Screenwriter / Tv Writer / Writer [Emerging, Contract]

137 Ewes Productions is a wildly new animation studio that primarily features animals as our main characters. We cannot say much about our content right now due to non-disclosure policies, but we are confident and incredibly excited to find out more about our characters and world through working with you.

We are currently hiring for the following role:

Screenwriter / TV Writer / Writer [Emerging, Contract]

Contract Duration

September 18th - December 15th, 2023

Contract type: Part-Time / Freelance

Application Deadline

Monday, July 31st, 2023 11:59pm pst.

Application Link

LInkedIn EasyApply - if you use this method: Your writing samples must be one PDF with your resume uploaded together. Applicants that did not submit the right materials requested will not be considered.

OR apply through:

https://www.137ewes.com/writers.html

Pay Rate:

$15.80 / Hour

Emerging Writers Only [See qualifications below]

Emerging Writers Definition:

• You have not been in the screenwriting field for more than 3 years.
• You have graduated from a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Script Writing, Dramatic Writing, or an English Creative Writing major with a focus in say Wit and Humor.
• You have had some experience writing for others’ episodic shows, shorts, features, indie films, documentaries, side projects that are NOT your own.
• You do not belong to any writer’s guild.
• You cannot be in a school or learning setting.
• You have practiced your craft from 6 months to 3 years after graduation.

Responsibilities

• Will be working in a collaborative software like StudioBinder or solo software like FinalDraft
• Will be efficient and effective in working with other writers, as well as on one’s own.
• Will attend writer’s dailies [brainstorm and feedback meetings] when requested
• Will be receiving feedback per every 3-4 hours of writing, and applying feedback from show director and/or team members
• Will be assigned either character sketches [shorts] and/or episodic content [22-29 minutes].

Application Materials:

In order for your application to be considered, you must provide:

• Sample can be cut out from a longer piece as long as the sample itself makes sense to the reader in its own right
• Required: A current resume, highlighting writing and educational experience
• The two samples ideally show different voice or genre to have the reader understand your writing skills and diversity
• Required: Minimum of two writing samples that are in screenwriting script format. Each sample should be more than 7 pages long and include both action and dialogue to show your unique writing style.
• Familiarity with animation timing and storyboarding a plus, but not required
• Drama, Comedy, Action and their various intertwined genres are all welcome.
• Familiarity with animal behavior, domesticated livestock behavior, different human cultures throughout time: a huge plus, not required.

Qualifications

• Acute sense of staging in terms of characters’ placement, logistics to move from one location to the next
• Acute understanding of dialogue specificity, timing, delivery
• Strong grasp of language in order to flesh out any kind of action
• Can work in outline mode before script writing
• Can work in visual brainstorming / post-it mode before script writing
• Acute sense of wit / humor / comedy in cinematography and dialogue
• Anyone who fits the “Emerging Writer Definition” that are located anywhere in the world who can write in English. We particularly welcome mindset diversity.
• Good grasp of various emotions and their range/spectrum of expressions
• Strong sense of character differentiation when writing dialogue for a large number of characters.
• Willingness to research, research, research: animal behaviors, human cultures and histories, news articles, museum collections, and so on.