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Brooke Miller Hall and Amy Gangl Win the WSF “From Concept to Script” Competition!

posted by Ken WSF President on January 2, 2012

Many congratulations to WSF members Brooke Miller Hall and Amy Gangl.  Their screenplay “My Own Time Machine” has been selected as the official WSF Pick for the WSF’s “From Concept to Script” Competition.

Participants were first asked to submit up to ten high concept loglines for the first round of this unique competition.  After receiving over 400 loglines, WSF President Ken Miyamoto and a film industry executive working for a major studio (name and exact company withheld due to legalities and anonymity) selected the loglines with the most potential, eventually narrowing it down to the Lucky 13.

Those thirteen writers were asked to write the first ten pages of a screenplay based on their selected logline.  The Final Five of that group were selected and then given a November deadline to complete the full screenplay.

The Final Five were then invited to Madison, WI to partake in film industry mock meetings.  These meetings were designed specifically to mirror real film industry meetings with development executives or producers to give the writers a glimpse into what to expect.  WSF President Ken Miyamoto and an independent producer from Hollywood, John Baumgaertner, held the meetings on the University of Wisconsin campus.

Writers were able to discuss and “spitball” their screenplays with Miyamoto and Baumgaertner, discuss the film industry, what to expect, as well as if the writers had any further projects completed or in-the-works, a common question that all screenwriters should expect to hear in such meetings.

All writers have been given until the end of January to complete a final draft of their competition screenplays, which will then be handed forward to our major studio affiliate, as well as additional major film industry companies, for consideration.  This will give the Final Five writers exclusive and unique access to the film industry… essentially making them all winners of this competition.

Brooke Miller Hall and Amy Gangl’s “My Own Time Machine” has won the competition’s additional prize as being selected as the official WSF Pick, based primarily on the delivery of the screenplay and the strength of that first draft at hand.

“Brooke and Amy did a wonderful job of delivering a heartfelt and character driven story, injected within the high concept of a boy time traveling back in time to see his deceased grandfather.  The screenplay delivered.  It engaged.  It had the wonder of E.T. and the fun of Back to the Future.  We’re proud to announce it as our WSF pick for this unique competition,” Miyamoto stated.

“We wish them, and the rest of the Final Five, the best of luck as they lock their final drafts and as we forward them to true film industry players for consideration.”

Miller Hall and Gangl will receive a free year long WSF membership renewal, as well as free admittance to the upcoming Spring WSF Retreat in April.

To read the loglines from the Final Five, please CLICK HERE.