1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
Winning screenplays. First scenes readings from features, and television specs.
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SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene: THE MOONSTRUCK, by Tanya Wheelock, Will Phillips
A military power couple suddenly finds themselves at the center of a lunar phenomenon turning ordinary people into zombies and must work together to save the world, their daughter, and their marriage.
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Narrator: ...
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ANIMATION Festival 1st Scene: GOING COMMANDO, by Adam Hopwood
After the loss of his wife, 1980's military hero Commando Dan moves to the suburbs to live with his daughter and her family.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Commando Dan: Shawn Devlin
Maskface/All: Allan Michael Brunet
Gunshow/All: Steve Rizzo
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1st Scene Script: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, by Jeffrey van Davis (writer interview)
When a police detective, hunting a serial killer, gets too close, the killer murders his wife and two children, sending him into a downward spiral of alcohol, suicide, and a near-death experience where God tells him to become a priest. Years later the serial killer reappears - in his confessional...
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TV Festival 1st Scene: SHADOWS, by Michael Angel Johnson (interview)
SHADOWS begins with Reverend Josie Strickland (late 40s, African-American) entering her office at St. Thomas Church and finding her mother, Violet Audrey, (60), standing over a dead body and holding the bloody murder weapon. Through a series of flashbacks, it’s revealed that Diana (21) , the gran...
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WILDsound 1st Scene: The Hollywood'll Eat, by Jeffrey Riley Kazanjian
A dark coming of age satire about a young boy trying to break into Hollywood.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Old Man/Gepetto: Allan Michael Brunet
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WILDsound 1st Scene: CLEANSING ACTS, by Carlos Perez (writer interview)
A young man contemplating suicide calls a prostitute to keep him company before he commits the act.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
William: Allan Michael Brunet
Maxine: Kyana TeresaGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Cleansing Acts is about a young man who ...
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LA Festival 1st Scene: BLOCKHEAD, by Garrett Nicholson
When a mid-30’s concrete truck driver injures himself at work, he partners up with some friends to pursue his passion as a magician in order to separate himself from the constraints of his father’s business.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Roy/Lou: Allan Michael Brunet
Jill/Lucky: Kyana Ter... -
HORROR Festival 1st Scene: THE FOURTH, by Gabriel Gervais (interview)
While undergoing fertility treatments, a budding psychotherapist becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving kidnapped women, cryptic symbols, and shocking revelations about her troubled past.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehma
Boy: Shawn Devlin
Angie: Kyana TeresaGet to know the screenwr...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: QUASH, by John McCarney
Inspired by true events... A homeless Vietnam Vet loses custody of his children and to get them back is forced to take a job with a diverse group of community workers in the middle of a gang war.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
John: Allan Michael Brunet
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: THE PAINTED MUSE, by Farah Merani
A brilliant art restorer is commissioned by a big fancy British museum to track down and restore a series of rare miniature masterpieces scattered around
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Curator: Val Cole
Samara: Kyana Teresa
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: ALL THAT YOU LOVE, by Ken Gire
A teenager's idyllic life on a German farm is shattered during World War II by a ruthless Soviet invasion that separates her from her family, putting
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
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THRILLER Festival TV 1st Scene Reading: ZOOM HIT, by Laura Puccia Valtorta
When idealistic attorney Silvia Moretti watches her obnoxious doctor/lover get assassinated during a Zoom meeting, she travels to California with her housemate, Wyshonda, to find the killer.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Cedric: Shawn Devlin
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DRAMA Festival 1st Scene: AGAIN, by Melissa L. White (screenwriter interview)
AGAIN tells the story of three strong women whose lives intertwine in three parallel stories about r eincarnation, life-altering love, and the re-connecting of souls throughout history: from Duchess Bianca Maria Visconti in 15th Century Milan; to author Jean Rhys in Devon, England in 1966; to cur...
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COMEDY Fest 1st Scene: YOU MUST BE THIS TALL, by Randall R. Reese (interview)
Workers of a run down amusement park rush to save the park before an evil developer buys the land.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Colette: Hannah Ehman
Ryan/Kristopher: Geoff Mays
Julia : Kyana TeresaGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: SHELTER, by Janna Jones (interview)
A smart, but indecisive movie theater owner is about to lose her husband, movie theater and her family's legacy, but when two forces of nature sweep into her life--a violent tropical storm and a gorgeous and compassionate man--she finally jumps into action to get what she wants.
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, by Kate Harbert
With the help of her best friends, a strongly-spirited girl must do whatever it takes to keep her family on the right track no matter how desperate the antics become.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Reese/Jim: Geoff Mays
Sierra: Kyana Teresa
Finn: Hannah Ehman
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LA LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: THE BLESSED, by Sarah Grodsky (interview)
When a young, queer nun confined to a life of labor, starvation, and flagellation reaches her threshold, she draws attention and takes control by performing possessions and miracles, electing herself a holy conduit of God's word.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Carlotta: Val Cole
Benedetta: ... -
THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: Infinite Man, by Greg Robbins
The consequences of a society that no longer ages and a journey to revive death.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Harlan: Sean Ballantyne
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THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD MONEY, by Dominic Flanagan
Howard Swan, a doctor with a severe drinking problem, loses his medical license, his wife, his house, and is on the verge of losing his daughter as well. In a desperate act, he enlists the help of Caspar, his drug dealer brother, to make some easy money. After a deal goes wrong, Howard uses his m...
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SHORT Screenplay 1st Scene: The Debt He Never Promised, by Daniel Foster
When a lone rancher learns of his impending death, then he must find homes for his six beloved Labradors before he pays the debt he never promised
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Eugene: Geoff Mays
Everitt: Steve Rizzo
Ammon: Sean Ballantyne
Alex: Andy CampWriter Statement
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TV 1st Scene Reading: Southern Elite Law, by Clifton McMillan Jr. (interview)
A former JAG attorney starts a new life as a private sector lawyer and gets caught up in a class action lawsuit against a crooked pharmaceutical company.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Al/Emmett: Steve Rizzo
Organ Player/Grace: Kyana Teresa
Sylvia: Hannah EhmanGet to know the screenw...
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TV FESTIVAL 1st Scene: THE WATCHLIST, by Alex Vickery-Howe
A young man falls in love with an ecoterrorist and teams up with her to save the world.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Delia: Kyana Teresa
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TV Festival 1st Scene: CROWN POINT, by Joseph Anthony Francis
A scandalous event in their hidden past transformed the once-friendly Dalton and Alvarez dynasties into bitter rivals. Against the backdrop of the Crown Point skyline, members of these two empires scheme to gain the upper hand, leaving a path of broken dreams, broken promises, and broken hearts b...
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LA Festival BEST Scene Reading: Kubricks Waterloo, by Mike Mann (interview)
in 1969 Stanley Kubrick attempts to make his dream film, an epic about Napoleon Bonaparte. If Napoleon doesn’t unmake him first…
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Kubrick: Sean Ballantyne
Christiane: Val ColeGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Kubrick's Waterl...