Category: writing a screenplay

Interview with Winning Screenwriter John Dummer (FORGET-ME-NOTS)

July 2018 Winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriter. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? John Dummer: Spiritual entropy. When the universe presents you with an existential threat, an event that will surely obliterate you and everything that gives this world meaning, what do you do? Do you dig a grave, or do you plant a seed? 2.… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter John Dummer (FORGET-ME-NOTS)

Interview with Screenwriter Rene Collier (MISTAKES)

 June 2018 Winning 1pg. Screenplay. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Rene Collier: Stan wants his father to purchase a used car for him. But Stan wrecked the last car his father bought him. Stan tries to convince dad to buy this one in spite of his past mistakes. 2. What genres does your… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Rene Collier (MISTAKES)

Interview with Screenwriter Fabian Martin (HALFWAY TO MARS)

1. What is your screenplay about? Fabian Martin: My screenplay is about “Lucy”, a transgender, whose ambitions to complete her transition leads her into a “hellhole” which she fights to crawl out of. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? The genre my screenplay falls under would be LGBT and Thriller. 3. Why should… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Fabian Martin (HALFWAY TO MARS)

Interview with Screenwriter Linda Hullinger (REAL TIME DENIAL)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Linda Hullinger: After falling asleep while reading about doppelgangers, a woman awakens to a disturbing display on her security camera screen. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Supernatural Horror 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? For those who enjoy watching Twilight Zone… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Linda Hullinger (REAL TIME DENIAL)

Interview with Screenwriter Jason Boaden (ME & CINDERELLA)

ME & CINDERELLA was the winner of BEST SHORT SCRIPT at the Horror Screenplay Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jason Boaden: Me & Cinderella follows Cinderella, after the murder of her prince and her escape from the enchanted kingdom. Now living in the present day, she is tracked down by her wicked… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jason Boaden (ME & CINDERELLA)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Christopher Kerr (THE CUT)

 1. What is your screenplay about? Two young men have to find passage through the canals of post-apocalyptic London, to peace and freedom in the “promised land” beyond – Bristol. Ostensibly a coming of age tale, in the guise of a zombie, road-trip, buddy-movie, canal tour; a genre much under-represented in mainstream cinema to date.… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Christopher Kerr (THE CUT)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Norma Hickox (MAGIC MAN)

 1. What is your screenplay about? Hara, engaged to Minta, meets Lisan, with whom he has had several previous lives. Can he break the bond of previous lifetimes and move on? Who does he marry in the Valentine’s Day 2300 wedding? A musical play with futuristic dress, flashbacks to 1990’s and a robot. 2. What… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Norma Hickox (MAGIC MAN)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Mark Hammond (M – DEMON KILLER)

 1. What is your screenplay about? A young waitress discovers that she is the last in an ancient line of Demon Killers and Hell Gate Closers, as a portal to hell opens under City Hall. Worse, legend holds that this warrior of the Light always dies. M is a New York City waitress, but this… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Mark Hammond (M – DEMON KILLER)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Suzanne LUTAS (DESTINY’S VESSEL)

 1. What is your screenplay about? After a rebellious princess is cast to the farthest planet and forcibly shapeshifted, she must team up with a rogue bounty hunter to steal an antidote and return home in time to prevent war by sealing an intergalactic alliance with her arranged marriage. 2. What genres does your screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Suzanne LUTAS (DESTINY’S VESSEL)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Deborah Klika (UNFINISHED BUSINESS)

 1. What is your screenplay about? A comedy about gendered politics – in this world and the next. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Half hour studio based TV comedy 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It’s funny. It explores how our actions in this world might affect our… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Deborah Klika (UNFINISHED BUSINESS)