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WILDsound's The Film Podcast

In each episode, the C.E.O. of WILDsound, Matthew Toffolo, chats about all things storytelling and film. Conversations with talented individual from all around the world.

Posts in Screenplay Writing
Nov. 25th 2020 - Interview with screenwriter Steve Sasaki (THE CAMERA)

Interview with the winning writer of the short script THE CAMERA, from the DIVERSITY Film Festival. With audio version reading of the script after the interview.

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5QbQEAq-xU

A Japanese-American woman must get her 21-year-old son to take medications now, necessary for release from a psychiatric ward so they can move cross-country for her new job promotion, but his resistance is key to her freedom from bondage, caused by past traumas.

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November 20th 2020 - Interview with Screenwriter Jay Strong (GREEN ACRES "Hooters to Hooterville")

Interview with all around creator Jay Strong who wrote a terrific TV SPEC screenplay on the classic show GREEN ACRES. It’s a new take on the show - the moments that took place when the cameras weren’t on. Listen to best scene “audio version” reading after the interview.

Watch GREEN ACRES "Hooters to Hooterville" best scene reading: https://youtu.be/kdGDmHQmq00

Oliver and Lisa deal with the Ziffels shooting a porno in their barn.

CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf

Oliver: Bill Poulin

Eb: Scott Beaudin

Lisa: Alicia Payne

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October 12th 2020 - Interview with Screenwriter Tim Kontje (ZERO LINE)

October 12th 2020 - This Day in History is a Sports Edition

1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores the first ever 3-point shot in basketball history.

1989 - Worst trade in sports history takes place when the Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for a truckload of draft picks, setting up the Cowboy 90s dynasty.

1992 - Bret “Hitman” Hart defeats Ric Flair for the WWF title at a house show shocking the wrestling universe.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the Action/Adventure Festival screenplay winner Tim Kontje (ZERO LINE). Then listen to the audio best scene reading of his script.

Watch the reading: https://youtu.be/Keepz5so21I

A hard-charging journalist teams up with a cynical soldier of fortune and an Iraqi archaeologist as her story on ISIS antiquities trafficking becomes a race against a ruthless private military corporation. Inspired by true events.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Jen: Hannah Ehman

Chandra: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

Submit to the festival anytime via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

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Watch more festival videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WildsoundFestivalMonthly

October 1st 2020 - Interview with Screenwriter Matthew Goudie (CLOWN OF THE DEAD)

CLOWN OF THE DEAD is a recent winning short screenplay written by Matthew Goudie.

Matthew and Matthew converse about Comedy/Horror Films and his future in the entertainment industry.

Watch the screening reading of CLOWN OF THE DEAD: https://youtu.be/P_d5FPKmZEQ

In a world of clowns, the zombie apocalypse cuts short Bozo's funeral.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Father Chuckles : Allan Michael Brunet

Bozo Junior : Scott Beaudin

Klumpo : Steve Rizzo

Read the written interview with Matthew Goudie: https://matthewtoffolo.com/2020/09/22/interview-with-screenwriter-matthew-goudie-clown-of-the-dead/

#77 - TV Episode of the Day: The Sopranos S5 EP4 - All Happy Families

Today’s TV Episode of the Day comes to you from March 28, 2004.

The season about Tony and his relationship with his “friends”.

Episode about how you can’t be a boss and a friend at the same time.

Episode sponsored by the 1 Page Story Contest. Get your story performed by a professional actor: https://novelwritingfestival.com/onepage

And the WILDsound Weekly Film & Screenplay Festival (still happening  despite the COVID-19 virus). Submit your short film or script via Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

Or submit via Coverfly: https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/wildsound

#75 - Screenplay Winners: Interview with Trisha DiFazio (CIRCLE OF ILLUMINATION)

Watch the Reading of the Winning LGBT Screenplay CIRCLE OF ILLUMINATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hTX82xID34

Simon, a shy introvert, and Rosie, a bon vivant, have been best friends since Kindergarten. After Rosie dies, Simon receives e-mails from Rosie’s account with detailed instructions as to how to spread her ashes throughout Europe. The problem is: Simon only has two weeks to visit four countries. Will Simon overcome his fears and carry out his best friend’s wishes in time? We follow Simon on an epic quest that turns out to be as challenging as it is illuminating.

CAST LIST:

Molly/Dayonare: Jennifer Lieberman
Adele/Mrs. Murphy: Esther Thibault
Narration: Geoff Mays
Simon: Max Ackerman
Rosie: Maiza Dubhe
Various: Russell Batcher

#64 - Interview with Screenwriter Brooke Elowe (BLACK WIDOW: FUGITIVE)

If there is a theme to this episode, it would be - “Stay excited. Stay optimistic!”

Brooke Elowe was the Fan Fiction Feature Screenwriter winner for BLACK WIDOW: FUGITIVE.

Watch the winning screenplay reading HERE

We also did a Screenplay Movie as well. You can WATCH IT NOW

A contrast from this podcast to our last podcast, episode #63 with Thomas Clary. Thomas is a seasoned veteran in the industry with 20 years experience. As Brooke is just starting out and in University. Both winners. Both from different perspectives in the world today.

This episode was sponsored by the 1 page short story contest.

#61 - Interview with Screenwriter Paul Watkins (Kenobi: A Star Wars Story)

The theme of this episode is: “Who deserves an origin story!”S

Chat with the fan fiction screenplay winner Paul Watkins. He wrote an Obi Wan Kenobi Star Wars origin story screenplay.

You can watch the winning reading HERE.

Synopsis of screenplay:

When a hidden settlement on the system of Tatooine is attacked by a force from the past a mysterious villager and his odd ball team will seek out a legendary Jedi Knight.


This podcast was sponsored by the 1 Page Screenplay Contest. Submit your 400 word or less story and get it performed by a professional actor and made into a video.

#60 - Interview with Screenwriter C.M. Landrus (OLYMPUS RISING)

The theme of this episode is “Keep Grinding it out. Keep Moving.” Then eventually you’ll get where you need and want to be.

Great chat with the very talented writer and creator C.M. Landrus (starts 2:42). She was the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival TV PILOT winner for her screenplay OLYMPUS RISING. You can watch the reading HERE.

See C.M.. Landrus’ list of IMDB credits.

Bio of writer:

C.M. Landrus is a writer and director whose feature screenplay, MARTHA, based on the true story of a female serial killer in the 1920s, became a finalist in the 2018 Script Pipeline First Look Project. Her original one-hour, fantasy, drama, OLYMPUS RISING, has received multiple first place prizes and recognition from over a dozen film festivals and screenwriting competitions. C.M. is currently the assistant to showrunner, Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, DC Legends of Tomorrow, Trollhunters, Carnival Row).

In September 2017, C.M.’s short film, “The Dead Party”, won Best Micro Short at the Austin Revolution Film Festival (ARFF), and in 2018 she was inducted into the ARFF Hall of Fame. In 2016, her experimental horror short, HARPER & KAI IN FIVE PARALLELS, screened at several international and horror festivals and won First Place Experimental Film at the Women’s International Film Festival.

As a member of the Board of Directors of Alliance of Women Directors (AWD), C.M. co-chairs Fundraising and the Career Advancement Program to support the professional development of nearly 400 women-identifying directors. She collaborates with executives, directors, and showrunners to develop programming with NBCU Talent and Inclusion Programs, CBS Entertainment Diversity and Inclusion, Disney|ABC Creative Talent Development & Inclusion, and FX. These programs include intimate workshops with Paris Barclay, Lesli Linka Glatter, and Mary Lou Belli as well as fireside chats and panels with talent including Patty Jenkins, Tina Mabry, and Linda Mendoza.

C.M. is also an experienced public speaker and legally ordained minister.

#55 - Interview with Screenwriter Katie Grotzinger (SCOOBY-DOO: AGE OF AQUARIUS)

If there is a theme to this episode it would be “Modern Nostalgia”

Great chatting with the very talented writer Katie Grotzinger. You can see for yourself at her website filled with all of her writings: https://www.kathleengrotzinger.com/

Matthew chats with Katie (2:03) about her winning Scooby-Doo TV spec screenplay, plus her other spec scripts and original works.

You can also watch the Winning Screenplay Reading performed by professional actors at the Fan Fiction Screenplay Festival.

This episode was sponsored by the 1 page short story contest.

#51 - Neal Doran - WILDsound Feature Screenplay Winner (CHANGES)

Matthew Toffolo chats with UK writer Neal Doran about his winning feature screenplay CHANGES.

Watch the full reading performed by professional actors at the festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2MwbsZsmk

Submit your Screenplay (any) or short film to the festival via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

Toby is a typical gamer kid approaching the woes of puberty. The after school routine with his bookish friend Nic is spent navigating the London tube line trying to figure the most efficient route to make the infamous 1609 train. However, when one of the popular kids start riding the tube with them they become increasingly involved with a group of girls from another school travelling the same way.

CAST LIST:

Various: Sean Ballantyne
Clare: Leanne Hoffman
Nik: Caleb Jaques
Chris: Ross Cummings
Narration: Carina Cojeen
Toby: Aaron Williams
Jen: Victoria Murdoch
Mandy/Smiley: Natalie Morgan

Bonnie Brookby - LGBT Festival Winning Screenplay Writer. (THE THINGS WE MISS)

Matthew Toffolo chats with the Winning LGBTQ Feature Screenplay writer Bonnie Brookby (02:13). They chat about the feature script writing process, adding character depth to your story, her roots in Texas, and the importance of LGBTQ themed screenplays.

You can watch the full reading performed by professional actors here: https://youtu.be/ld2MiyYVX3A

Then Matthew says good-bye to longtime WILDsound employee Kierston Drier, who set up this very podcast (33:15). Using his high school football career as an analogy to her career at WILDsound.

PODCAST will upload 2-3 times a week from here on out, mainly interviewing the winning filmmakers and screenplay writers from the various WILDsound festivals in Los Angeles & Toronto.

Submit your LGBT Short Film & Screenplay via FilmFreeway to the LGBT Toronto Film Festival: https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival

Submit any screenplay or short film to the WILDsound Film Festival: https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/