CRITICAL ANALYSIS : BLOODLINE OF THE VALKYRIE BY JOAQUIN ALEJANDRO
Introduction Bloodline of the Valkyrie opens with an intimate rupture: a modern woman, Brandi Savoy, jolted awake by visions she…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : BACK IN THE SADDLE BY DARRELLE LA VERNE RADCLIFF
Introduction Back in the Saddle unfolds within the intimate, dust-laden world of competitive barrel racing, charting the emotional return of…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME BY MICHAELLE LEE
Introduction Make Yourself At Home unfolds as a deceptively intimate psychological thriller set against the rain-soaked anonymity of downtown Los…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : CENTENNIAL TALK WITH ELIZA JANE POITEVENT BY MERRILL ANWAY JONES
Introduction Centennial Talk with Eliza Jane Poitevent, a one-act historical play by Merrill Anway Jones, constructs an imaginative bridge between…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : THE GERANIUM DEATHS SCREENPLAY BY VICKI -ANN BUSH
Introduction The Geranium Deaths unfold shaped as much by absence as by presence—a narrative landscape where what is withheld proves…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : THE SOUND OF RUINS BY KRIS BART
Introduction The Sound of Ruins, the pilot episode of The Sound of Apocalypse by Kris Bart, unfolds as a harrowing…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN BY JOAQUIN ALEJANDRO
Introduction There is a particular daring required to write about God. To place the divine machinery of Heaven, Hell, and…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : SERVED SCREENPLAY BY JOHN NORRIS RAY
Introduction John Norris Ray’s SERVED opens with a chilling juxtaposition of the mundane and the grotesque. Set in contemporary Los…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : FERAL MOUNTAINS SCREENPLAY BY TERRY LUKE PODNAR
IntroductionFeral Mountains situates its audience within a deceptively familiar premise: a fractured family seeking refuge in rural isolation, only to…
CRITICAL ANALYSIS : NEXUS SCREENPLAY BY ERIC LOTTER
Introduction Nexus opens with a striking, high-stakes premise: a distant space station guarding an ancient, unknowable device—the Rift Generator—unwittingly triggers…