The Son
(Spec Feature - Historical Drama - 113 pages)
Logline: When the mentally disabled son of a quiet Scottish widower is caught up in an army impressment gang and sent to perform manual labor for the soldiers fighting in the American Revolution, his wildly distraught father sells all that he owns and sets off on an epic journey to the colonies, where he ventures onto the battlefield to find his son and bring him home.
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13 Pages
This pivotal battle sequence comes at the story's midpoint. It features several pages of compelling, intense action which leads to a new direction in the protagonist's quest.
Chaos In Paradise
(Spec Pilot - Family Drama - 64 pages)
Logline: A salt-of-the-earth, blue-collar couple, become foster parents in their opioid ravaged, rust-belt town, battling dysfunction, poverty, and addiction in order to save foster children, who, but for the grace of God, could have been their own. "Our family's chaos could be some child's paradise.”
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9 Pages
In this side, the two lead characters of the series are introduced, along with their unique world. The tone is light-hearted. It features comedic dialogue and fun action.
Sleeping Dogs
(Short Film - Drama - 18 pages)
Logline: After a Marine’s comrade confesses, just before his death, to a murder he committed prior to the war, the Marine returns home and is forced to choose between revealing this painful truth or “letting sleeping dogs lie.”
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5 Pages
This side features steadily building tension through action and vivid descriptions and very little dialogue. A physical prop serves as a metaphor for the story's theme.
132 Lakeview Avenue
(Spec Pilot - Anthological Drama - 82 pages)
Logline: Over a period of one hundred and twenty years, a large Victorian home in Cleveland, Ohio changes owners six times with each of the diverse families bringing their own unique struggles and dramas, as the house’s various occupants pursue the American dream.
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8 Pages
This side features some exciting, surprising, character-defining actions. Strong, character-specific dialogue really shines in these pages. This section also features a superbly delicious call-back moment.
The Monkey's Paw
(Short Film - Drama/Fantasy/Suspense - 20 pages)
Logline: In this be-careful-what-you-wish-for tale, a family of circus aerial performers ignores the warnings accompanying a magical monkey's paw, and they subsequently find themselves desperate to reverse its deadly spell.
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8 Pages
This side shows off the world-building skills of the writer, taking readers behind the scenes of a Depression-era circus. This tragic, gut-wrenching moment is the first domino to tumble, which sets our story in motion. The tone of this short script is mysterious, suspenseful, and creepy (think Twilight Zone).