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  • Steve Miranda

    Member
    December 9, 2022 at 1:19 am in reply to: Confidentiality Agreement

    I, Steve Miranda, agree to terms of this 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.

  • Steve Miranda

    Member
    December 9, 2022 at 1:08 am in reply to: Lesson 1

    Title: Jose The Hipster Zombie Slayer

    Format: Horror Comedy Feature

    Logline:

    Jose, a recently unemployed Mexican-American in his mid 30s, sees his hipster friend turn into a zombie via a cursed youtube video and tries to quarantine him from inciting a zombie apocalypse.

    One Sheet:

    Jose is a Mexican hipster who sees himself as a samurai master trained by a homeless

    man Leroy Jenkins. He struggles with his marriage to his wife Zooey because of his recently

    unemployment status. One day his friend, Rufus, tells him about a cursed YouTube video

    that can turn people into zombies. Unfortunately Rufus watches it and becomes a zombie.

    Jose convinces Tony, the apartment manager, that his friend is a zombie. They quarantine

    Rufus in secret and then pay a vagrant to get bit to see if it is contagious. Rufus breaks

    free and kills someone along with the vagrant. Jose shoots Rufus in the head but it does

    not kill him. Later Miss Xiao, a surly old Chinese woman, tells them that the YouTube

    video is an ancient chant that will doom the world.

    Tony leads them to a morgue to perform tests on Rufus utilizing his experience when he

    was studying to be a neurologist. They discover that marijuana has a calming effect on

    the zombie. Zooey takes this opportunity to inform Jose that she is divorcing him. She

    leaves a broken Jose with Tony as they try everything to kill Rufus but do not succeed.

    Tony is worried about the YouTube video becoming viral and when Jose checks it he

    sees that it has become viral. They rush to the Zooey and see the entire city is in chaos

    from the hipster zombie breakout. They save Zooey and Miss Xiao then gather the

    remaining survivors in a church. Jose concludes they would die off in the woods and that

    he is going to stay to protect Los Angeles. Despite not being able to kill the zombies, they

    chop off their heads, arms, and legs, and then store their parts in buildings.

    Miss Xiao concludes they must look at the source so Jose subjects himself to the video on

    YouTube. His consciousness is transported to a white void where he meets the spirit of

    his master. Jenkins tells him of the black spirit that consumes everyone that comes there

    and the only way to beat it is to transform it from within. Jose is almost possessed until

    Miss Xiao switches places with him and turns into a zombie. Jose dismembers her.

    With a zombie horde coming from Coachella, they fight them off until Tony gets stabbed

    in the back by Rufus (with regained consciousness thanks to the marijuana) who also

    underwent sword training by Jenkins. Rufus reveals he orchestrated the zombie

    apocalypse to avoid looking for a job. Jose fights him in a sword duel but gets bitten.

    Jose is transported to the white void but realizes what his master meant by transforming

    the chant, he becomes enlightened and cures Rufus back to being a human. Rufus filled

    with rage charges at Jose but Zooey shoots off his arm and Jose decapitates him, thus

    destroying the chant and killing off all the zombies. Jose and Zooey discuss the

    possibility of dating again with their new personas as they stare off into the brave new

    world they’re in.

  • Steve Miranda

    Member
    December 6, 2022 at 7:25 pm in reply to: Introduce Yourself To the Group

    Hello everyone,

    1. My name is Steve Miranda.

    2. I have written at least 8 feature scripts, 2 half hour comedy scripts and 1 one hour sci-fi script.

    3. What I am hoping to get out of the class is a new approach to my re-writing in order to elevate my writing.

    4. I shot a short film in a library at a university for free by pretending to be a student there.

  • Steve Miranda

    Member
    December 9, 2022 at 1:11 am in reply to: Requests for feedback partners.

    Hey Orlando,

    Would you like to partner up?

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