Catalyst is a long-haul project I have been slowly but surely building on since 2018. I developed the idea after falling in love with the 2013 video game Life Is Strange which follows the story of Max, a girl who develops time-traveling abilities who uses them to solve the disappearance of her best friend's girlfriend. The original idea for it was heavily based on the game so I worked a lot on truly making it my own which after countless drafts and reworks I believe it finally is. It follows the story of Chester who, tormented by his survivor's guilt, fixates on solving the disappearance murder of his estranged childhood friend Emily.

As much as i would love to do this script as it has become somewhat for a passion project for me, it just seems to ambitious. The large cast, the multiple locations, the difference in times. It would just be too big of an undertaking even in a small six-page capacity.

Very loosely based on the 1970's novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. Shameful company tells the story of Wallace and Thom. Two best friends who couldn't be separated no matter what. They both come from backgrounds that although are very different economically and socially, have very similar situations: neglectful father, entrapped Mother, angry family, and most of all a need for escape. We follow Wallace and Thom as on the cusp of adulthood they reach new levels of independence from their family.

This project seems like a promising idea. Small cast, simple locations, easy coming-of-age conventions.

Battersea is an extremely personal project to me as I originally started it during the first lockdown and I was incredibly isolated so creating these characters with these intricate backstories made me feel, in a weird way, somewhat less lonely. Battersea (originally named 'People Like Us') tells the story of four kids who live in the fictional town of Battersea, Oregon in the US. Willem, a quiet teen who struggles with depression and self-harm; Sage, a young trans man who is fighting for acceptance from his parents and eventually settles for a newfound family in Willem and the others; Eli, a young ambitious woman who lost her mother when she was young, forcing her to grow up quickly and finally Morgan, a strong young athlete who while trying to balance college tryouts, keeping perfect grades and a stable mental health is also dealing with the unexpected divorce of her parents.

This project would be a dream to turn into a reality. I think it perfectly encapsulates coming of age and would be quite easy to make a six-page script for, just to get a general idea of the plot. But the large cast and circumstances of the what the actors may need to do is too tall an order for too small a project.