The First 15 »
D-girl extraordinaire Carter Swan and journeyman scribe Philip Eisner deconstruct the first 15 pages of your screenplay and tell you why it sucks. Also: racial epithets, meandering rants, non-sequiturs, the inside scoop on how movies really get made, and occasional nudity.
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The First 15 Ep. 19 – A Debt to Society
A Debt to Society Screenplay by Brian Murphy and Doug Johnson Logline: In a prisonless privatized future, a lethal bounty hunter sets out to collect ...
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The First 15 Ep. 18 – DOPPELGANGERS
Doppelgangers Story by Spencer Eldridge & Joanne Hudson Screenplay by Joanne Hudson WATCH or LISTEN to this episode on iTunes. Logline: Jeff Bridges has gotten ...
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The First 15 Ep. 17 – Boss Of Me
BOSS OF ME by Russell Corey Logline: Desperate out of work guys create a phony company, just so they can say on their resumes that ...
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The First 15 Ep. 16 – Farmwood
Pitch advice and writing for alternate universes. Carter and Phil have Cory Newman on the show to discuss his Trigger Street Labs screenplay “Farmwood” – ...
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The First 15 Ep. 15 – The Way Forward
In 2015 the world hits a state of famine. 15 years later society is divided into health obsessed, law abiding, rationed state against a rebellious ...
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The First 15 Ep. 14 – Submission
When his mother dies, a talented college wrestler moves in with his estranged father and pursues a mixed martial arts career against his wishes. Today’s ...
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The First 15 Ep. 13 – Mind of the Beholder
Each episode of The First 15 brings screenwriting members of Trigger Street Labs to a live workshop of their screenplay’s first 15 pages. Today’s screenplay ...
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The First 15 Ep. 12 – Famous Frank
Today’s Script is FAMOUS FRANK by Richard Fordyce. Synopsis: After a career teaching Latin and Greek to schoolchildren, Frank is widowed and sliding happily into ...
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The First 15 Ep. 11 – A Circle in the Water
“A Circle in the Water” by Michael Daniel Synopsis: A Stone Mountain family fights societal hatred for a generation to save its family farm and ...
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The First 15 Ep. 10 – RATED R
Today’s Script: “Rated R” By Mike Leon Synopsis: A bored video store clerk learns that her co-worker is really a disgruntled action hero hiding from ...
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The First 15 Ep. 9 – Dungeon Master Olympics
Each week, Phil and Carter review a script from Trigger Street labs and have the writer on as a guest in order to give them ...
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The First 15 Ep. 8 – Monster Mash
Each week, Phil and Carter review a script from Labs.Triggerstreet.com and have the writer on as a guest in order to give them honest and ...
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