Open Mic by Jonathan Sieff | Script Revolution

Open Mic

A jazz trumpeter working as a bar-back is excited to perform for a renowned club owner but is caught up in a murder case where the killer and victim are both a mystery.

Type:

  • Feature

Status:

  • For sale
Page Count: 
81pp

Genre:

  • Crime, Thriller

Budget:

  • Shoestring

Age Rating:

  • 17+
Submitted: April 20, 2020
Last Updated: July 20, 2020

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The Writer: Jonathan Sieff
Jonathan is a writer, reader and consultant with Screen Talent and also provides book and script coverage independently. He graduated from the University of Bedfordshire in 2016 with a 2:1 in Media Production: Scriptwriting. Whilst at university, he continued to develop an already keen interest in screenwriting and film theory, picking up a fondness for Spaghetti Westerns and Film Noir, and had his script, Tattoo produced by a production company in Newcastle. Jonathan is an avid reader, with a preference for non-fiction, however, he is also a huge comic book and pulp fiction fan. If you read a script and are interested in making it, feel free to get in touch. Scripts produced: Tattoo (... Go to bio

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