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Monday, 2/16 We Take a Look at the Proof of Concept Script UNDERGROUND for the Series SOCCER SAL
February 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$10.00What happens when a wealthy, well meaning but ignorant housewife/former professor discovers that her housekeeper of 18 years is actually undocumented and facing imminent deportation? This is one of many challenges that Sally Morris faces in this dramedic series SOCCER SAL.
At times in the recent past, there have been 3 new pathways to citizenship proposed (two from the Biden administration and one from the Senate which was voted down in May ’24). Biden’s US CITIZEN ACT of 2021 was shot down by Congress, as was his KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER program from ’24 which called for “parole in place.” The latter executive order was struck down by a federal judge in November of 2024 after about 1 day in effect.
If any of these had seen the light of day, our character Maria would be looking at another reality.
BACK TO MEETING DETAILS:
As always, we’ll be meeting virtually from 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST. So, you can join us from anywhere in the world!
There are flashbacks that add cost and complexity to the shoot so the author would like your thoughts on these. Are they worth it?
TITLE: UNDERGROUND
GENRE: Drama
TYPE OF PROJECT: Proof of Concept (NOT pilot) – for 1 episode of SOCCER SAL, a dramedic series
SERIES LOGLINE: When recently terminated history professor, Sally Morris learns that her husband is about to earn millions from his company’s IPO, she decides to move the family to a seemingly ideal Connecticut suburb where things turn out to be not as she dreamed.
EPISODE LOGLINE: After Sally learns that her longtime housekeeper is undocumented and facing imminent deportation, she must decide if there is anything she can do.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Genine Amada Tillotson is the director of Harvard Square Script Writers (HSSW) and is the principal of Magic Lantern Multimedia LLC, based in Newton MA. She has been writing, producing and directing award-winning video and multimedia projects for over 30 years. Early in her career, Ms. Tillotson worked for Action for Children’s Television, helped outline a TV series at ABC which evolved into the After School Specials, and wrote treatments for made-for-TV children’s films for Harvey Weinstein at his earliest venture Weinstein Skyfield Productions.
She has written and directed programs, supported by the National Science Foundation and the US Dept. of Education, and has created an assortment of video projects for broadcast, web and large-scale events.
Her diverse clients have included Mattel; Fisher Price; the Boston Museum of Science; Silver Burdett and Ginn; The San Francisco Exploratorium; Sacred Heart University; MIT’s CSAIL; Harvard University; National Geographic and Mass General Hospital to name a few.
Her educational multimedia exhibits have been showcased in 24 museums around the world and her science projects, designed for middle school classrooms, are distributed by Scholastic.
Her awards include a Silver New York Film Festival, a Gold Muse Award, three Gold Nebbys, including two “Best Overall Achievement,” and three ITVA Gold awards, among others.
Ms. Tillotson has been a guest speaker at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) and has lectured at Lesley University, Harvard University, Northeastern, and Emerson College.
In 2016 Ms. Tillotson was also the executive director of the Different Faces, Different Voices Film Festival in Cambridge, MA featuring the Flicks4Chicks shorts contest which challenged filmmakers to create stories that passed the Bechdel test.
As of January 2021, Ms. Tillotson had released the first 7 webisodes of the comedy Next Great Hire which she wrote, directed, and co-produced. The series will shortly be available on YouTube.
She is a member of Women in Film and Video – NE Chapter, Film Fatales, and Harvardwood and has been a script reader and judge at a number of festivals, including the Woods Hole Film Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival and ITVFest.
She holds a BA in English and Psychology from Rutgers College and a Masters and CAS from Harvard University Graduate School of Education in Educational Media.
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