Category : Series Bible
Background Reviews of ‘Sentient’ – Draft Four of the Pilot, were critical of our failure to address the issues of theme and character arc. This post This post will ask your opinion via two poll questions. Poll One is about Theme. Poll Two is the Series Logline. Your answers will lay the foundation for […]
The are three versions of the life-forms Shepherd / protectors – Task – Protect the hosts during their transition. Lifespan. 12 hours. Betas – Translucent black, full of stars. Task – Protect the Alphas. Lifespan 12 years. Alphas – Manifesting full human form of their original host. Task – Find and mate with suitable […]
Begin your review Joseph DiFrancesco’s Draft Four of Sentient USA Pilot script is ready for review. Click on the latest draft of the Pilot script (left) to view. Read the beat sheet summary here. Submit your review by June 14th 2019. Your points will be added to the Leaderboard. Don’t forget, participating in each of the […]
The top 50 The Leaderboard tracks our community’s financial and professional contributions to development. Each contribution is rewarded with points. Points entitle you to a slice of the pie from the sale of the work. The foundation for a payout to team members for the sale or production of Sentient is based on who is in […]
‘My God, it’s full of stars’ Who can forget Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film ‘2001’ and Commander Dave’s famous last transmission from space? ‘My God it’s full of stars.’ The design of the alien lifeform in Sentient pays homage to and adds to the mythology of the monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001. Run The last scene of the Australian […]
I’m just finishing up my first gig as a Script Editor on a feature film. It’s been a very interesting and enjoyable experience, and I wouldn’t mind doing it again. Does anyone here have snippets of Sentient script they want Script Edited? (I’d even consider non-Sentient projects, though for a fee.)
Structure and Beat sheet Formula deals with the structure of the Sentient pilot. No structure, no joy. Know structure, know joy. This post contains the Teaser plus five act structure guide along with the Australian Pilot’s beat sheet. It is the essential guide for writers of the series. Contents First Season format Script format Floating formula […]
Commission We tasked Scotland UK based composer, Jeff Bernstein to explore soundtrack concepts for the new Sci-fi TV series, Sentient. Brief The Australian pilot features a character called Sam. Sam is an idiot-savant teenage girl. She doesn’t speak but her sensory perception and empathic ability is through the roof. Sam arrives at the very end […]
Surviving alien colonisation The Stone Papers address the science of survival after the arrival of the Sentient. Dr. Craig Stone has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry with a thesis on experimental and theoretical Nuclear Physics. He is also an accomplished concert organist and a Sentient patron. Premise The arrival of a Sentient life form leads […]
And why are they here? The survivors of Day One will spend most of Season One NOT knowing what has happened. They will presume: Humanity has been subject to genocide The enemy now wears us like a suit We have been colonised Our new masters intend to complete the job of wiping us out OR worse […]