I am in the preliminary stages of planning and have a 20-year film veteran who has expressed interest in working with me on producing a film (provided I pay her, of course) and who will play a key role in gathering a quality team.   My own background is an MBA with marketing experience along with film classes, and work with a video company where I worked in project management, camera operating, and editing.  I also have experience stage acting, and have appeared in ads that have aired on the radio and the Internet. 

 

This will be a high quality film and as its backbone, it needs an excellent and well-written story that can be adapted to film. 

I am searching for for a well-crafted story that can be adpated to create a film, or an existing or started screenplay/script.  The story needs to meet certain criteria:

 

1. Be contemporary with the ability to film in Utah or nearby states, although the stated location in the story could be anywhere.

2. Be Christ-centered and teach at least one basic principle of the gospel, although religion never has to be directly mentioned.

3. Be a well-told and compelling story where music or special effects would simply be frosting on the top of a scrumptious, can’t-put-it-down cake.

4. Be a story pre-teens through adults can enjoy.

5. Be a story that would be really fun to film.

 

The following aren’t necessary, but are would-like-to-haves:

1. Have some element of adventure.

2. Some romance, although the story definitely doens’t need to be a romance.

3. Singing

 

Do you have a story that meets these criteria?  Do you have additional criteria you think I should add to this list?  Do you know of someone who might know of someone with such a story, or have you read a book lately that meets these criteria?

Please let me know at brandanhadlock at yahoo dot com.