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The Industry Panel

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

While not complete (we’ll be adding a few more people), we thought it would be a good time to announce our industry panel. These fine people will be reading the ten semi-finalist scripts and narrowing down the field to three:

David Bushman, Television Curator, Paley Center for Media (NYC)
David Levy, Producer, Periscope Entertainment
Stephanie Moy, Manager, Luber Roklin Entertainment
Rachel Rusch, Development, Fox Television Studios
Lara Spotts, Development, Bravo TV
Ben Stark, Development, Pretty Matches Productions
Adam Stein, Writer, Damages and My Generation

We’ve got video!

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Last night, Storyboard TV presented a reading of the three finalists in our inaugural Television Pilot Script Competition. Equity actors Michael Braun, Matt Carlson, Andrew Garman, Lucas Kavner, and Melissa Miller performed 20 minute excerpts from the teleplays FALSE PROFIT (by Michael Barker and Jason Groessel), THE RESERVOIR (by Eddy Vallante and Dylan Allen) and JEN-16 (by Craig Berger). They were directed by Stephen Brackett.

If you were unable to make it there, never fear – we taped it!

http://www.youtube.com/user/storyboardtvchannel

Two weeks to go!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Four weeks to go!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

In four weeks (actually, four weeks and one day), the submission period for Storyboard TV’s first scriptwriting contest will end. And I have to say, we’re extremely excited by the 38 scripts up already and the one’s we’ve heard about yet to be posted. Also very cool: we have script from New Zealand, a good handful from the UK, and of course a great many from the US.

I’m also noticing some interesting themes: There are several shows dealing with US characters living the UK, some of which include members of the Royal Family. A couple of shows explore what it’s like to live in the spotlight – either young and rich in Britain or rich and famous in LA. We have two pilots about lady thieves (which, lets face it, are WAY sexier than male thieves). We’ve got scripts delving into the psyche of murderers and crime lords. And some really funky science fiction. I wonder if its true that our shows are supposed to reflect what’s going on in the American psyche. If so, then… huh.

Anyway, we here at Storyboard TV are thrilled with what’s been posted and look forward to seeing what comes in March. Thanks to all who’ve submitted so far!

Welcome to Storyboardtv.com!

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Hi everyone,

If you are reading this entry, it’s very likely you got here through our recently launched website. Welcome!

For the past few months, this blog has discussed challenges facing the TV industry, new technology, and why television fiction matters. Now that the website and contest has launched, we’ll also be using the blog to talk about scripts we find on site, to interview writers, and to announce new developments with the contest or the website.

And we hope you’ll join in on the discussion. Feel free to leave comments on the blog or on our facebook page. Also, if there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, or if you’d like the chance to become a guest blogger with us, shoot an email over to info@storyboardtv.com.

If you haven’t already, please take a moment today to become a member. It’s free – and with membership you’ll be able to read new television pilots, as well as critique and vote for your favorite ones.

Happy writing/reading!

What is Storyboard TV?

Monday, November 16th, 2009

We’re glad you asked -

Storyboard TV is an online community of writers, readers, and television watchers that believes in the power of episodic, fictional television to document, enhance, and transform people’s lives for the better.

Storyboard TV is a place where writers of new shows can meet their potential audiences, garner feedback, and develop a supportive following for their work.

Storyboard TV is also a place where television watchers/lovers can go to read, help develop, and campaign to get the next “must see” television series produced.

If you’re tired of seeing great fiction lose air time to reality tv, or of watching the same old story line get played out on every crime procedural, or have found that it’s getting harder to justify to all of your friends just WHY you watch television, then Storyboard TV is for you.

To get things started on the right foot, the Storyboard TV website will launch in February with a scriptwriting competition offering a $5,000 reward to a writer with the best one-hour television pilot. The winning script will be read, voted on, and ultimately decided by members of the storyboard community.

From there, Storyboard TV will help develop the winning script for possible production.  Who knows – if we get lucky, we might even get to see the thing made into a series.

In the meantime, here’s our blog. In the coming months, we’ll be examining why we watch, what we’re watching, and why we think it’s important. We’ll also be updating you about the site, the competition, and anything else we can think of.

Storyboard TV: Making Shows We’d Watch.