Thomas Guyot's Lounge Discussions

Just made a teaser to promote my family screenplay "DOUDOU."

Logline: A young orphan girl with the hopes of finding a new family, bonds with a stuffed animal, which happens to have the ghost of a lost boy living inside it.

I also have a visual story book for a quick read and the script is ready if a producer asks for it. I'm now ready to cold emailing some of them and I was wondering should I stay simple with my cold letter or should I go full in with the teaser and some visuals in a nice HTML email to stand out?

Hey everyone! Hope you're doing great and keep the writing going!

My first screenplay "Doudou", a four-quadrant movie, is a Finalist of the ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition. I never expected to go that far on a contest and feel reassured about what I'm doing.

Logline: A young orphan girl carrying the hopes of finding a new family, bonds with a talking stuffed toy, which happens to have the spirit of a lost boy living inside it.

I'm currently working on a lookbook of the story to send with my query letter to potential agents or producers any time soon. Giving me more chance to be read with visual elements (merci John Harden for lookbook examples). I also submitted a written pitch here at Stage32 and waiting for review. Thanks for the opportunities that they offer us! Let's just keep exploring all the possibilities and if you have ideas to be "see/read", I'm listening! I don't know what to think about the Black List any thoughts? I was thinking about ImdbPro to make contacts more easily.

It's been a long ride, but a great one. You know, writing, putting your soul out there, still dreaming like a kid, wishing to the stars for that precious moment to come. My second draft "The Imaginary House" is almost ready for coverage. I grin and beat it waiting for the next adventures to come when will be pandemic-free.

Wishing you all the best in your projects, ideas and stories! Take care y'all

Hey All-

Quick question as I construct my pitch for a feature film. The script is written in present day, and the past is told through flashbacks. In the pitch, is it best to tell the story chronologically, starting from where the flashbacks start and move into present day?

I wrote it following the beats of the script but it seems more confusing to keep backtracking in a verbal pitch.

Thoughts?

Thanks!