How you approach the prep work of outlining your script—whether for your first draft or your 10th—can make all the difference when you sit down to face the blinking cursor. No matter how detailed or macro, all outlines must contain the standard structural integrity and character arcs for your particular format and genre. Submit your outline (10 page max) and the executive will conduct a 30-minute notes call to give you and your story ground-level guidance. You'll discuss how to refine set up of the structure, pacing, theme, and character development for your script.
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Please provide at what stage of development the script is in, what the writer's goals and intentions are for the consultation, and also provide film references.
Ecologically themed Thrillers and Folk-Horrors, Climate Fiction, High-Concept and Grounded Sci-Fi. Also interested in weird Fiction, dark absurdist material, and stories with an international setting and strong female leads. Especially a fan of Charlie Kaufman, Yorgos Lanthimos and Julia Ducournau.
Slashers, Exploitative Horrors, Ghost Stories, Haunted House - iterative concepts that have already been done before.
Justine is an international producer, with more than 15 years experience working both in development and on-set in the film industry. She has produced six feature films alongside French horror director Alexandre Aja (CRAWL, OXYGEN, THE HILLS HAVE EYES), has shot on location around the world including in Morocco, France, India and Canada, and worked with studios such as Miramax, The Weinstein Company, Mandalay Pictures and FOX International.
Under Aja's company, Justine produced comedy-horror PIRANHA 3D; the daring point-of-view thriller MANIAC starring Elijah Wood, and directed by Franck Khalfoun, which played in the "Official Selection" at the Cannes Film Festival; HORNS, the supernatural thriller and dark comedy, based on the bestselling novel by Joe Hill, played at the Toronto Film Festival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Max Minghella and Juno Temple; THE PYRAMID, an adventure horror film set in an ancient Egyptian pyramid, directed by Gregory Levasseur and released by FOX International and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, a haunted house possession thriller set in India, directed by Johannes Roberts (47 METERS DOWN, RESIDENT EVIL 2021). and THE 9th LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX, a Hitchcockian thriller based on the book of the same name, directed by Alex Aja, written by Max Minghella and starring Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul and Sarah Gadon.
Under her own production company, Building J, Justine directs and develops content for film and TV. She won the BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR and BEST SHORT FILM awards at the Hollyshorts and IFS Festivals for WASTE, her directorial debut, which played at 25 film festivals across the world. Justine also directs music videos for a diverse range of artists including queer, Grammy nominated rappers, Ugandan hip-hop duos and Bollywood stars. Her last music video, TOP KNOT TURN UP for Madame Gandhi premiered on NYLON, and was featured on Billboard and Refinery29.
As a writer, Justine’s feature film scripts have placed as "Finalists" in various competitions including Cannes Films Unlimited, Shore Script and Scriptapalooza. She has also taken part in the Stowe Screenwriting and Torino NEXT Film Labs.
As a director she has been awarded development funding from the Polish Film Institute for her magical-realist feature NOSTOS, and is in prep to direct two female-driven, folk-horror films set in Ireland and on an Amish farm.
Originally from Warsaw, Poland, Justine graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University and also trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and the Parsons School of Design. She is also an active member of the Producers Guild of America, Women Independent Producers and the Alliance of Women Directors. Justine also works as an Instructor at UCLA Extension where she teaches “Directing I".
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. After submitting your material, please allow 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the exec.
**Please note script outlines are limited to 10 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a consultation for a script outline exceeding 10 pages.
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