Reader Lauds Big House Designs at Austin Film Festival
Lost Mountain staff were pleased to receive complimentary feedback on the company’s female-forward dramedy, Big House Designs, at last month’s Austin Film Festival. The teleplay, written by Amy Martin and Khris Baxter, achieved “second-rounder” status at the festival, putting it in the top 20% of all scripts submitted to the competition.
According to the reader, “Big House Designs is a unique and funny pilot that somehow manages to combine Texas politics, prison, and fashion into a very entertaining package.”
Big House Designs is a half-hour comedy-drama about a troubled but shrewd beauty queen turned political wife who partners with an incarcerated fashion designer to create and launch the most celebrated and inclusive new brand in the fashion industry.
The series explores race, class, gender, and identity at the crossroads of haute couture and the American federal prison system.
The reader admires the originality of the concept, the pacing and rhythm of the story, the dialogue, and the strength of protagonist Ivy Copeland. “Ivy is particularly engaging, and comes across as distinct, independent, and unwilling to fit into the box that everyone has in mind for her. She’s quick-witted and a lot of fun.”
Another Lost Mountain pilot, In Deep, received a request after it was pitched on site in Austin by co-writer Kristin Battista-Frazee.
Both pilots and/or pitch decks are available from Lost Mountain upon request.