Short films are a great and accessible way to get your feet wet as a multihyphenate (writer-producer, writer-director), and give you real world experience to set yourself apart. In the Shorts Consult, you will submit your short film script (20 pages max) to the exec of your choice, and have a 30 minute notes call to discuss feedback on pacing, character, dialogue and tone, how to elevate marketability, and strategy for next steps.
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com!
Just relax. Communicate your personal connection to the story. Visual elements are always appreciated. Explain your characters. Who will we meet in this world? What is the antagonist force or person the main character will have to overcome. If it is a series, what is the vision for the second season and beyond.
Have fun! This is a creative environment.
I am particularly interested in television and film comedies, YA, teen dramas, Family dramedies, rom-coms, workplace comedies, and stories about or from a Millennial point of view. Also interested in other specified genres outside of the above. Looking for vibrant and defined characters in larger than life situations.
I am not interested in science fiction, westerns, horror (outside of teen slashers), period pieces or biographies.
Gerald Yelverton is a Showrunners Assistant with Sony Pictures Television and a former Executive Assistant at Heroes and Villains Entertainment. As a writer he specializes in telling stories that center on the theme of friendship. He is the writer of the feature films AWESOME MOVIE and LITTLE BRO, and the short HEAVY. As a comedy writer his sketches have been performed at Upright Citizens, The Clubhouse Theater and The Pack Theater, where he is a writer on a house sketch team.
Additionally, Gerald has a performance and acting background with roles in the feature films TURNING POINT, AWESOME MOVIE, BLOOD LODGE, OUR SECRETS, THE WATCHERS and more. He was also a long time host of The Unique Game Show and a performer with Radio Disney.
Gerald received his BA in Digital Cinema from Nevada State College and his MFA in Television, Film and Theater Writing from California State University, Los Angeles, where he taught undergraduate screenwriting classes. He taken sketch writing classes at Upright Citizens Brigade.
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. After submitting your material, please allow about 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the exec. If you haven't heard from your exec by the 3-4 week mark about scheduling, please email terra@roadmapwriters.com so we know to check in with them on your behalf about their proposed dates/ETA for you.
**Please note short film script consultation material is limited to 20 pages maximum.
Be sure to familiarize yourself with Roadmap's Code of Conduct.
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration for a refund or Roadmap gift card if you have not yet submitted your material for review. However, once your material has been received by Roadmap, your registration cannot be canceled. Having revised material or a desire to retroactively apply a discount or gift card code are not grounds for cancellation, refunds, or gift card credit. Once your material has been submitted, the only acceptable grounds for cancellation and a refund or gift card credit is an unforeseen, ongoing emergency on the part of either the writer or the exec resulting in more than 6 weeks without any scheduling update from the exec via direct contact or Roadmap, or a sudden change in the exec's ongoing availability. In the instance of an irreconcilable scheduling issue, the writer may still receive a written feedback report from the exec. In this case, the writer is not entitled to a refund or gift card credit as the exec has read the submitted material and provided written feedback in lieu of the call.