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Studio 22 wants to connect screenwriters with directors! The English department, theater department, creative writing for the media, film MFAs, etc. all work so hard on their writings and then put them in some folder on their computer to be forgotten about until a big Hollywood producer comes along asking for portfolios, while film students interested in directing struggle to find solid work to make into a film.

Studio 22 has set up a system on our website (Scripts) where writers can submit their scripts and directors can browse the synopses, network with writers that would otherwise be uninvolved with the student film world, and create some astonishing pieces.

Here’s how it works: Anyone with a script, short story, or play can upload their piece with a synopsis. Within 24 hours the synopsis will be posted on our Scripts page where directors can view them. If a director is interested, he/she will be able to contact the writer via email and request the rest of the script. (To avoid any sort of plagiarism/copyright issues, only the synopses will be posted on our website and only the writer has the authority to hand-off the entire script to an interested director.)

However, first thing’s first, we need content, so upload your scripts!!!

-Studio 22 Exec

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Check out Studio 22’s upcoming events!

We’re having a Script Workshop (January 27th at 9pm in Louis) for the New Student Grants (Pitches: March 2nd). Come meet our script co-chairs and get advice on script structure and content. This is a great opportunity for new students who haven’t had the chance to be in RTVF 260!

Our Spring Pitches for one $1000 grant and two $3000 grants have been moved back one week from their usual 5th week date to the 6th week (February 8th and 9th). Pitch packets will be due on February 4th at 11:59pm and should be emailed to studio22.exec@gmail.com.

If you have any questions about Spring or New Student Grant pitches or any other Studio 22 related issues, come visit the Co-Presidents during our office hours on Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 2pm in Louis 128.

For the most up-to-date information on all of our events, check our Calendar page.

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Interested in Post-Production?

Do you want to learn more about being an Editor, Colorist, Visual FX Artist, or Audio Engineer?

Come learn from the best! Dave Sampson of Optimus in Chicago will be in Louis 119 to give a presentation and answer questions for students interested in working in the post-production industry.

Monday, November 30th
7:00pm in Louis 119

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We’ve had a great fall quarter thus far, here at Studio 22. Our fall grants have wrapped up their weekends of production and have begun their post-production phases. We would like to congratulate Running Fox, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft, and Digital Decay, and the tremendous amounts of work their crews put in this fall. We are very excited to see the films continue to develop in the coming months.

In addition, our executive board made it through another competitive round of pitches to select our winter projects. Congratulations to the production teams of our Bindley Grant, Moment Capacity, and our $1000 Mini Grant, Yellow Room, on their strong pitches and projects. The films have already held their crew head petitions and will be holding general crew petitions next week. Make sure to come out to work on our winter quarter films! We are very excited to work with these projects as they begin pre-production.

We have some exciting events coming up sponsored by Studio 22 this quarter. In addition to our winter grant crew petitions, we will be hosting an industry event on the Monday of Reading Week, November 30, at 7PM. Dave Sampson, the head of technical operations, from the Chicago post-production company Optimus, will be joining us in an open event to discuss industry work and opportunities in the post-production industry as well as discussing and showing some work done by Optimus. Come out and take a break from your extensive studying.

In addition to physical events, new content is added regularly to our brand new website at www.studio22nu.com. The website is designed to be a central hub for all things Studio 22. You can come see casting and crew information for each of our projects at their own film pages, as well as a Producers page that includes valuable information on producing films at Northwestern.

One of the most exciting portions of our website is a newly improved Scriptwriters Database. With this handy tool, writers can submit a script and directors can browse the variety of scripts posted. As this develops, we hope to connect directors with strong scripts to create even stronger projects. If you have a script you would like to see produced, go to our website and submit a digital copy and get connected with

Thanks for reading, and look forward to another exciting month of Studio 22!

Your Co-Presidents,
Andy Van Beek and
Chris Simonson