1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
Winning screenplays. First scenes readings from features, and television specs.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Fest 1st Scene Reading: JUSTICE and the MACHINE, by Brad Havens
Sci-Fi/Political/Action - A popular President’s re-election campaign is beset by a relentless, brutal Assassin with whom he shares a dark, shocking history.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Justice: Geoff Mays
Karen: Val Cole
Captain: Sean Ballantyne -
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Reading: HUMDRUM, by Daniela Di Salvo
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Gloria: Hannah Ehman
Esther: Val Cole -
TV Festival 1st Scene Reading: The Partner, by Ronald McQueen
A flaming comet crashes into the bay and there follows a spate of gruesome killings in the city. When a second comet arrives and takes up earth orbit, rookie new detective Maguire suddenly finds himself assigned a strange female partner. As they hunt the killer it becomes clear that they are up a...
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DRAMA 1st Scene Reading: The Mortality Game, by Ed Vela
Facing death due to different illnesses, three patients find themselves playing a made up game called The Mortality Game to experience life one last time risking it all.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Dragenfeld: Val Cole
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HORROR 1st Scene Reading: THE YEARNING, by Paul Frank
After having to put down her aggressive rescue, Nina and her Boyfriend Paul take a trip with a group of Nina's friends, however, with a massive snowstorm, they are trapped at the log cabin facing a deadly virus.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne -
Nina: Val Cole
Paul: Geoff Mays -
1st Scene Script Reading: Amonster, Amongus, by Jon Marro
https://youtu.be/DCCZqt6KXvo
In the hauntingly picturesque town of Round River—a faceless Monster who was terrorizing the town is captured and put on trial. As the people gather in search of justice, their own secrets, fears, and desires begin to surface. What begins as a courtroom drama spirals...
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1st Scene Script Reading: NATURALAWE TV Pilot, by Barry Lindstrom
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Jennifer: Val Cole
Charlene: Hannah EhmanBased on,
Concepts from the novel
Considering SomeplacElse
By Barry B.L. Lindstrom -
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: HIGH GROUND, by AG Conlyn (interview)
Gloria is uncomfortable on her own skin and needs to learn how to love herself. She endured many challenges to love her body and even embraces a pregnancy that she didn't consent to.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Nancy: Val Cole
Gloria: Elizabeth Rose MorrisGet to know the writer:
1....
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: CYCLIC, by Fenton E. Queens
Celia is out to break general curses when she learns that her grandmother, her mother and herself were all victims of sexual abuse. With her 5 year old niece the main focus, she sets out a path to continue speaking out about this to avoid it happening to her.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: PUEBLO, by Eric A. Vasallo (interview)
Three individuals go on a self-seeking journey to find out a way to get to a better version of themselves, seeking out a powerful Shaman who plays tricks on them mentally.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Self discovery, healing from trauma and beating the ubiquitous... -
SCI-FI Best Scene: THE PIT, by Duncan B. Putney, Greg Chopoorian (interview)
When disgraced TV journalist Matthew Coleman is sent to South America for a "where-are-they-now" piece on thirty-three miners rescued from a cave-in a decade ago, he expects an easy fluff assignment. But what begins as a redemption story turns into a chilling investigation, as Matt uncovers a dar...
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: GUARDIAN AHOLE, by David Case
A bad angel is given a second chance to help the woman he let down at her high school prom. Now a brilliant OCD wreck of a lawyer, she needs the angel’s help more than ever. But being bad is the only thing he appears to be good at…
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Charlie: Geoff Mays -
THRILLER/SUSPENSE 1st Scene: The Clearing Eliza, by Michael L Dennis (interview)
In post-Civil War America, a tormented young woman marked by ancestral abuse becomes the unwilling vessel for a curse born of ancient blood—but as the darkness awakens within her, so too does a scream powerful enough to end it.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
In post...
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival 1st Scene: THE GARBAGE PATCH, by Jonathan Fear
A grieving oceanographer and his fearless research partner discover a rogue North Korean general has built a hidden nuclear missile base beneath the Pacific’s Great Garbage Patch and must outwit his deadly forces and sabotage the launch before millions die in an undetectable first strike.
CAST L...
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HORROR Festival 1st Scene: SOME KIND OF ROT, by Connor Jr Brown (interview)
When a young, broke librarian buys an abandoned house on the outskirts of a British Columbian town, he starts to uncover the house's secrets as unexplained incidents occur.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Anna: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Eric: Shawn DevlinGet to know the writer:
1. What is...
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HORROR Festival 1st Scene: VAMPIRA AND TIMBO, by A.L. Jobrail
A lone prepubescent soon-to-be werewolf falls in love with a vampire. His family disapproves, but it's too late to stop them.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Vampira: Val Cole
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HORROR Festival 1st Scene: THEY BRING HELL, by Bernard Schaffer
Two Federal Agents investigate cases of the paranormal, usually ending with them splattered with goo, but a darker evil awaits.
https://www.instagram.com/bernardschaffer
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Pike: Geoff Mays
Farley: Val Cole
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HORROR Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD RED, by Roberto Roy Nylund (interview)
Summary: Researching transfusion therapy on different blood groups, something goes completely wrong when the test subjects start mutating and transforming into Zombie like creatures.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Marv: Geoff Mays
Ruby: Val ColeGet to know the writer:
What is your scr...
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ACTION/ADVENTURE 1st Scene Script Reading: PLUS ONE, by Edward V. Lacina
Haunted from the chilling events. Someone finally has to pay the price of shattered consequences. A life for a life... Plus One.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Rosie: Val Cole
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ACTION/ADVENTURE 1st Scene Reading: BAD SOULS, by Jordan Galland
An undercover officer for a secret agency that monitors reincarnated souls develops feelings for a woman he's spying on, who may or may not be the reincarnation of a bad soul.
CAST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
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ACTION/SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene: HOW THE WORLD ENDS, by David Case
In a world where a Death Cloud has the power to destroy every last
human and man-made object, the toughest soldier on the planet, a woman, is unhinged by the memory of her father killing her mother when she was a kid.CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Voice/Black: Steve Rizzo
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HORROR Festval 1st Scene Reading: LITTLE STEPS, by Jennifer LeBeau (interview)
Kathy, a failed writer, barely gets by selling "haunted" dolls online to gullible marks, writing elaborate backstories to up the selling price. Her quiet life is upended when she encounters the real deal: Clara Jane, a vintage doll possessed by a foul-mouthed spirit. Clara Jane makes Kathy questi...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI 1st Scene: THE EARTHLIEN, by Muli Glasberg
In a venture into an uncharted human civilization on Earth that evolved without sunlight, a checkered doctor must bridge - with a resilient local leader - science and ancient tradition to find a cure to a deadly disease, navigating together hostile landscapes, corporate grid, personal demons.
CA...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: PEARL FISHER, by Suzanne Birrell (interview)
When a precocious mixed-race five-year-old wanders into a fire station with only a backpack and a cryptic note about her missing mother, she has no idea it will set off a chain of events that will reshape her life. The little girl, who refuses to give her name, is sent into foster care and given ...