Hey Friends, the Period Piece Movies Contest closed this week! Good luck to all who submitted and would love to hear what script you decided to enter!
Jay Fjestad: Screenwriter in Calgary, Canada.
Writer Liaison at Stage 32 ♦ Screenwriter, Producer
1 year ago
In the year 1665, ten years after Jamaica is conquered by the English, pirate Captain Henry Morgan is recruited to hunt down Spanish rebels hiding in the island's Central Mountains.
Rush has it all figured out...his dream job, his dream girl, his whole life in focus. But an unexpected disclosure shatters this perfect world, driving him to find the truth about life and love in the company of a gay co-worker.
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On the run from the Sheriff and the toxicity of her mother's household, an eleven-year-old girl and her alcoholic father are taken in by a local rancher with secrets of his own. Hidden away in the hills of West Texas, she finds the childhood she never had, he becomes the father he never was, and the rancher discovers a path out of his own darkness.
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Founder and CEO at Stage 32 ♦ Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Voice Artist
3 years ago
Hi Jay. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.
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3 years ago
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How many entries were received in the Period Piece competition and how many finalists will there be?
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Sam, good question - for transparency's sake, I hope Stage 32 answers :)
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Thanks for your response, Elizabeth. I’ve been revising my historical script for ten years. I only get it out to make another pass at it because of these competitions. Our period piece scripts must be...
Expand commentThanks for your response, Elizabeth. I’ve been revising my historical script for ten years. I only get it out to make another pass at it because of these competitions. Our period piece scripts must be strictly passion projects, since they advise us not to write them, they’re too expensive to make, and no one is looking for them. We can always use them as writing samples.