Monster Town: The Original Pilot Screenplay Based on the Best Selling Novels of Nicholas Blackby Nicholas Black & Brando Eaton BONUS: We want to see how YOU and your FRIENDS can ACT OUT A SCENE or an ACT. Step 1 - Read the Script Step 2 - Act out a Scene or Act with you and your friends as the characters Step 3 - Post it to YouTube and send us a link! * * When you email us the link, we will send you the entire See Jack Die Series for FREE! Email: nicholasblack60@gmail.com What you are about to read is the actual Television Pilot Script for Monster Town. Reading a script is a much more engaging experience and we think you'll enjoy seeing the transition between novel and screenplay as it unfolds. It's Important that we cover the bases as far as reading a Screenplay. Reading a screenplay is not simply a "read", it is a re-read, or a creative act, it's engagement actively with the emotional life of these characters. When you are reading a screenplay you have to try and experience the characters in their world. Sometimes the world itself is a character. Reading a screenplay is a visual experience, more so than a novel. To read a screenplay or script effectively you have to both see and hear the characters and keep your mind open and sensitive not just what they are doing and saying, but what is implied and suggested by their actions. When you read from inside the story, rather than simply as an objective spectator, you can interact with the characters at nearly the same emotional level at which they are functioning. You are truly reading a script effectively when you are able to emotionally respond to the truth of the elements that comprise the main story. When you are trying to understand the truth of a screenplay you need to separate your own personal truths, or those that we believe society (or the imagined society) of the writer. You only need to concern yourself with the truth of the script, immersing yourself in the details and beauty of the script without letting the outside world influence and color your thoughts. Reading a screenplay is not only an art but it can be incredibly entertaining. You must be able to both here and see what is actually occurring intellectually, emotionally, and physically within the world created by the story and writers. You can't allow yourself to assume more or less than what is written about the characters and what they are doing. You have to get rid of any personal tendencies to judge the characters based on anything other than what is actually happening in the action and dialogue that you read. Don't think, don't hope, don't assume... Leave your expectations and prejudices on the title page. Reading a screenplay is a lot like meditation in that it will naturally occur in front of you, surrounding you, and immersing you in a new world. Screenplays and scripts are incredibly interactive in the experience leaves you inside the most intricate details of our dynamic and thought-provoking new world. I have included some basic reading tips for understanding the structure of a script. Generally speaking, a single page represents one minute of screen time. You'll find them a few pages down, just before the beginning of the script. Please let me know your thoughts, and for anyone who leaves a review I'll send you the PDF of SEE JACK DIE as a token of my Appreciation:). Simply email me proof of your review and I'll send you the book nicholasblack60@gmail.com