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Fan Fiction Screenplay: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Power Loss by Jennifer Renner
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Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Power Loss by Jennifer Renner
SYNOPSIS:
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Synopsis: Episode 32.5 of the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The station welcomes visitors from a planet in the Gamma Quadrant that allows only women to hold positions of authority.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Brandon Knox
BENNI – Susan Wilson
SORYA/KIRA – Meghan Allen
DAX/LELA – Courtney Keir
ODO – Julian Ford
BASHIR/QUARK – David Guthrie
SISKO/RISHTA – Sean Ballantyne
Get to know the winning writer Jennifer Renner
1. What is your TV Fan Fiction screenplay about?
Deep Space 9 welcomes visitors from a planet in the Gamma Quadrant that only allows women to hold positions of authority.
2. Why does this episode fit into the context of the show?
The episode uses a futuristic setting and the unique perspectives of the characters to discuss a social issue. One of my favorite things about the whole Star Trek phenomenon was the ability to look at potentially controversial issues under a new and intriguing light.
3. How would you describe this script in two words?
Existential exploration.
4. What TV show do you keep watching over and over again?
Star Trek: TNG
5. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
I worked on this screenplay for about three months.
6. How many stories have you written?
I’ve written many short screenplays and three feature length screenplays.
7. What motivated you to write this screenplay?
I love the different personalities in DS9. The topic of gender has been in the spotlight recently and using the voices of DS9 seemed a good way to explore this issue.
8. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
I don’t have much experience writing for TV, so that was fairly new to me. I also wanted to do justice to the Star Trek universe and it is a complex place to navigate. Use the term “warp coil” when you specifically mean “warp nacelle” and you’ve lost all credibility.
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
All things film! From theory to shooting and editing, to just a lot of viewing, I enjoy it all.
10. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I was excited about the prospect of receiving feedback to improve my writing. The feedback I received offered many helpful suggestions, both in terms of my writing in general and as a piece in the DS9 universe. I’m definitely glad I entered this festival.
11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Although I don’t feel qualified to give advice, I would say to try writing as many different types of works as you can. From one-act plays to feature screenplays to poetry to just a really well-written email, there are so many ways to express yourself well through writing.
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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Editor: John Johnson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate, Died yesterday at 87. Here are his best quotes:
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.”
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”
“Peace is our gift to each other.”
“There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.”
“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his…
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RIP Michael Cimino. Read his best quotes:
Oscar winning director Michael Cimino died today at the age of 77. Here are his best quotes about life, Hollywood, and directing:
When asked by “People” magazine, Nov. 11, 1996 issue, how the disaster of Heaven’s Gate (1980) affected his life: “It was really a great trauma, as everyone knows. Since then, I’ve been unable to make any movie that I’ve wanted to make. I’ve been making the best of what is available.”
“They’ve been running Deer Hunter like crazy on Bravo. And here is the whole goddamned Congress singing ‘God Bless America’ on the steps of the US Capitol. I said, ‘Holy shit, this is the ending of the movie.'” (on The Deer Hunter (1978) in hindsight, post-9/11, London Independent on Sunday, July 2002)
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1. Write a script that is made for animation. Edit the heck out of it. We accept features and shorts of any genre.
2. Email your script to animation@feedbackanimationfestival.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.
In the body in the email please add your:
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