Catering2Us
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When Jasmine walks out the front door late in the Pilot Episode, an intense new presence enters the story — overshadowing the entire family dynamic and deepening the sisters’ vulnerability....
INTRODUCTION OF A KEY CHARACTER:
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THE SETTING
RICHMOND, CA (1972): At the end of a dead-end street sit three weathered, attached townhouses. The sisters live in the middle house --- next to one with a FOR RENT sign. Across the street looms a spooky old white house. Beyond the houses, a vast, barren field stretches out, leading to a trashed, abandoned housing development — rows of half-built wooden skeletons. An forbidding, forgotten place....
The mother is barely gone before a new concern takes her place. In an instant, the larger world closes in — and the sisters' isolated existence is seen as even more fragile. The FOR RENT sign stands there, ominous. Someone is coming.....
HOW WRITING A SERIES DIFFERS
FROM WRITING A SHORT OR FEATURE
There are far more series being produced than feature films — with more money and broader distribution. So every ambitious self-taught filmmaker wants to shoot a web series as a calling card.
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But a series isn’t just a stretched-out story. It’s the creation of a living world — characters with deep backstories, multiple narrative threads unfolding at once, constant turns, escalating tension, and episode endings that deepen the mystery rather than resolve it. How do you start creating that world ?
Originally a feature script refined through competition submissions and reader feedback, NEXT DOOR has evolved into a limited series.
SERIES PILOT: BORN IN A BOX
Episode #2: FAMILY ROUTINE
Episode #3: ENTER THE STRANGER
Episode #4: BEING SCHOOLED
Episode #5: REAR WINDOW
Episode #6: THE WORLD AS YOU WANT IT
SERIES SYNOPSIS
SERIES INSPIRATION
MARKETING POTENTIAL & SOCIAL MESSAGES
FIVE WAYS TO HELP US DEVELOP OUR CAMPAIGN
1) Looking for people who have skills and looking for a worthy exciting project to invest in
2) Looking for referrals to producers who might be interested in a series like ours
3) Help running a good funder under Fractured Atlas
4) Animator to help with a 3-5 minute promotional short
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Season #1, 7 episodes, 30+ minutes each
$1 Million (the low-budget)