TITLE: Talk of the Town
MEDIA: Feature Length Script, First Act
SOFTWARE: Final Draft 11
PAGES: 33 (Work in Progress)
CLASS: FMX 340 Screenwriting Development
PROFESSOR: Cynthia Savaglio
INSTITUTION: The University of Tampa
SEMESTER: Fall 2022
DESCRIPTION: In a small, nothing happens town, Elizabeth Morgan, a young reporter, gets her big break when Lucas Emerson, a young boy who is new to town, goes missing. In the midst of the hectic scramble to find him, the media begins to report false information about him and his disappearance. Desperate to find Lucas, his parents hire a private detective to investigate Lucas’ disappearance. It slowly comes to light that Elizabeth is purposely reporting false information to throw the police off her trail, as she is Lucas’ kidnapper. She saw Lucas as an opportunity to spring herself into the spotlight and make herself seem like a hero when she finally reports that she found Lucas, though she never makes it to that part of her plan.

TITLE: Vesuvius
MEDIA: Television Pilot Episode
SOFTWARE: Final Draft 11
PAGES: 39
CLASS: FMX 240 Screenwriting Fundamentals
PROFESSOR: Cynthia Savaglio
INSTITUTION: The University of Tampa
SEMESTER: Fall 2021
DESCRIPTION: Written by Kaiden Hancock, Olivia Gavlak, Judy Harris, and Lauren Johnson. When a group of Archaeology Ph.D. students travel to Italy to complete their field research, they soon learn that their field guide is not what he seems, and slowly begin to uncover the secrets of the excavation sight, finding a whole underground society forgotten for centuries.