UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival Short: BEAUTIFUL OCEAN, by Margie Jo Vess (interview)
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8m 26s
Captain One and Two and a deckhand are on a ship. Clowns are in the water. The ship catches the clowns. Deckhands deal with the clowns: pulling off the goo and chopping off legs. Buddy wakes up. Deckhands kill the rest of the clowns.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Captain One: Geoff Mays
Captain Two: Sean Ballantyne
Deckhand 5/Buddy: Steve Rizzo
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A commercial fisherman wakes up to his contribution of oceanic wildlife endangerment.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Horror
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
It's a visual art that will elicit much more emotion and possibly compassion if not a better understanding about the devastation of sea life from pollution than in its current audio format.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Relevant / Unique
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
The Kingdom of Heaven
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
It took me a few hours to write, then I had it professionally reviewed for feedback, tweaked it, submitted it, and this is the current revision.
7. How many stories have you written?
Completed the five screenplays listed on ISA (two award-winning), seven in progress, and five on the to-do list
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Neil Young, Heart of Gold
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Needed to research the commercial fishing industry a bit.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Social dancing (Argentine tango, WCS), and having fun in any mental/physical sport I try.
11. You entered your screenplay via FilmFreeway. What has been your experiences working with the submission platform site?
Super easy. Fassssst turnaround. Helpful.
12. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I was looking for a different creative marketing option for this piece and had not had a table read before.
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