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Full-Text Articles in Screenwriting
Pathos, Fall 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Fall 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos
Editor: Laura Pieroni
Issue 4
Pathos, Spring 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos
Editor: Laura Pieroni
Issue 3
Karmic Buyback: A Pilot Program, Cindy E. Dauer
Karmic Buyback: A Pilot Program, Cindy E. Dauer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Karmic Buyback: A Pilot Program, a screenplay, is the story of Oliver Harker, a water resources engineer in his early thirties, adrift in a world of lost social connections. Aside from this work, which he describes as "just a lot of redundant paperwork," his only connection to the outside world is his exuberant younger brother Van. With no father to speak of, and harboring long term resentment against his mother who ran away to Africa the day after Van's high school graduation, Oliver's defining tragic moment came three years earlier. It was then he discovered Eva, the woman he planned …
Chaotic Angel, Nicole R. Pramik
Chaotic Angel, Nicole R. Pramik
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Chaotic Angel is a sci-fi/action screenplay that speculates the existence of persons with literal dual natures. Such people are called Doppelgangers – two selves, one person, opposite equals both vying for control. The film’s story focuses on Seraphina Striker, a vigilante, who battles her own personal dark side. Seraphina surrenders to her darker nature when Godric Raven, a notorious gangster, hires her as his personal hitman. But when Seraphina refuses to kill, she partners with a federal agent to hunt Godric down. But every step towards Godric is drenched in deceit; soon even trusted government figures are no longer be …
Figured Out, Josh Burk
Figured Out, Josh Burk
Honors Theses
"Figured Out" was my first student film, and it also served as my Senior Thesis for the Carl Goodson Honors Program at Ouachita Baptist University. I had always had the desire to work in the film industry, and I believed this project would give me some valuable experience.
Angela Marie Harger and I began conceptualizing the story in late 2005. We had a rough script by the spring of 2006, and then began the casting process. During that summer Angela finalized the screenplay, while I worked on developing the production schedules and project timelines. Shooting began in September of 2006 …