I'm looking for a like-minded director/collaborator to turn my feature-length, low-budget black comedy into a film. This particular script was strongly influenced by so-called "cringe comedy" like the British version of The Office and the American workplace comedy Party Down, both of which deal with the humor to be found among the daily grind and shattered dreams. If you have an affinity for either of those shows or themes, you'll have some sense of the tone I was shooting for and (hopefully) achieved.
My screenplay centers on Albert, a newly divorced thirty-something schoolteacher who decides to take in his bi-polar younger brother, Tom, after he attempts suicide. Albert realizes that one of the happiest periods in his brother's life was when they were in a (terrible) grunge band more than a decade ago. He reluctantly decides to get the band back together, despite his embarrassment at their general lack of talent and his disdain for their cocky asshole of a lead singer, all the while dealing with the ruins of his personal life. While Albert views it as a harmless diversion for his brother, Tom and the lead singer begin to experience delusions of rock godhood.
The ideal director would be a devotee of black comedy, particularly "cringe comedy," with also an interest in rock music.
For someone who's pitching a comedy, I feel like I'm coming across as a pretentious prick, so I will quit while I am ahead. Let me know if you're interested and what your background and interests in filmmaking are.
R.T. McClure
My screenplay centers on Albert, a newly divorced thirty-something schoolteacher who decides to take in his bi-polar younger brother, Tom, after he attempts suicide. Albert realizes that one of the happiest periods in his brother's life was when they were in a (terrible) grunge band more than a decade ago. He reluctantly decides to get the band back together, despite his embarrassment at their general lack of talent and his disdain for their cocky asshole of a lead singer, all the while dealing with the ruins of his personal life. While Albert views it as a harmless diversion for his brother, Tom and the lead singer begin to experience delusions of rock godhood.
The ideal director would be a devotee of black comedy, particularly "cringe comedy," with also an interest in rock music.
For someone who's pitching a comedy, I feel like I'm coming across as a pretentious prick, so I will quit while I am ahead. Let me know if you're interested and what your background and interests in filmmaking are.
R.T. McClure