Post by Admin on Mar 25, 2013 7:48:47 GMT -5
Voting Open!
5 Finalists, 1 £30/$45 winner's prize and 1 £10/$15 runner up prize.
5 Finalists, 1 £30/$45 winner's prize and 1 £10/$15 runner up prize.
- For the final round, the five finalists were asked to provide some extra details on their original submissions. These extra details were:
-- Brief character summaries for each original character submitted
-- An episode synopsis for the pilot episode of your series
The Rules
Voting Rules:
- Please keep your entry anonymous!
- You have ONE VOTE each. I can't stop people from voting for yourselves, however, please don't! I AM tracking votes.
- Voting ends on Friday 29th March
- The entry with the most vote wins.
- In the case of a tie, the three independent judges will vote between the tied entries to determine the winner and runner up.
- Three independent judges (non-members of this forum) will also be placing ONE VOTE each. Their votes will be revealed when voting ends, but will not be represented on the poll (because they aren't members).
- You are able to retract and change your votes before voting ends.
- Keep it anonymous!
- Breaking these rules will disqualify your entry.
Advice When Voting:
- Remember, these finalists have already been chosen for consideration based on their loglines and initial pitches, however, we are now looking at this in a bit more detail. This vote should be more about the pilot - is it entertaining? Interesting? Leave you wanting more? Is there potential there?
The Entries
Title: The No Ones.
Genre: Drama-Comedy
Logline: When people pretend you don't exist, it only makes you louder. Three outcasts unite in order to make something of the messes of their lives and this time, 'no' is not an option.
Series Summary: Steve Jarvis is what many would call a menace to society, having lived his life on benefits due to a fictional injury he had suffered many years ago, he has been living his definition of the perfect life. However when his step daughter, Sharon, returns from Magaluf, following a break-up from her fiancé, he puts his paradise in jeopardy as he realizes the extent of Sharon's twisted nature and lack of respect towards her own mother.
Meanwhile, Dean Parker is handicapped - or as he insists 'handicapable'. Restricted all his life by his overbearing parents and prevented from doing the things every other person got to do, his own world is shaken when his parents leave him stranded. Now, wanting to experience life in every sense and get the job he's always wanted, Dean sets out on a 'coming of age' saga.
Finally, flirtatious and beautiful Anna Cornder spends her days working her way up the greasy pole - literally. Life isn't easy for a pre-op transexual in the stripping world, but in a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, she actually finds herself pretty popular. Wanting to be more than just her gender, Anna strives for more from life.
Separate lives but as each outcast encounter each other, they find themselves in a bizarre sitcom-like friendship, experiencing the ups and down of having one another in their own lives.
Characters:
STEVE JARVIS - Lazy, layabout happy to live off of his partner's money and hard work. Claims to have sustained an injury years ago preventing him from work. Manages to me humorous despite his selfish nature, which means he's always out for his own interests.
(Mid to late thirties)
DEAN PARKER - Extremely knowledgable and witty handicapable young man, however has been molly-coddled his whole life. Often feels lonely, having not made any real friends in his short life, but without his parents around he's more than willing to try.
(Early to mid twenties)
ANNA CORNDER - Sassy and flirtatious pre-op transexual, although klutzy, possesses a kind and nurturing nature. Selfless, she finds herself often being manipulated by others. While she's extremely self conscious of people judging her sexual identity, she has no problems about putting people in their place if they have a problem.
(Mid to late twenties)
Pilot Episode Synopsis
When Steve Jarvis' twisted step daughter needs a place to stay, her mother is all too happy to have her back in the house. He, on the other hand catches on to her games all too quickly and rather than keep her at bay, happily plays along. However, fearing his long-term partner will discover the truth, he disappears on a bender only to end up in the same hospital as Dean Parker, who has taken a tumble after falling from his wheelchair.
Overhearing that Dean has been left alone, Steve tries to capitalize and strikes up conversation, although Dean is wanting none of it. Eventually, Steve gets his own way and uses his 'weekend away' to take Dean on a 'life experience' journey in which they meet Anna Cornder at a strip club. Steve tries to persuade Anna to give Dean his first experience however they soon find out her big surprise.
When Dean banishes Steve from his house, he is forced to return home where his step daughter amps her up her game of manipulation, blackmailing him. The three individuals get on with their lives, assuming they won't see each other again - how wrong they are after an incident brings the trio back together.
Title: Hamelin
Genre: Action – Adventure
Logline: A modern interpretation of the ‘Pied Piper of Hamelin’, a federal agent journeys back to his hometown in order to decipher the truth behind the disappearance of fifty two children.
Series Summary: The series begins with a shocking, unexplainable event – fifty two of the fifty five children in the small town of Hamelin have gone missing without a trace. With no obvious explanation the FBI send in two of their best agents to lead the investigation – Jack Colbert, an experienced veteran and his partner, Erik Haller. Erik is a former Hamelin resident who left twelve years prior, a year after his sister vanished in very similar circumstances to the latest disappearances. Erik and Jack attempt to discover the truth about the disappearances while dealing with the town council’s odd apprehension to assist them and Erik’s own history.
The series is told simultaneously from two separate time periods. The first, the present day, focuses on Erik and Jack’s investigation as well as dealing with Kara, the love of Erik’s life who resents him for running out of the town without ever telling her why twelve years prior, Ari, a reporter who becomes deeply involved in the mysterious goings on around town, and the town council who have a dark secret that they’re willing to hide. The second time period is thirteen years prior, showing the events leading up to and following the mysterious disappearance of Erik’s sister including the breakdown of his family and the secrets that his parents had long kept from him.
As the series continues Erik begins to uncover Hamelin’s dark history, including human sacrifices and black magic, and soon discovers that the mythical ‘Piper’, a horrifying fictional character who was said to lure naughty children from their beds at night, may be more real than he could ever have imagined. All of this builds up to a discovery of a Lovecraftian-like horror of nightmarish proportions which threaten to tear apart Erik, Hamelin and the very world.
And the only way to stop it might just be for Erik to make the one journey he has always avoided, though never been able to explain why – up the mountain, to the mysterious and legendary Piper’s Ridge.
Characters:
Jack Colbert – Mid-forties, an experienced and intuitive field agent and Erik’s partner on the Hamelin investigation. He believes Erik is too close to the situation to remain professional, something which brings them into conflict.
Erik Haller – Early thirties, troubled but determined. Haunted by the disappearance of his sister thirteen years ago, he now returns to the town he grew up in as part of the investigation but finds the past there waiting for him.
Ari Hanes – Early thirties, an intelligent and cunning reporter who has a history with Erik. She is willing to do anything to get a story and complicates matters as she sneaks through the media lockdown to get the exclusive.
Kara Thompson – Early thirties, confident and strong willed. During their youth in Hamelin she was Erik’s best friend and later girlfriend. She still lives in Hamelin, working as a bartender and looking after her cancer-stricken mother and Erik’s return brings up past resentments over the way he left.
Samuel Wesser – Early seventies, the secretive and intimidating elder chairman of the town council. On the outside he appears to be kind and helpful but deep down he harbours dark secrets linked to the history of the town, and is willing to go to any lengths necessary to keep them that way.
Pilot Episode Synopsis
Opens with a series of eerie, silent shots of an empty town (a playground, a school, a park), intercut with a news broadcast that tells us everything that we need to know – 52 of the 55 children in the small town of Hamelin have vanished without trace in a single night. No leads, no idea where they could have gone and a town in panic. Welcome to Hamelin.
Erik Haller reluctantly returns to his hometown of Hamelin and rendezvouses with his partner Jack Colbert. Here we learn that not only these two men leading the investigation, but that Jack is unconvinced that Erik can handle it due to his personal connection to the town. They’re early investigation leads them to a number of the more notable town members, including the secretive and authoritative Samuel Wesser and Erik’s former friend turned drug addict Tomas, who shares his belief that the children were taken by The Piper, an ancient town legend about a mysterious demon who snatches away children once a decade. Erik is later sure that he sees a figure similar to the one Tomas described watching him in the dead of night.
The two split up, Erik gathering information on the three children while Jack checks the perimeter. Erik discovers that of the three children that remain in the town one is blind, one is paralysed from the waist down and one, a young girl, has fallen into an inexplicable coma despite being fine forty eight hours earlier. This all builds up to an awkward meeting between Erik and his former flame Ali. Jack meanwhile finds himself lost in an old, burnt down part of Hamelin that is nowhere on the map. There he finds a girl, roughly sixteen, who recites a strange poem about The Piper, and then vanishes when Jack attempts to question her.
Flashbacks throughout the episode reveal details regarding the events of thirteen years prior, focusing on the relationship betweek Erik and Ari and Erik’s belief that his parents are keeping something from him and his sister. Erik’s parents are visited in the dead of night by Samuel Wesser, who Erik overheards telling them that it is their “duty to the town”. In the final moments of the episode we discover that the girl that Jack saw is in fact Erik’s missing sister, and that she hasn’t aged a single day in thirteen years.
Title: Tempus
Genre: Sci-fi
Logline: When a modern-day history professor seemingly stops “jumping” through time to different eras, he wakes up in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962; he now must remember who he is and race to uncover a dangerous plot from a shadowy organization that threatens time itself.
Series Summary: John Wells, a amnesic “man out of time” and former history professor, must try to remember who he is completely while also trying to understand why he is “jumping” through time to some of the world’s most important eras. He will soon come to find out that there is sinister plot being instigated by The Lethe Collective, a mysterious organization. Throughout the series, John must uncover the corporation’s secrets and stop it’s tampering with time that could result in the end of all we know.
Characters:
John Wells – Early 30s, history teacher, an extremely likable guy who will move mountains for his family. He just can’t seem to remember them completely.
Pilot Episode Synopsis – “Meet John Doe”:
The pilot episode begins in nothingness. Then, faintly, we hear whispered “You know what you have to do.” Suddenly we see eyes open wide while we hear an excruciating noise. John Wells, our hero, wakes up in a field – cows go about their day as if nothing as happened. John can see a house in the distance – an older 19th century home. Before we can really react the screen turns white and we hear the noise again. John is “jumping” through time to different eras of history. At one point he sees the Sphinx.
He finally wakes up on October 14th of 1962, on a beach of a sleepy Maine town. Some of the town residents find him and take him in. He will have flashbacks of his life in 2013 with his family, but sometimes they are “hazy”. Throughout the episode John realizes that he has jumped through time, and he tries to relay this information to the woman caring for him – Julie Bowman.
She believes him to be crazy until a package marked for John Wells arrives. It lists his objectives, and the most important being: stop The Lethe Collective.
Title: Them
Genre: Dramatic Fantasy/Horror
Logline: By day, New York City is a bustling, lively city, as it always has been. By night, it's a wasteland, silent, not a soul in sight. The reason? Them...
Series Summary: For as long as the citizens of New York can remember, their city has been host to a series of creatures/monsters that roam the island of Manhattan during the night. The day provides safety and comfort for the population, the night anything but...
With bridges and tunnels closed, nothing but a secure government route (for supplies and other necessaries), many are stranded, jailed on a tightly-controlled island, a way of 'containing' the threat. Though the creatures appear to come from the water, many echo runs and searches have not once provided an answer or any sign of the monsters.
No one knows what the creates are, nor where they came from or what they are. Some are big, some are small. A small factor, calling themselves The Yankees, determine that in order to take back their island, they must fight for a truth, risking their lives as they move through New York's underworld, as well as its streets, under cover of night, hiding from their own government as well as the creatures that stalk through the night.
Characters:
Devyn Conway - the hero, American in every aspect. Fierce, devoted, yet a compassionate family man. Devyn is a leader of the 'revolution', high up in the ranks, determined to bring his children into a brighter tomorrow.
Cassie Conway - Devyn's wife - pregnant with the couple's first child. They reside in an abandoned penthouse suite, high up in one of New York City's premium hotels, a first-class view of the monsters as they stroll through the glistening rain each night. Her desire to seek the truth as well as way out of NYC stems from her childhood when her parents mysteriously disappeared, initially chalked up to the monsters but she's never once believed it.
Raul Patrick - After a close shave with one of the creatures left him scarred for life, Raul has reason to fear 'them' more than anyone else and will not leave his home for anything or anyone. His connection with the Conways, however, goes back a long way, his determination not to help them with their quest putting great strain on the relationship.
Mia Forsell - She's a doctor, always in demand, always working, never getting to know those she strives so hard for. She's well-renowned within the diminishing population of New York City for her good heart and courage. The Conways convince her to help them out, needing her services, promising her that everything she's ever done will finally have a reason.
Pilot Episode Synopsis:
New York City is almost busy - people are moving, quicker than they might. There are no happy faces and a smaller number of people than you'd expect to see. We join the Conways in their hotel room - high up in the NYC skyline. They both sit together watching a clock - it turns to 19.15 and they turn out their lights - as they do, we notice around the city as hundreds, thousands of lights, do the exact same thing. The streets are now empty. Back with the Conways as the streets rumble - a glass of water trembles (homage, not rip-off) - a moment later, a beast, a monster, a GIGANTIC FUCKING CREATURE, moves slowly past the window in the pouring rain. The Conways just watch it move past - it's silent, stomping through the empty streets. Others follow.
The Conways tell their children stories of a world without monsters, without desolate cities, happy, apple-pie tales of a place beyond the skyline, white-picket fences. Their children drift off into an uneasy sleep whilst Devyn, their father, takes to the streets, using the abandoned subway system to get around. A resistance, named the Yankees, has formed down here – it’s not a large operation. Devyn is high in status. This night, he receives word that there may be a way out of NYC, past government blockades (designed for quarantine).
Devyn decides to leave his heavily pregnant wife and kids behind this time – he meets with an old friend, Raul Patrick, a man with scars all across his body, a victim of an almost-deadly attack. Raul works construction during the day and is conveniently positioned to help the team through the tunnel found. He rejects the notion, citing his recurring nightmares. He tells them there is no hope.
The pluck of the episode focuses on Devyn’s wish to escape, to bring something about for his family. After much of his team are gunned down by government forces lying in wait, it becomes an entirely different affair. Devyn manages to grab one of the men, holding him at gunpoint, after having seen his friends murdered, liable to do anything. He says he needs a way off the island and the man agrees, all he has to do is g—BAM, the guy is literally stood on by one of THEM. It now faces off with Devyn. Shit. End of PILOT.
Title: The Drift
Genre: Dramatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Epic
Logline: In another world where two massive country-continents are at war, an astronaut from an international space station crash-lands in the middle of enemy territory and must fight in order to return home.
Series Summary: The world of "The Drift" is composed of three mega-continents: Leon, Koel, and Nairen. Due to the world's rapid continental drift, every fifty years, the continents collide with each other. On these continents, civilizations at the level of modern-day Earth have developed.
As a fifty-year era is coming to an end, and a collision is imminent, a war starts between Leon and Koel. Astronauts in the International Space Station -- including one from each continent -- watch as the fighting begins.
The show begins in the desert in the middle of Koel. Sierra Alto, one of the astronauts, crashes down in a tiny return capsule. She appears to be the only one who returned from the Space Station, yet she refuses to say what exactly happened up in space.
She is forced to travel through Koel in order to make her way back to the safety of Leon. She is aided by a single Leonite spy, Crane Rhea, supported by the space agency in Leon (though the space agency is pressured by Leon's government to cut Sierra off and leave her to be captured), and chased by vicious Koellian Police Sergeant Lanner Pare. Complicating matters, the neutral continent of Nairen begins to manipulate the warring continents to their own advantage.
"The Drift" tells the story of a world at war and the few individuals who are thrown into the middle of it.
Characters:
Sierra Alto: An astronaut from Leon, haunted by what happened back on the space station. All she wants is to return to Leon.
Crane Rhea: A Leonite spy stationed in Koel, Rhea is assigned to help Alto return to Leon, though in the process his cover in Koel is blown.
Lanner Pare: An aggressive police sergeant in the rural areas of Koel, he takes it upon himself to track down Alto and bring her to justice.
Caspian Tanne: Head of the Leonite space program, he helps Alto despite the pressure of the Leonite government, who seek to turn Alto as part of a peace deal with Koel.
Scarlett Xen: Leader of a Koellian resistance movement.
Pilot Episode Summary:
Sierra Alto lands an escape capsule from the International Space Station in the middle of the Koellian desert. She lights it on fire and escapes to the nearest town before Koel Police can arrive.
Once in the small village of Clay, she contacts Caspian Tanne and other friends back in Leon, who direct her towards Crane Rhea, a spy living under an assumed identity in Koel. Once the two join forces, they are forced to run when Lanner Pare arrives in Clay searching for them.
Meanwhile, Tanne tries to get support from leaders in the Leonite government, but is rebuffed. He is forced to turn to some representatives from the neutral continent of Nairen, which supplies arms to both Leon and Koel, for help getting Alto and Rhea to safety.
Pare and his troops corner Alto and Rhea outside of Clay, but the two manage to set of explosives and escape. Pare is badly wounded in the explosions, which blow away one side of his face. As a result, his search for Alto and Rhea becomes more revenge-driven.
Throughout the episode, Alto has flashbacks to her time in the space station, which reveal that she was forced to kill her shipmate, a friend and Koel citizen, after they saw their respective countries go to war.
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