Multi-talented actor/director/writer Stephen Keep Mills ends 2020 and begins 2021 for WILDsound as we chat with him about his fantastic feature film LOVE IS NOT LOVE.

“Love is Not Love” is streaming for free for 24 hours as part of the Black & White Film Festival on January 1st 2021. Watch it here: https://blackandwhitefilmfestival.com/

Stephen chats with Matthew about making a feature film on a budget. Finding the right cast & crew to carry out and add to his vision, and then putting it all together in post-production. He also chats about being trained as an actor by the legendary teacher Stella Adler, and shares some funny stories about that time in his life.

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WHO KNEW? is the story about a Hollywood A-lister falling for a spunky political press secretary. A classic romantic comedy that everyone wants to watch, whether they admit it or not!

Great chat with Monty C. Floyd, the Romance Festival screenplay winner, on the process of writing & living overseas in Germany raising a family.

Watch the best scene script reading of WHO KNEW? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49-1ppVF80

Hope finds unexpected love in Washington D.C..

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Hope: Kyana Teresa
Dan/Howard: Geoff Mays
Audra: Julie Sheppard

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The TV PILOT screenplay that needs to be turned into a series. It’s all about the down the middle perspective of guns in the US society.

Great interview with writer Rain Story about the process of writing this script and the change of perspective of growing from growing up in the South to living in Los Angeles. LISTEN to the best scene reading of GUNS AND GODS after the interview.

Watch 1st Scene Reading of GUNS AND GODS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxlvryPFtzo

A powerful Bible-belt family protects its gun empire, cultural traditions, and constitutional right to bear arms not only from the liberals next door but also from changing gun laws.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Colton/Activists/Willie : Steve Rizzo
Activists/Radio Host : Allan Michael Brunet
Catherine : Hannah Ehman

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WILDsound has performed a few of Joel Stern’s winning screenplays through the years. It was great to finally catch up with the sportscaster turned writer.

Joel is very candid with his passion for his work and is a terrific communicator & storyteller.. He saves the best story for last in this interview and shares a very personal story on how life could have changed if only got this one job.

Stay tuned for the audio best scene reading of his winning script THE WAITING ROOM.

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlLnkSlDU-0

In this suspense/comedy, Bill Egan, a crusty Alcatraz corrections officer, suddenly finds himself in a waiting room along with a one-armed Medal of Honor award winner-turned hitman, a ditzy bank teller and a Bronx street hoodlum. From different time periods, they try to piece together the events that brought them there.
Little do they know they are about to face the ultimate judgement.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

CAST LIST:

Linda: Cassandra Guthrie
Chuck: John Marcucci
Narrator: Kat Smiley
Bill: Shawn Devlin
Oscar: Sean Ballantyne
Reggie: Sam Fazli

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The first ever podcast done in a Hobbit Hole. Writer Brent Peterson made his “Own Private Hobbit Hole”. See it here: https://myownprivatehobbithole.com/

Star Wars: Rendezvous is a fan-fiction film set in the Star Wars universe with a cast of new characters as well as some more established ones. Matthew chats with the winner Fan Fiction writer Brent Peterson on the process of writing in the context of this legendary franchise.

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhZre_ceojo

A pair of do-gooders attempt to save a young girl wanted by the Empire.

CAST LIST:

Hologram Voice/Darth Maul: Sean Ballantyne

Mandalorian/Ashoka/Voice: Steve Rizzo

Rahn: Allan Michael Brunet

Qu’ra/R’iila/Zandara: Julie Sheppard

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Kurt T. Choate, PhD is an associate professor and department chair of psychology and counseling at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

He’s also a great screenwriter.

Listen to the interview with the professor/writer and after listen to the best scene reading of his screenplay INHERITANCE

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJF1NFTRcU

, by Kurt T. Choate

An F.B.I. agent turns to someone from his past to stop a serial killer, but healing the fractured relationship may prove to be the bigger challenge.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison Kampf

Caleb: Geoff Mays

Vaughn: Shawn Devlin

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Larry gets a phone call from his old friend, NFL Network legend, Rich Eisen. He is asked to attend Colin Kaepernick’s press conference revealing his new Athletic Shoe; by Colin’s request. Larry causes an uproar when he inadvertently takes a knee at the event. Anchovies and Humble pie save the day.

That is the summary of this amazing TV SPEC script on the CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM HBO show. Great chat with the writer Lance Barnett.

Watch the Best Scene Script Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjQsjL9MfE

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Richard Lewis: Shawn Devlin
Larry: Steve Rizzo
Mail Courier: Kyana Teresa

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The ultimate “META MOVIE”. The romantic comedy leading man MEETS his screenwriter at a Starbucks and explains to the “star” that he’s in a movie. Then the leading man decides to screw up the screenplay.

Great chat with writer Arthur Tiersky chatting about his terrific award winning script. Best scene reading of “I DON’T KNOW” after the interview.

Watch the video best scene reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMXF9jl-8MI

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison Kampf

Rob: Geoff Mays

Dana: Julie Sheppard

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Fabulous interview with talented actor turned screenwriter McCaleb Burnett. We dive into the world of creativity during Covid-19, the art of writers groups & how they really help you get things done, and turning McCaleb’s short scripts into movies in the future.

McCaleb Burnett IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1080831/

Watch the winning script reading of A VACATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y821f1aMd3s

A weekend away. What could be better?

CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
VO: Julie Sheppard
HE: Shawn Devlin
SHE: Kyana Teresa

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Russell Knight shares a great story on the process of writing his winning screening “Horizon Calling” during the lockdown. It’s all about diligence and having his wife a part of the writing process.

“Horizon Calling” is about a dismayed young man who travels through the Australian outback after the death of his brother. He ends up going on an ill-advised sailing trip with his estranged father and finds himself caught up in the violent world of international smuggling. It’s a drama with action/adventure.

Watch the best scene screenplay reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh6vdfmdp94

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Great chat with the writer who is becoming the master of writing a TV SPEC screenplay from an existing show. Already in 2020 Shane Walsh-Smith has won awards for writing three SPECS: “Farscape”. “Black Mirror”. “Bojack Horseman”.

We tackle the art of writing a great TV spec and what the purpose of writing them.

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DRUNKEN NOODLES is a TV PILOT about a personal chef who keeps running into trouble with her clients. Great chatting with the screenwriter Paul Hewitt about his process and how he came up with the idea for this winning teleplay. With audio version reading of the script after the interview.

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Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZ2RK2ojDA

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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Terrific conversation with the winning writer of the TV Pilot “THE WRONG CANDIDATE” from the Crime/Mystery Festival. John is a former member of the New York State Assembly. (1991 to 2002). The last of the dying breed “Liberal Republican”.

We dive into the current political climate in the USA before talking about this intriguing script and potential great TV show.

Watch the best scene script reading: https://youtu.be/oLsizgucKPY

When a well financed domestic terrorist organization which has breed sleeper agents since they were children, finally have a viable candidate to run for president, the current president sets into motion a plan to put his own successor in the Oval Office.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Dorothy: Hannah Ehman

Paul: Steve Rizzo

Lanky Boy/Man: Geoff Mays

Mr. Smith/Voice Over PA: Allan Michael Brunet

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Matthew Toffolo chats with winning screenwriter Marko Amato about his all-time favorite television episode of all-time. The first in our series of interviewing people in the industry about their “Top TV Episode”.

Marco picks: MR. MONK TAKES HIS MEDICINE. Season 3 Episode 9.

August 20th 2004. First premiered on the USA Network.

IMDB Synopsis: A woman commits suicide and minutes later Captain Stottlemeyer is shot nearby. Monk needs to determine if the two events are related, but his new medication has turned him into an obnoxious jerk who can't concentrate on the case.

October 24th 2020 this day in history:

1962 "The Manchurian Candidate", directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released.

1973 John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone.

1992 World Series Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title.

2018 Pipe bombs sent to prominent US Democrats including the Obamas, Clintons, John Brennan and CNN, but safely defused.

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Matthew Toffolo interviews the art of the “sound” Lars Deutsch. Informative conversation on making sound and music in post-production.

Lars’ Website: https://www.behance.net/larsdeutsch

Lars’ IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2454881/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

October 21st 2020 - This Date in History

1964 Film version of "My Fair Lady" directed by George Cukor and starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1965)

2019 Canadian Federal Election: Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party loses its majority but wins the most seats (157) to form a minority government.

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Today is Television Day. This day in history:

1957 - "Leave It to Beaver" debuts on CBS

1990 - “Beverly Hills: 90210” debuts on the new TV network FOX

2000 - The highly anticipated season 2 premiere of The West Wing: In the Shadow of Two Gunman, two hour special takes place.

This is today’s focus. The West Wing Season 2 Episode 1. There were gunshot fires during a President Bartlett rally as Season 1 faded to black. All summer long the question was - who was shot? A very network TV cliffhanger cliche on a very non-network television show.

Bradley Whitford (playing Josh Lyman) would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Emmy for this season, plus The West Wing would beat the powerhouse HBO show “The Sopranos” and win the Emmy for Best Television series.

20 years ago the TV landscape in comparison to today’s television world is completely different.

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First Off: Watch the Short Film Millennials Throughout History: A Titanic Following: https://vimeo.com/385629704

Then listen to the Interview with Writer / Producer / Creator: Deanna Director

Starring real-life Influencer: Max Emerson (@Maxisms)

An Influencer from 2020 wins the sponsored trip of a lifetime...in 1912.

Shot aboard The Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, CA.

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

First off, watch the 6min. Short Film “Cigarette Lips”: https://vimeo.com/310992362

Then come back and listen to the interview with director/writer Katherine Castellaw on the process of making her first short film.

BONUS: Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video of the film: https://youtu.be/J4H-9yxKy68

BIO of Katherine:

Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She has a background in dance and is now a New York based actor. Currently, she is finishing her last year at the William Esper Studio conservatory and has a passion for telling female driven stories through film. Katherine wrote, directed, and produced her first film “Cigarette Lips”, and is excited to begin her filmmaking journey.

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

An episode so strong there is an entire website about it: http://seventeenpeople.com/

Called a “BOTTLE” episode. Is produced cheaply and restricted in scope to use as few non-regular cast members, effects, and sets as possible. Occurs when the show is over-budget and they need to shoot a cost saving episode.