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The Cyberspace Open is co-managed for Creative Screenwriting by
Coverage,
Ink.:
Write
just two scenes, 3-5 pages each
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Win $2,500, acclaim, and industry attention
To vote for the winner, view the scenes and click the VOTE button by July 31
1,500 Writers ... and It all
comes down to this -- the top three:
The Cyberspace Open is our unique
writing tournament.
Contestants are given a scene prompt and a tight deadline to write
their own best interpretation of that scene. Previous winners have gone
on to fame and fortune (just ask 2004 winner Bob "Killers"
DeRosa.) This year the winning scene will receive $2,500
cash and exposure perhaps worth far more.
Please watch the three scenes and then vote for first, second and third
-- but keep in mind that how closely each scene adhered to the prompt
should be part of your criteria.
BEFORE YOU CLICK TO WATCH, PLEASE
READ THE PREMISE (PROMPT)
"Your PROTAGONIST
is desperate and mulling a risky proposition. Taking action could
result in a personal gain to the protagonist, but at great potential
cost in the form of a relationship(s). Write a scene either before or
after the decision has been made, addressing it in whatever manner you
like. You may use any number of additional characters you desire, and
again, keep in mind SUBTEXT when writing dialogue.
One
other thing: your protagonist is *crazy*."
Elisa
Graybill
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Michael
Hedrick
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William
Shank
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| You may vote ONLY ONCE, AND YOU MUST VOTE BY JULY 31.
Thanks for participating.
The
next Cyberspace Open wil be launched Fall 2011
The Credits for These Videos:
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Top 10 -- The Semifinalists
(based on one judge score each): |
William Shank
Marni Cerise
Angela Gunn
Rob Lavohn
Hubert Ahn
Alan Pare
Benoit Barrette
Michael Hedrick
Don Tsuchiyama
Elisa Graybill | 98
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What This Unique Contest Is And
How It Works
The Cyberspace Open is a three-round on-line elimination contest:
- In Round 1, every
entrant
writes a scene over a weekend from a premise that we give you. The top
100+ ties move on to Round 2.
- In Round 2, these top
100+ semifinalists write a second scene over a weekend. From these
scenes, the top three finalists are chosen.
- In Round
3, we
videotape the
three finalists' scenes, post them on the web, and call for a vote on
the winner. To see an example: the three Spring 2010
finalists'
scenes are posted here.
Prizes And Benefits Summary:
See
the Official
Prize List for the full list of prizes.
All
entrants who provide an unblocked email address on the cover page of
the submitted scene* receive brief feedback.
We will also post feedback by order number on a web page.
There are seven cash prizes: $2,500,
$500, and $250 for first, second, and third, and four genre prizes of
$150 each.
In
addition, we will give winners great industry exposure:
- We
will send 300+ producers the names and describe the achievements of the
winners.
- The written
scenes and videos of the three winning scenes will be
posted on the Web. Again, you can see last year's scenes and
winners here.
- Also, we send
feedback by email to entrants who provide email addresses on
their title pages.
Like
no other contest in the
world, this contest tests your ability to write creatively for a movie
or TV production on a tight deadline. The skills it takes are
very much like some of the key skills of a script doctor called in to
fix a script quickly, or a TV writer working on a weekly show.
Top 3 Winning Scenes Videotaped
And
Posted
Long-Term On The Web
In this contest,
each of the three finalists/final winners will have his/her second
scene
videotaped:
- Actors
will perform a reading of each of the three scenes before a
camera/cameras provided by the Contest, which will be video recorded.
- The three videos
of scenes and the scene texts will be placed on the Internet for
viewing.
- Recipients
of our CS Weekly E-Zine (80,000+ writers, directors, producers, studio
execs) will be invited to vote for a winner.
- The
three winning positions (first, second third) will be on the basis of
highest score.
- The
winners'
scenes are then left on the web to help promote winners' careers.
Key Dates in The Fall-Winter
2010-2011 Cyberspace Open
(All times
are Pacific U.S. time): |
- First
premise posted on this web page
Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, 5 pm..
- Deadline
to send Round 1 scene to contest server: Mon. Feb.
21, 9 a.m.
- 100
(+ ties) Round 2 entrants announced: about March 21-24, 2011
- Round
2 premise posted Fri., April 1, 2011 at 5 p.m.
- Deadline
to send Round 2 scene to server: Mon. April 4, 2011, 9 a.m. Extended
to 10:30 a.m. due to last posting of premise
- Finalists
and genre winners named about: April 18-19, 2011
- Finalists'
scenes videotaped by June 2011.
- Voting
by the writer community opens about July 12, 2011.
- Winners
announced by August 2, 2011.
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