ALEXANDRIA and MIKE CASEY

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1. What is your screenplay about?

Salvaged – The danger of Karma.

The Shoe Tree – The lengths to which a teenager will go to fit in.

2. Why did you decide to write this screenplay?

Salvaged - We saw some videotape fluttering down the highway and asked, “What if…?”

The Shoe Tree – The “Shoe Tree” actually exists, way out in the Mojave Desert. The first time we saw those shoes dangling from the branches, we knew there was a screenplay begging to be written.

3. How long have you been writing screenplays?

Three years

4. What is you all-time favorite film? (name only one)

Alex – Casablanca

Mike – The Bridge on the River Kwai

5. What artist in the film industry would you love to work with?

Martin Scorsese

6. How many screenplays have you written?

Eight features, seven shorts, one reality TV show.

7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years?

Teaching screenwriting and watching one of our stories up on the big screen.

8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing?

We write as a team, generally working on 2-3 screenplays at a time. We first discuss each film, but then we alternate the writing. Whoever is in the groove with a particular screenplay writes what they can, while the other works on a different script. When we hit the wall, we swap scripts and start fresh.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Teaching.

10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest?

The very strong competition.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Persevere.

Alexandria and Mike Casey

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