Today WILDsound Fesival Review is taking a look at the recent feature screenplay winner “SHAPESHIFTERS” by Andrew Fisk. A high concept script about a doctor who suspects that a series of strange murders in Seattle may be the work of Shapeshifters – people who can turn themselves into animals.
This script has a great pace and emotional journey of the main female doctor character, while also giving us a lot of action and cool sequences. Shapeshifters are getting a lot of buzz lately and this is a script a bit ahead of the curve.
Submit your own Feature Script today for full feedback, plus get it performed at the festival:
http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplaycontest.html
Watch the script reading performed by professional actors:
Read the recent interview writer Andrew Fisk gave on MovieBytes:
http://www.moviebytes.com/ContestDetail.cfm?tab=tab4&InterviewID=718&ContestNumber=2100
Here’s a transcript from the interview:
Q: What made you enter this particular contest? Have you entered any other contests with this script? If so, how did you do?
A: The WILDsound Screenplay Festival has an excellent track record of seeings its winners made into real produced films. I’ve been involved with a number of screenwriting contests and besides an announcement of the winners and finalists there doesn’t seem to be any afterlife.
I wrote the first version of “Shapeshifters” several years ago. It was a Finalist in the High Concept Screenplay Competition. The current version has gone through major restructuring/editing and is much better.
Q: Were you satisfied with the administration of the contest? Did they meet their deadlines? Did you receive all the awards that were promised?
A: Yes, I was very satisfied with WILDsound. They met all their deadlines for returning comments about “Shapeshifters” and other scripts I have entered into their compeitions.
Their comments/notes have been excellent. You really need knowledgeable people to review your work and give you feedback. As John Huston said at the Oscars years ago, “Film is a collaborative medium.” The feedback from WILDsound really opened up my thinking and help me see things I had not see before.
They also completed the most important prize – a table read by professional actors in Toronto. The table read was videotaped and is available on the Internet at: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/shapeshifters.html. They did an excellent job. It is also on YouTube.
CAST LIST from Reading:
NARRATOR – Becky Shrimpton
SARAH – Desiree Beausoleil
MARIUS – Sako Kababji
ANDREAS – Rob Young
WALSH – Gordon Yarley
JACEK – Rob Salerno
KEERA – Victoria Kucher
RONA/ALISHA – Jacqueline Brown
EMMA/NADIA – Mandy May Cheetham
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