🚀 The 2025 Pitch Blitz is Here! 🚀

2022 – We decided to publish screenplays as books. (Because Hollywood wasn’t calling, so we called ourselves.)

2023 – We dove headfirst into character design and AI. (Turns out, robots can be useful beyond world domination.)

2024 – We learned how to animate in Unreal Engine 5 with Survivors Don’t Die. (And yes, it was as complicated as it sounds.)

2025? – Oh, it’s gonna be wild. Introducing... The 2025 Pitch Blitz! 🎉

What the Heck is a Pitch Blitz?

Glad you asked. It's where we throw a brand-new idea at you every single week—through micro-content and mini projects—because why not?

These pitches will help us dive into new worlds, meet new characters, and experiment with storytelling styles.

We’ve been hoarding these ideas for years, and now that we've harnessed the skills necessary to get them out, we’re making them a reality.

No more "someday"—the time is now.

What’s in It for You?

In short—more content, more often.

You'll get a front-row seat to all our wild ideas and the chance to tell us what’s hot and what’s... not.

Our goal? To get each of these ideas into a Screenplay Book by year’s end—just like Survivors Don’t Die.

But here’s the deal: If a pitch doesn’t spark joy (or terror, or excitement—whatever floats your boat), we’ll try other ways to pitch it. But if those don't hit shelf them b**ches and move onto the next.  

No need to waste anyone’s time on something that doesn’t hit.

How Can You Help?

Easy—TALK TO US.

As we roll out new pitches, tell us what you loved, what made you cringe, and which ideas deserve to be fast-tracked.

Your feedback guides our creative chaos and helps us zero in on what really excites you.

More comments = better stories = a world where everyone wins.

So, buckle up, because 2025 is about to be non-stop storytelling madness.

Ready to help us make something epic?

Stay tuned!

Can't wait? Here's a sneak peek at whats to come! 

We just made a wild new film about our cats… but in an alternate reality where they are Kung & Fu, two mischievous little warriors. 🐱⚔️

This is just an interview video—a way for us to get to know these characters while also figuring out how the hell to make animals talk using AI video tools. 🤯 Spoiler: It was chaotic, hilarious, and we learned a lot about working with AI animals.

🐾 No real animals were harmed in the making of this movie—just our patience. 😂

Check it out, let us know what you think, and tell us if you’d watch a full Kung & Fu adventure! 👀🔥

It's Friday, y'all! This means its time for another pitch from the Blitz!

This piece is a scene test for a project we're code-naming Astral Annie, about a girl who comes into her psychic abilities as she moves to a new town with her military family.

While the initial project will have Annie in the 14-15 age range, this was a backstory scene I wrote years ago when this project was a middle-grade book. It’s cute, and lighthearted, and introduces one of Annie's best friends—10-year-old Otis, a ghost she met when she was 5.

This pitch allowed us to test what it would take to pull off a single scene in a single location. And let me tell you, it was harder than it sounds.

Fighting the AI for consistency was a chore.

But here are a few tips we learned along the way:

1. Script with animatics - Use AI images with a scratch track of audio first. Read your screenplay aloud and make sure it hits all the right beats. Our initial script fell really short and didn't build up too much of anything. Like amateurs, we jumped ahead to running AI animations, hoping it would “fix” the bad writing. Spoiler alert—it didn’t. lol
   
   
2. Talking Heads Only Needs 2 Angles - We got a little too fancy with our camera angles early on, which created a lot of issues with AI. Keeping character consistency was tough when cutting back and forth. Even though we had character LoRAs for both kids, the starting image angle with Minimax really affected how they looked in the final product. What worked? Sticking to one angle for each kid and then running them through Minimax for different emotional movements.
   
   
3. Live Portrait has a "Retargeter" - Use it - When pulling Minimax movement clips into Live Portrait, always close their mouths with the retargeter. This makes the final lip-sync process look way better.
   
   
4. Driver Video Tips - Jayson discovered that using a slightly lower angle for your driver video captured mouth movement more accurately. We tested with the head mount, but it was too wiggly and messed up the AI performance. A small tripod and flat lighting worked best. Also, try not to move your head too much while capturing—it causes weird artifacts along the edges.

Surprisingly, last week’s trailer was way easier than this scene. Character consistency across different locations has more leeway than cutting back and forth in the same scene.

So... maybe trailers are actually easier with AI than full dialogue scenes right now? More tests will make that clear, I think.

The tools are definitely improving, so who knows where this tech/workflow will lead. We're just excited and grateful to explore even more of it in the future.

Created, Written, & Performed by; Amber & Jwall
Audio: Elevenlabs Voice2Voice & SoundFx | FreeSounds
Music: Adobe Stock
Images: Flux ComfyUI Studio
Ai Animation: Minimax Hailuo
Face: LivePortrait w/ Pinokio
Upscale: WinxvideoAI

Thanks for being part of our creative journey—your feedback and support mean the world! Let us know what you think, and drop any questions about the project below.

🚀 Stay tuned for more pitch vids next week!

Hey Y'all!

You've been on this Table Read Podcast journey with us, and we're thrilled to announce that the final act of the pilot episode has officially dropped! 🎉

In this last act of Survivors Don't Die, we dive into the crew's new life inside The Sanctuary District. Meanwhile, the fallout from Tim's unfortunate demise in the previous act leaves a lasting mark, building up to a cliffhanger we cannot wait to pay off in the next episode.

Shit gets cray—you don’t even know.

But, Amber, when’s the next episode coming out?!

I hear you, pal. We want it too. But here’s the deal: we need to make sure enough people are hyped for it first.

Once the season is greenlit with 10k downloads or paperback purchases, we’ll kick off production on the next episodes as books, audiobooks, podcast table reads, and more.

So if you haven’t cast your vote yet, what are you waiting for? Grab your free download of the Survivors Don’t Die Pitch & Pilot Book and let us know you’re ready for more!

We’re also cooking up some featurettes in the coming weeks to dive deeper into the story and promote the ebook, so stay tuned for those.

Thanks for sticking with us on this wild ride—we couldn’t do it without you. 💜

Hey Greenlighters! 🌟

The latest act of Survivors Don’t Die has just dropped! 🧟‍♂️✨ We’re testing out a unique podcast format where we perform our screenplay using AI voice changers—and we’d love to know what you think about it!

This time, the crew steps into the eerie sanctuary and faces some major moral dilemmas. What’s up with Amala? Is it too good to be true? And where’s Tim? Dive into the action and tell us your thoughts!

You can also download the full screenplay for Survivors Don’t Die at survivorsdontdie.com to follow along. Every download helps Greenlight this story into a fully animated series!

Hit play, share your feedback, and let us know: Would you trust the sanctuary? 🤔

👂 We’re listening,
Amber & JWall

The Survivors Don't Die Act 3 Table Read is out! This table read is the most action-packed sequence of events. Our team sets out to help whoever is on the other end of Rosie596. But their path is swarming with hive bees! Tim finds himself racing to save them all. 

This Act is the one where most of our screen tests come from. It's exciting to see how the screenplay influences what we see on screen.

Thanks for helping greenlight this project into a fully animated series. Every step brings us closer to making this show a reality! 🌟

We just dropped Act 2 of Survivors Don't Die! This episode ramps up the stakes as the crew battles dwindling supplies, mounting tension, and a horde of zombies hot on their heels—all while trying to reconnect with the outside world. In a gripping finale, the team's desperate broadcast finally gets a response: someone named Rosie596... but can she be trusted?

We also shared exclusive insights into the creative process, emphasizing the delicate balance of hope, survival, and trust that drives the story forward.

Thanks for helping greenlight this project into a fully animated series. Every step brings us closer to making this show a reality! 🌟