Parents! Are you living with an aspiring young filmmaker?

Do you have a family member who’s making movies with cel phones, editing (or even animating) them, and posting the results on YouTube?

We hear occasionally from parents who are excited about 26 Short Screenplays for Independent Filmmakers.

Here’s what they tell us they like:

Their kids like the book.

PG-13 rated situations. No 4-letter words. The language is clean.

Witty, interesting characters and stories. Let’s face it. The average adolescent life experience is pretty limited, resulting in limited material from which to draw. These stories go beyond adolescent love and rock concerts.

Everyday settings and props. Does not require professional production resources.

Low budget. Intended to be made with whatever equipment you have. One of the monologues can be made with a smartphone or a webcam. While good editing helps anything look better (and lighting, and so on), who starts out with all the fancy stuff?  Start with what you have. Upgrade later. That’s the philosophy of these stories.

Educational. Brief overview accompanies each screenplay with more detail about the film genre and/or plot device that’s featured in the script. Teachers are using the book in their classes.

More than just scripts. With introductory material, ideas for adapting each script, storyboards, royalty free Creative Commons licensing… These scripts are designed to be made. Quickly. Economically.

Get the book on Amazon.com: 26 Short Screenplays for Independent Filmmakers.

Preview images of a screenplay with storyboard included: