Residents of Northwestern New Mexico Pueblo communities, Navajo Nation, or any of the counties pictured below are all welcome to register and submit their stories for the chance to have it become a short film made with industry standard equipment and with veterans of the Film & TV industry!
Stagecoach Foundation’s Road Show is coming to Gallup to train aspiring film makers by filming a winning short film script. That’s right, your short film script could be filmed, edited, and on the big screen by next year! Our Road Show training brings in top notch film professionals to teach students in Assistant Camera, Acting for the Camera, Sound, & Grip in a 2-day intensive. The winning script will be filmed on a 2-camera shoot, supported by Panavision for Arri Alexa cameras, dolly & track from Maleko Grip & Rigging, and set lights & electric equipment from Serious Grippage. The winning Short Film will be screened in your community as well as at George R.R. Martin’s Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe.
How to Participate
· Choose up to 4 locations for the script from the sample photos at the “Location Photos” link below and write a short film script, between 5-7 pages that includes 4-5 characters, with those locations as inspiration.
· Email us with the subject as “Screenwriting Competition” at: info@stagecoachfdn.org to begin the registration process and receive submission instructions. Do not include your screenplay at this phase.
· Screenplay submission deadline is 11:59 PM on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
Location:
Amtrak Train Station
Gallup, New Mexico
Location Photos
Rules for Participation
· Must be a New Mexico resident
· No real guns, knives, real weapons or gratuitous violence
· No nudity or explicit sex
· Religious ideas can be engaged as long as the intent is neither to proselytize nor to disparage.
· Abuse (physical, emotional, or sexual) can be implied, suggested, and talked about — as long as this is done sensitively and with a clear educational intent — but not depicted on screen.
· Mental health struggles can similarly be referenced if done in a sensitive and educational way but not actually depicted (i.e. do not depict characters engaging in self-harm).
*See Copyright information on license agreement.*
* *License agreement will be received from info@stagecoachfdn.org during registration.* *
