The following report documents the inspiration, themes, preparation, and challenges faced in writing the feature length screenplay Horse Latitudes. This is the story of a young woman who works as a spam writer for an advertising agency. In hopes of moving up in the company, Cairo begins working undercover for her boss, writing erotica blog entries for his personal website. She begins using the people closest to her for material, thus betraying her own morals. As she descends deeper into debt to her boss, she becomes physically ill until she can no longer survive in the world she has created. This is a story based on the author’s own experiences of working for a spam company and being committed to a hospital. This report also includes supplemental planning documents used in the final draft. / text

The musical short pilot presentation, HOW TO DEAL WITH FAMe, follows Lannie Daniels, a young masculine-presenting actress who has been given the role of a lifetime as a character who looks quite the opposite of her. When her mother comes to town for the show and their values begin to clash, she is reminded of how she falls short of the traditional expectations of womanhood. It is the creative culmination of a deep dive into gender performance, the restrictiveness of self-expression and how that impacts desirability and assumed preferences, specifically through the lens of Black women. As a series, the word "performance" expands to explore how we as people perform, for each other, for ourselves, because of ego, because of doubt. I reflect myself, my loved ones and the people I’ve known along the way. It is an ode to the homies and things that I love, but grander and far more dramatic. Thank you to my wonderful cast and exceptional crew for making this huge vision possible. And lastly, this short is in protest of the disappearance of tv theme songs, so I hope everyone of them gets stuck in your head.

This thesis project is a TV pilot and the second episode of the show. There is also a critical essay that serves as an explanation of the creative work. There are multiple problems addressed in the text, such as growing up, living in the modern world, countries not working properly for their citizens and other important issues of our modern life, with a thorough explanation of some of them in the critical essay. The screenplays are formatted according to the current industry standards. The result of this thesis is two first episodes of a potential TV show.