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HOW TO HOLD IT ALL IN by Gwen Goodkin
SYNOPSIS:
How to Hold it All in is about a guy who’s lost the loves of his life.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Angelica Alejandro
LYLE – Gabriel Darku
MARV – Ben Hur
CHIC-JINX – Chris Reid-Geisler
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FACSIMILE by Gary Makin
SYNOPSIS:
In a future Los Angeles, a homicide detective’s investigation into the attempted murder of a young woman becomes the ultimate case of identity theft when a powerful corporation is implicated.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Angelica Alejandro
WOMAN – Laura Kyswaty
MORALES – Ben Hur
ORTIZ/DRIVER – Gabriel Darku
TAXI DRIVER – Chris Reid-Geisler
EVERS – Holly Sarchfield
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MERCY by George Lewis
SYNOPSIS:
Mercy is a story that looks into the past and the future through the experiences of a man who wants to end racism and in doing so he becomes instrumental in electing the first African American President of the United States.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Kiran Friesen
PRESIDENT/JEROME – Bubba
MAX ROBERTS – Peter Nelson
TREY – Sean Ballantyne
ROSE – Fran Townend
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THE ARV by Joshua Collins
SYNOPSIS:
A film is about a lethal obsession and how it can alter a persons perception of their world. As well as a very uncovered subject matter(in film)–aero-technology.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Fran Townend
ALAYAS – Sean Ballantyne
MARK/MARDALE – Peter Nelson
VOICE OVER – Becky Shrimpton
Steven – Bubba
Deadline to Submit your 1st Scenes (up to 10 pages) to the Festival: http://firstscenescreenplay.com
GIVE ME A REASON by Theresa Drew
SYNOPSIS:
Give Me a Reason is a dark comedy about two of the funniest subjects: suicide and cancer. Hilarious, I know.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Matthew Di Leo
ANDY- Kerrie Lamb
JEANMARIE – Val Cole
DR. TREMMEL – Leo Choy
REAGAN – Minh Le
PATIENT – Angelica Alejandro
Deadline to Submit your 1st Scenes (up to 10 pages) to the Festival: http://firstscenescreenplay.com
LOVELESS by Chris Courtney Martin
SYNOPSIS:
An adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but at it’s core, it’s about emotional growth and maturity. It’s about emotional bravery and daring to allow yourself to care for others, despite the dangers of it.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Val Cole
ANDY- Kerrie Lamb
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December 1st Scene Winner Testimonials:
I’d never seen a contest that took only the first moment of a screenplay. The first moments can make or break a script in any competition, but I like that WILDsound looks at the opening on its own. Positive feedback on an unfinished piece can truly motivate a writer to push through to the end.
– LOVELESS by Chris Courtney Martin
Everyone always says the first 10 pages will make or break you. I really liked the idea of a contest that would give feedback on the first part so you can decide if you’re heading in the right direction before you’ve finished an entire script. I was surprised at how thorough and insightful the feedback was. It really helped me to decide what changes I would need to make moving forward.
– GIVE ME A REASON by Theresa Drew
I think the feedback is excellent and I tried to accommodate the suggestions without taking anything away from what I originally submitted to receive the win. I really like the encouragement and the willingness by the reader to share where I can make it even better. Y’all rock.
– TETON RECKONING by Debi Yazbeck
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LOVELESS by Chris Courtney Martin
SYNOPSIS:
An adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but at it’s core, it’s about emotional growth and maturity. It’s about emotional bravery and daring to allow yourself to care for others, despite the dangers of it.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Val Cole
ANDY- Kerrie Lamb
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TETON RECKONING by Debi Yazbeck
SYNOPSIS:
Teton Reckoning is about this crazy determined girl who hates being in pretentious Ft Worth society and longs for a life in pioneer territory – her dream: California. Of course, she ends up in Idaho… and then she’s kidnapped and fighting to survive in the treacherous Tetons and stuck between two men battling it out to the death for the mineral rights to a gold mine.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Val Cole
MADELEINE – Kerrie Lamb
GEORGE – Matthew Di Leo
LEE – Anthony Yu
TURNER – Minh Le
BOSS – Leo Choy
SISSY – Angelica Alejandro
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GIVE ME A REASON by Theresa Drew
SYNOPSIS:
Give Me a Reason is a dark comedy about two of the funniest subjects: suicide and cancer. Hilarious, I know.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Matthew Di Leo
ANDY- Kerrie Lamb
JEANMARIE – Val Cole
DR. TREMMEL – Leo Choy
REAGAN – Minh Le
PATIENT – Angelica Alejandro
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LEGRAND by Angelina Carkic
SYNOPSIS:
LeGrand is about a celebrated French detective who mourns the death of his unrequited love and unable to stay in the place where everywhere he turns he’s reminded of her he plans to leave the country. When a dismembered leg turns up in his antique shop, a hedge for his retirement, LeGrand takes on a last investigation and follows clues to New York.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Ryan Fisher
Legrand – Geoff Mays
Foulard – Andy Bridge
Thibodeau – Andrew Farr
Clair – Holly Sarchfield
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THE UMPIRE HAS NO BALLS by Debbie Bolsky
SYNOPSIS:
“The Umpire Has No Balls” is the story of a young woman as she works her way through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire. Her problem? No woman’s ever broke through the stainless-steel ceiling of the MLB.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Ashley Arnett
Jessie – Melinda Michael
Dutch – John Goodrich
Catcher – Lucas James
Ken Griffrey Jr./Sr. – Andrew Tite
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THE SINGING TREE by Marilyn Pesola & Peter Moss
SYNOPSIS:
From the darkness of war comes the need for one man’s salvation. Civilian stationmaster Kurt Hellmann can’t reconcile the atrocities of war. He blames himself for the death of 123 Jews due to a prank telephone call and, later on, envisions himself as the last Nazi mass murderer. The last straw is when the Nazis shoot the woman he loved, a Jew he had been hiding in his quarters until he could smuggle her out of the country. Too cowardly to stop Rachel’s execution lest he sign his own death warrant, he carves a swastika into his chest as a reminder that he couldn’t save her, then flees the war to seek salvation for all the wrong reasons. In the jungles of Brazil, blinded by the deep void in the center of what he thought were his values, he longs for punishment but does nothing when an opportunity presents itself – until the Nazi hunter of his nightmares shows up with his name on her list, the irony of which is that they become friends. Hellmann’s salvation finally comes from an unexpected source that reunites him with Rachel forever.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Sedina Fiati
Hellman – Jarrid Terrell
Colonel Richter – Robert Notman
Lt. Becker – Steve Rizzo
Voice on Phone – Roman Spera
Soldier – Peter Nelson
Mother – Erynn Brook
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THE CURSE OF SAM HAIN by Jacob F. Keller
SYNOPSIS:
The long survivor of a crash landing on a distant world becomes the surprising savior to the aborigines facing genocide.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Frances Townend
Belenus – Sean Ballantyne
Sam Hain- Neil Kulin
Daughter – Julia Vally
Rider – Kaleb Alexander
Wife – Jacqueline Brown
Man #1 – Charles Gordon
Man #1 – Rob Salerno
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SPARKS by Megan K. Bickel
SYNOPSIS:
A romantic comedy with a sci-fi twist. Dr. Emma Spegal stumbles upon a stranger who reactivates the effects of an old laboratory accident, which sends lightning shooting from her hand. She drags him to her lab to find answers, but instead they find secret plots, hidden agendas, and high-voltage reasons to stick together.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Frances Townend
Charlie – Kaleb Alexander
Emma – Alicia Payne
Barista – Jacqueline Brown
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HELLCAT by J. Alan Hostetter
SYNOPSIS:
“Hellcat” is about a Pennsylvania state police detective who investigates a blackmail plot as it is going awry, various leads connecting a mysterious woman who once partially castrated her rapist.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Ryan Fisher
Guise – Geoff Mays
Sterner – Andy Bridge
Fries – Andrew Farr
Cat – Holly Sarchfield
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