Artist Access

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
Recipient
Samuel T. Weston AKA Samuel T. Weston
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2023
End Date
April 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Artist Access

Project Details

Alone in Their Towers ? A feature-length fantasy screenplay about two sorcerers' clash of wills.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Sam Zimmerman: visual artist, teacher; Liz Engelman: dramaturg, founder and director of Tofte Lake Center; Nik Allen: Author, Photographer, Arts Supporter; Khayman Goodsky: Filmmaker; Janie Heitz: Director of Arts Museum; Peggy Kelly: Community Arts organizer; Veronica Veaux: Indigenous Bead Worker

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Susanna Guant: Visual Arts, General Arts, Crafts; Joanne Kronstedt: Visual Arts; Gina Temple-Rhodes: Literature, General Arts, Arts Supporter; Charvis Harrel: Visual Arts, Literature, General Arts

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$1,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

First and foremost, I hope to come out of this with a first draft of a new script. More importantly, I want to be more confident when I write independent characters with opposing motivations. Finally, of course, I hope this script will open more doors to receive potential funding to produce this or any number of my other scripts. I have a handful of pitching opportunities each year at big industry events such as the American Film Market, which takes place each year in October. The more scripts I have on-hand ready to go, the greater my chances are for one of them to get funded. Completing a first draft is always cause for celebration, and that will be no different here. An important part of my process is sending my work to fellow screenwriters and filmmakers I trust to honestly tell me what needs to be improved, so I will consider this script a success if these readers come back excited about most or all of the characters, or if they can confidently share how they imagine these characters might exist outside of the story I have written down. I may also consider this a success if any of my readers come back with no notes at all.

Project Manager
First Name
Samuel
Last Name
Weston
Organization Name
Samuel T. Weston AKA Samuel T. Weston
State
MN
Phone
(218) 404-6129
Email
sam@battlemagefilms.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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Location

424 West Superior Street, Suite 104
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
218-722-0952
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