Today we are announcing our first online micro contest, which is part of a series of micro contests we’ll be holding throughout the year in anticipation for the 2015 Little Hollywood Retreat.
Little Hollywood Micro #1 -Screenplay Writing Contest is sponsored by IAPFilms and Kanab Creek Journals
Details:
For this contest we’ve teamed up with IAPFilms and Kanab Creek Journals to bring you a prize worth winning. A paid contract to write the next screenplay to be produced by IAPFilms. All you have to do is follow the guidelines below and write a compelling screenplay that reflects your insights and sensitivities as a writer. The winning entry will not only exhibit a mastery of screenwriting but also present a strong storytelling prowess and a style that meets the script writing needs for the next feature produced by IAPFilms.
Rules:
Write a screenplay for a short film, 10 to 15 pages in length with the following criteria:
- Time period is early spring 1914
- Small rural farming community
- Genre: murder mystery
- Must be your take based off the provided story synopsis
- Must be at least 10 pages
- Must not exceed 15 pages
- Must be submitted by 11:59 pm Mountain Time on April 14th 2014
- We are looking for strong character development
- We are looking for a gripping mystery with some fun twists
- Entry must be uploaded in .pdf format
Synopsis:
In 1914 the town of Bedrock, California was a dusty, sleepy town. But the sheriff and his one eyed deputy are called upon when a young woman, a stranger to the community, is found murdered in the center of town. As the mystery expands they turn to Dr. Lindsey Hyman for clues which take them to a seemly dead end. But due to the deductive prowess of Sheriff Blain Connolly and some clumsiness of his one eyed sidekick Fred, we discover that Dr. Hyman is a German operative (though convincingly American and very attractive), doing medical experiments and electroshock therapy treatments on sane people to better understand how to manipulate and break the mind. The looming question is why until we discover we stand at the precipice of world war one. The murder victim was a test case who escaped from the Doctor but was discovered by the town folk before the Dr. Hyman could recover her. In her dying moments, the victim prostrated herself in the center of town and with her own blood wrote cryptic clues to her demise.
Entry:
- Thanks to IAPFilms we are waving the regular $35 entry fee for the inaugural kickoff of the Little Hollywood Micro Competition.
- To submit your screenplay simply fill out the submission form below, upload a .pdf of your screenplay and click submit.
Winners:
The winner first Little Hollywood Micro Competition will be contacted by a representative of IAPFilms and a contract to write a feature film will be awarded. Payment for the screenplay will be $2000 dollars plus points in the film to be paid out if/when the film makes money. Payments will be made based on a milestones schedule agreed to by both parties. The IAPFilms script that the winner will write is based on a true story and all of the background information and historical content of the script will be provided, so winner will focus on writing dialog and making the script flow and exciting.
About IAPFilms:
IAPFilms has been producing historical documentaries, serials and narrative films for the past 8 years and is uniquely qualified to tell stories of historical significance. IAPFilms producer Roger Blomquist has a Ph.D in History and has been teaching historical documentary production and research classes for the past several years and has written and produced several documentaries including Camp Floyd: Forgotten City in the Desert which is a nominee for best documentary for the Filmed in Utah awards.
