By Jessica Nile Brunelle Logline: “An emotionally damaged self-help book author, forced to return to her hometown, must face her past sexual abuse after confronting the woman who could have saved her, her mother.” CURREN SCRIPT: Feature length, female-driven low budget drama set in Worcester, Massachusetts COMPARABLES: Manchester by the…

Women writers in the 19th and 20th Centuries were far ahead of their time. These women paved the road for future generations. Throughout the late 19th Century, women were placed into four models of Victorian Womanhood: Woman as Victim, Dependent, Demon, and Angel. Woman as Angel and Demon continues to…

Before diving in, I’d like to explain my word choice. Instead of “Mental Illness,” I will refer to it as “Mental Health Challenges.” I don’t like to use terms like “illness,” “issues”, or “problems.” The reason being is, unlike physical ailments, mental health plays a HUGE factor in our personalities…

‘If you think you’re enlightened, spend a week with your family. ‘ Ram Dass My family puts the D in dysfunctional; however, on the surface everything appears normal. The thing that makes my family truly dysfunctional is we all pretend NOT to feel the elephants or see the skeletons. We all know they’re here, and the silence is deafening. In my opinion, displayed dysfunction…

Dysfunction is the New Normal My family puts the D in dysfunctional; however, on the surface everything appears normal. The thing that makes my family truly dysfunctional is we all pretend NOT to feel the elephants or see the skeletons. We all know they’re here, and the silence is deafening. In my opinion, displayed dysfunction…

Literary Essay — William Shakespeare’s Hamlet In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, he creates a play centralized around a prince. Presumably the reader or audience tends to assume that all princes are spoiled, carefree, and naive. However, Shakespeare alters this image in order to create his tragedy. Prince Hamlet recently lost…

Literary Essay —August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson Throughout August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, he explores the economic, personal, and emotional oppressions that burden a new generation of a once enslaved African-American family. Wilson teaches how important it is to accept, conquer, and embrace the past sufferings of their ancestors. The…

First 30 Minutes of Film: 2 STORY TURNS 1–13 minutes: The first fourteen minutes establishes an overall understanding of who Lee is: uncle, brother, fishes, kind, has a healthy happy bond with family, but now depressed, alone and self-destructive — picking fights in bars makes the audience curious why has…

Everyone has one of those years that we wish never happened. But once enough time has passed and the wounds have been healed, we can finally see the blessings, and that is where this story begins. I have had one of those years many times, but the one that changed…