[Stephen Joubert]

Steve – 10 most interesting things

A. Unique hero: Lizzy, a young woman heading into the convent, must immerse herself in the world of the Irish mob in order so solve her mother’s disappearnce

Unique Antagonist: Aiofa, a mob wife, who wants to take over the mob

B. When her father is shot, Lizzy discovers that her father is part of the Irish mob and that the mob may have somthing to do with her mother’s disappearnce

C. When Lizzy is desperate to get information about the Irish Mob she compromises her principles steals the mob’s ledger from the leaders office

D. Lizzy must choose between her life-long dream of becoming a nun and saving the Irish mob from Aoifa

E. When Lizzy’s father is shot, she meets Aoifa who helps Lizzy find out what happened to her mother by teaching her about how the Irish mob works. Aoifa is actually using Lizzy as a spy to get information she can eliminate the leadership and take over the mob for herself.

F. The head of the Irish mob, who Lizzy beleives murdered her mother, actually help her mother get out of Hell’s kitchen

G. Character Betrayals – Lizzy discovers that her mom actually abandoned her and that her mother didn’t want to take Lizzy with her in her new life.

H. Aoifa kills Lizzy father in order to take control of the mob

Other things

– Lizzy is trying to escape the life she was born into

– Lizzy evolves from nun to mobster

– The climatic chase scene occurs on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen on the night of the 1977 New York City blackout

– Sister Anne, Lizzy’s spiritual advisory, is dialed into neighborhood and everything that is happening in it

[Stephen Joubert]

Steve – Producer/Manager

My answer for how I will present myself to a producer or manager is the same. I understand that film is collaborative art form and I am willing to work with other professionals (Producer, Managaer or Director) to accomplish the end goal, get my script turned into a marketable film. My screenplay is merely a starting point that needs to be evolved into a marketable product and I am willing to support that effort in any way that I can.

[Stephen Joubert]

Stephen Joubert – Marketable Components

Logline: In 1977, when the NYPD closes the case of her mother’s disappearance, 16 year-old Lizzy begins her own search for her mother, thrusting her into the midst of a battle for control of the Irish mob, which may utltimately hold the answer to her mother’s fate.

Timely First – Sister Lizzy shows two women competeing for control of an all-male mob syndicate. It is a truely female driven story that delivers on one of Hollywood’s biggest trends.

Great Role – The role of Lizzy’s advisor, Anne, is written for a sixty something black actress. Sister Anne is a nun who seems traditional on the surface but is in reality a very well connected woman.

Through this assignment I a learning to look at my story through the lens of what will sell.

[Stephen Joubert]

Title: Sister Lizzy

Genre: Drama

Concept: In 1977, when the NYPD closes the case of her mother’s disappearance, 16 year-old Lizzy begins her own search for her mother, thrusting her into the midst of a battle for control of the Irish mob, which may ultimately hold the answer to her mother’s fate.

2. This coming of age story, features a young woman who is transformed by the violent world of the Irish mob.

3. I will target producers first because it makes sense to me to find a producing partner who will partner with me to get this script produced.

4. I’ve always known that pitching is about selling and not about spewing out as many story details as you can. I’m starting to learn how to incorporate marketability into a pitch.

[Stephen Joubert]

Hi everyone,

I’m Stephen Joubert. I got a degree in film production 30 years ago and worked in the business as a PA an then a cameraman. I left the business to raise a family. When I got divorced 3 years ago I decided to get back in as a writer.

I wrote my first feature length screenplay when I was 13 years old and I must have written about a dozen scripts in total.

I’ve always looked at “the business” as a business that deals in art. That is reinforced, having spent the past 25 years in the software development world. I want to better understand the art/business relationship and leverage that information to sell screenplays.

I run my own software consulting business. We specialize is in secure, highly scalable, enterprise software. In addition to having been a cameraman I have also been a dog trainer in New York City. I am a published author on the subject of canine aggression and for a brief period I operated my own bakery.

[Stephen Joubert]

Stephen Joubert – I agree to the terms of this release form.

GROUP RELEASE FORM

As a member of this group, I agree to the following:

1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.

2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.

I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.

3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.

4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.

5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.

6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.

This completes the Group Release Form for the class.