Batman heads to Arkham Asylum when he hears that The Joker has escaped and staged a takeover. As he progresses through the asylum, Batman fights through a host of villains that challenge him in a different way.
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This month’s festival is a packed lineup of the greatest comedy/drama short films from the last year.
Giving you films from all corners of the world in different genres and formats. And there is a theme that ties all the films together. You pick the theme on the night and you win a big prize!
Our story is about love and heartbreak. My sister and I collaborated on this story – I hope we can be the Coen Brothers of sisters!
2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?
I wanted to try to write a story THAT short.
3) What movie have you seen the most in your life?
It would have to be Goodfellas. Every time I come across it on TV, I simply cannot click away and must watch it in all of it’s nuanced genius.
4) How many scripts and stories have you written?
I’ve written a few stories in my life, countless expository video scripts for clients (I run a video production company,) but just starting out to write my own narrative…
NARRATOR – Sean Ballantyne
BATMAN – Steve Shand
JOKER – Brett Kelly
RIDDLER/NIGMA – Scott Beaudin
SCARECROW – Kunal Jaggi
HARLEY – Aidan Black Allen
Get to know writer Andrew Akler:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Batman heads to Arkham Asylum when he hears that The Joker has escaped and staged a takeover. As he progresses through the asylum, Batman fights through a host of villains that challenge him in a different way. This forces Batman to examine parts of himself and eventually come to a shocking realization. My goal was to take the audience on an almost “standard” Batman crusade, while introducing the psychological elements until we land on that twist at the end. I wanted to give you the Batman we all know and then take all that away while keeping it all justified.
2. Why does this screenplay fit into the overall Batman series?
There’s always been suggestions to Batman being just as crazy as his Rouges Gallery. The Arkham Asylum graphic novel hints at this. I actually see my story fitting in well in the Arkham game series universe, as I envision the characters in a similar way. For me, Bruce’s sanity has always been the underlying question of Batman.
3. This story has a lot going for it. How would you describe this Batman short in two words?
Wicked and Twisty.
4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?
I think it’s a tie between Inception and The Dark Knight. I’m a huge Nolan fan.
5. This is a very tight, emotionally engaging and fun screenplay. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
I had the concept in my head for a while but only started writing it over the summer of 2015. I like creating the world in my head before putting it on paper.
6. Who is your favorite Batman universe character?
The Joker. He’s what I like to call a simple complex character. In that, I mean he has all these different layers and versions to his character but on occasion, he can become the extreme of one and embody that trait fully. He’s the ultimate king of mischief
7. What motivated you to write this screenplay?
I’ve always loved how each of Batmans’ villains have psychological disorders. There have always been references to Bruce having some of his own which is what drives him to be Batman, but I wanted to take that idea to the extreme and explore what it would be like if Bruce actually had all these disorders that he sees in his villains.
8. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
I always tend to think a few steps ahead of what I’m doing so I kept thinking about budget and how on earth we would be able to make the story look convincing. That prevented me from writing certain sequences that I feel really made the story stronger. I had to learn to write for the story.
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I love music. I started out composing for film and gradually moved into writing and then directing. I’ve directed three films since 2013 and plan to pursue that as well as composing.
10. What influenced you to enter the Fan Fiction Festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I know it’s often hard to get fan fiction work recognized and when I found out about the festival I saw it is a wonderful opportunity. This was the first screenplay I have submitted to a festival and the quality of the feedback was amazing. I feel like it has helped me understand further into the screenwriting craft and will ultimately help me become a better writer.
11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Just write. Even if it sounds forced or stunted, just get the ideas on paper. Don’t worry about budget or shooting, otherwise it will distract you from crafting the best story possible. Always focus on the story first.
YELLOW TOUCH RED, YOU’RE DEAD was the WILDsound November 2015 Winning Feature Screenplay.
Watch the Table Reading of YELLOW TOUCH RED, YOU’RE DEAD
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Sean Ballantyne
BAHRI- Kunal Jaggi
TYLER – Scott Beaudin
KIRA – Aidan Black Allen
DENVER – Brett Kelly
JEFF – Steve Shand
Get to know writer Lauren Hoekstra:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Yellow Touch Red, You’re Dead is the story of an impulsive high-school girl who gets accidentally caught up in a guns-for-drugs deal gone wrong. Trapped with the drug-runners fleeing the cartel, she plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the leader, who’s keeping her till she sleeps with him, no matter the cost.
2. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
The story is novel in the way it takes a traditionally male-oriented genre – the chase – and injects it with a dose of…
In today’s market, agents and producers are looking for new talent who can write under the parameters of existing works and franchises. The art of adding a new twist/plot while knowing the themes and characters of the works you’re writing for. That is why the Fan Fiction Festival has been created.
Submit a FAN FICTION Script of a classic television show, movie series, or iconic franchise. Any past TV show or movie in the history of cinema. For example: You can send in a Friends TV screenplay, or a feature script from the Star Wars universe
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BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
(Superman and Batman Story)
by Glenn Magas & Dale Fabrigar
I guess its how unthinkingly cruel we are to animals.
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?
Do some hard thinking on us and them. To perhaps at least show some compassion when we haul a fish from its world as we might like an alien to be kind should we be abducted, processed and eaten.
3) How long have you been writing poetry?
Been writing and burning poetry since I was a kid. Maybe 60 years.
4) Do you have a favorite poet?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
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Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html
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