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SCREENPLAYS

YIELD

FILM SCRIPT - SHORT - SUSPENSE

Matthew struggles with his own self worth when he is faced with losing his family to human trafficking.

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THE SANDBOX

FILM SCRIPT - SHORT - DRAMA/HORROR

A lonely boy befriends a cat that cannot die, an ability he hopes can save his mother.

THE BURGLAR

FILM SCRIPT - SHORT - COMEDY

(A lighthearded version of The Sandbox)

A stray dog terrorizes a neighborhood by stealing valuables and burying them in the sandbox of a boy who gets blamed for the crimes. 

TAPE REEL

FILM SCRIPT - SHORT - SUSPENSE

Sarah buys an old tape reel at a garage sale and is suprised when it seems to contain a recorded murder confession.

ALEXANDER

FILM SCRIPT - FIRST CHAPTER - FANTASY

NOVEL ADAPTATION

Alexander barely escapes when his village is attacked by an army of winged creatures, but he puts his life at risk to save those who were taken.

JUSTIFIED - WHEN THE COWS COME HOME

TELEVISION SPEC SCRIPT - FIRST ACT - DRAMA

BASED ON THE FX SERIES JUSTIFIED

Raylan pursues an elusive fugitive wanted for transporting illegal substances beneath the hides of live cattle.

ANIMATION and COMIC SCRIPTS

THE RINK:

THE RINK - THE PLACEBO EFFECT

ANIMATION SCRIPT - SHORT - COMEDY

At the local ice skating rink, competitors in a tournament are accused of using drugs, but all is not as it seems.

THE RINK:

THE RINK - BACK FROM THE FUTURE

COMIC SCRIPT - SHORT - DRAMA

A local at the community skating rink claims to have information that will save everyone from total annihilation, knowledge he gained from traveling to the future.

GAME WRITING and TRANSMEDIA

ALEXANDER

Alexander is a text-based game created with the TWINE platform. It is an interactive story based on my novel, screenplay and comic of the same name.

 

To play the game, simply click on the blue link to the left and it will begin in a new browser tab.

THE DUNWICH HORROR

The Dunwich Horror is an interactive Transmedia game, which was created by a group of four students. It is based on the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name. Click the Start link to be taken to the fictional Miskatonic website to begin the journey.

 

Hint: You must send an Email to one of the professors of Miskatonic University to move on to the next step once you have browsed the Miskatonic University site. You will receive an automatic reply that contains the next clue.

 

Each group member worked together to create the experience although each member was ultimately responsible for executing separate sections of the final project.

 

Ryan created Wilbur Whateley's website entitled "The Venerates of Yog-Sothoth" and the diary cipher, which can be accessed directly by clicking the corresponding links. He also set up the corresponding auto responders.

 

Other credits go to:

Brandon Taggart 

Lacey Keenan

Kenyanna Dyer

SHORT STORIES and FLASH FICTION

This short story by Ryan inspired his screenplay of the same name, although it is vastly different.

YIELD

SHORT STORY - POST APOCALYPTIC SUSPENSE

A blackout turns into a fight for survival when martial law is declared and Matthew's wife goes missing.

THE VOICE

FLASH FICTION - ALTERNATE REALITY SCIENCE FICTION

A boy struggles with the decision to leave the confines of a totalitarian society.

TAKEN AWAY

FLASH FICTION - PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA

The aftermath of a car accident leaves a man struggling to cope with the effect it has on his family.

THE HOTEL

FLASH FICTION - DRAMA

A man wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel with an unknown woman and has no memory of the previous night.

More to come

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