infiltrate a rogue luxury transport, steal the spare warp drive it hoards, and escape the gaze of Eos — a volatile star tumbling toward supernova.
This week, we are highlighting the top 4 vote-getters in the Mega-Showdown Screenwriting Contest. Monday through Thursday, I will post the first five pages of one of the finalists and all you have to do is read their pages. A good gauge of whether you like the pages or not is to ask yourself, “Would I keep reading?”
What we’re trying to do differently from past showdowns is to give every writer their own day so that people actually read their pages as opposed to just vote on a logline or the first page. We’re trying to find the best writing. The best storytelling.
Also, this is a great opportunity for all screenwriters to learn. A lot of screenwriters still don’t read scripts. It’s hard to know what to do when you don’t have anything to compare it to. This week, you’re going to read 20 pages. Take note of what you like, what you don’t like and try to figure out why. If you do that, I guarantee you you’ll learn something about your own writing.
Time to meet our final contestant of the week. And if you’re getting a case of deja vu, yes, this *is* a different script from yesterday. Time to welcome Luke Secaur to the feedback party!
Title: Outpace the Dawn
Genre: Science Fiction
Logline: The crew of a ramshackle starship, stranded lightyears from the rest of humanity, stages a daring heist to infiltrate a rogue luxury transport, steal the spare warp drive it hoards, and escape the gaze of Eos — a volatile star tumbling toward supernova.
This week, we are highlighting the top 4 vote-getters in the Mega-Showdown Screenwriting Contest. Monday through Thursday, I will post the first five pages of one of the finalists and all you have to do is read their pages. A good gauge of whether you like the pages or not is to ask yourself, “Would I keep reading?”
What we’re trying to do differently from past showdowns is to give every writer their own day so that people actually read their pages as opposed to just vote on a logline or the first page. We’re trying to find the best writing. The best storytelling.
Also, this is a great opportunity for all screenwriters to learn. A lot of screenwriters still don’t read scripts. It’s hard to know what to do when you don’t have anything to compare it to. This week, you’re going to read 20 pages. Take note of what you like, what you don’t like and try to figure out why. If you do that, I guarantee you you’ll learn something about your own writing.
Time to meet contestant number 3. I wasn’t sure how this one would do but I liked the concept of a serial killer preying on helpless hypersleepers. :) Time to welcome Mikael Grahn.
Title: Noah’s Choice
Genre: Sci-Fi
Logline: Halfway through its 120-year journey to save mankind, the hypersleeping passengers of the spaceship A.R.K. begin to fall victim to a serial killer.
Tagline: One killer – no mankind
Movie Crossover Pitch: Knives Out meets Passengers
This week, we are highlighting the top 4 vote-getters in the Mega-Showdown Screenwriting Contest. Monday through Thursday, I will post the first five pages of one of the finalists and all you have to do is read the pages and gauge how you feel.
What we’re trying to do differently from past showdowns is to give every writer their own day so that people actually read their pages as opposed to evaluating the entry on a logline or a first page. We’re trying to find the best writing, the best storytelling, in the bunch.
Also, this is a great opportunity for all screenwriters to learn. A lot of screenwriters still don’t read scripts. It’s hard to know if what you’re writing is good when you don’t have anything to compare it to. This week, you’re going to read 20 pages total. Take note of what you like, what you don’t like, and try to figure out why. If you do that, I guarantee that you’ll learn something about your own writing.
No votes yet. We’ll reconvene voting this weekend.
Time to introduce our second finalist, another high concept entry, who seems to have some insight into what the creator of Scriptshadow likes. I introduce to you, Bedford, from Joseph Fattal.
Title: Bedford
Genre: Thriller / Sci-Fi
Logline: During a graveyard shift in a local air traffic control tower, a passenger flight goes missing, setting off a series of unexplained occurrences in the sky and leaving it up to a single determined tower operator to untangle the mystery.
This week, we are highlighting the top 4 vote-getters in the Mega-Showdown Screenwriting Contest. Monday through Thursday, I will post the first five pages of one of the finalists and all you have to do is read the pages and gauge how you feel.
What we’re trying to do differently from past showdowns is to give every writer their own day so that people actually read their pages as opposed to evaluating the entry on a logline or a first page. We’re trying to find the best writing, the best storytelling, in the bunch.
Also, this is a great opportunity for all screenwriters to learn. A lot of screenwriters still don’t read scripts. It’s hard to know if what you’re writing is good when you don’t have anything to compare it to. This week, you’re going to read 20 pages total. Take note of what you like, what you don’t like, and try to figure out why. If you do that, I guarantee that you’ll learn something about your own writing.
No votes yet. We’ll reconvene voting this weekend.
Okay, let’s get to our first finalist who submitted one of the more high concept scripts to the competition, Danny Albie.
Title: The Best and Brightest
Genre: Mystery
Logline: After the president of the United States is poisoned aboard Air Force One, a no-nonsense Secret Service agent reluctantly teams up with a hotshot White House staffer to investigate a flight of high-maintenance VIP suspects and solve the murder before the plane lands.
Tagline: If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.
Crossover: Knives Out meets Air Force One
