Pressure Track: Genre Films w/ Ryan McDonough

Online Classes
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$449.00
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Formats Interested In
TV
Features
Particularly Interested In

High-concept horror, thriller and action movies.

Feature Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Horror
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
One-Hour Pilots
TV Movies
TV Homes
Network
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Horror
Sub-Genres
Anthology
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Crime/True Crime
Dark Comedy
Documentary Adaptation
Episodic TV
Female-Driven
Ghosts
Graphic Novel Adaptation
High-Concept
Irreverent
Mystery
Political
Psychological
Revenge
Road Trip
Serialized TV
Space
Supernatural
Suspense
True Story
Workplace
Young Adult (YA)

Week One - Outlines and Concepts

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Summary

Your Instructor will give you verbal feedback on your outline/concept. 

Week Two - Outline Check and Prepping for Pages

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Your Instructor will give you feedback on your revised outline and make sure that your project is structurally sound. They will give you advice as you go to script. 

Week Three - Page Review

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Your Instructor will give you feedback on your pages. 

Week Four - Page Review

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Your Instructor will give you a final round of feedback on your pages and advice for the rest of your draft!

More about Ryan McDonough

Ryan is a Creative Executive at Project X Entertainment (SCREAM franchise, THE NIGHT AGENT, READY OR NOT). He previously worked with showrunner Chris Fedak through his overall deal at Warner Brothers. Prior to becoming an executive, Ryan worked in various writers room support staff roles on shows like PRODIGAL SON and LETHAL WEAPON as well as the Michael Bay movie AMBULANCE. He began his career working at Paradigm Talent Agency.

Testimonials

Meeting with Ryan was a tremendous asset. Especially as a writer who works largely in genre mashups that some execs discourage, Ryan's understanding about the place for these types of stories within the industry was so helpful. With knowledge and a strong creative voice of his own, Ryan was able to give notes that I have been able to take and use to bring my voice and characters out further in this script.Plus, it was simply a pleasure to talk to him. Great exec who I would recommend to not only any genre writer, but to any writer who is looking for somebody to get to the core of their story and find the ways to not only fix what isn't working, but amplify the things that are.

~ Anonymous, Screenwriter

How it Works

Immediately after registering, you will receive an Order Confirmation email that serves as the receipt for your registration. In the Order Summary section of this email you will find a link reading "CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" that will take you to your syllabus, instructions for submitting material (if any), and the link to join the Live Class. Sessions are conducted via video conferencing software ZOOM. You will receive a link to the recording of the session via email following the live session.

Please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.

The Roadmap Promise

Roadmap Writers prides itself on the quality of executives we bring to our programs and we work hard to get you the best feedback possible.

Our vetted executives are chosen by the legitimacy of the companies they work for and their ability to evaluate pitches and pages.

Only the executives you sign up for will be provided with your materials.