Screenwriter/editor for interactive drama

Stage32; Victoria; Hybrid; Part time

Job summary

Stage32 is seeking a skilled screenwriter/editor to tighten a narrative-focused historical interactive drama pitch. The project centers on a true story about a 19th-century French girl who escapes an abusive caretaker, exploring memory and resilience.

This remote contract involves refining dialogue, pacing, and scene structure for pre-production and mocap planning, with collaboration across the creative team to bring the story to life.

Qualifications

• Experience in screenwriting or editing for interactive drama preferred.
• Ability to tighten narrative pacing and dialogue for a short-form pitch.
• Remote contract work with collaboration across creative teams.

Responsibilities

• Edit and tighten the script for pre-production materials.
• Collaborate with the director and writers to refine scenes and dialogue.
• Maintain narrative coherence and pacing for a ~7 minute pitch.

Skills

Screenwriting

Editing

Script tightening

Tools

Motion capture

Job description

Screenwriter/editor for interactive drama - a job post by Joël Leclerc

We're developing a ~7 minute pitch for a narrative-focused historical interactive drama (eg. "Life is Strange", "Until Dawn", etc.).

The game is based on a true story: An autistic girl born in 19th century France had to escape from an abusive caretaker who prevented her from seeing her family.

The pitch specifically focuses on her at 12 years: Still having the maturity of someone much younger, she wakes up in an empty attic and spends time with her doll - her only friend, only to have it destroyed by the caretaker at the end.

The scene has been hand-painted in a 19th century romantic art style, and will be shot using a custom motion capture animation system.

Status: Pre-production material is completed, and an initial draft of the script has been written. The job would be to help edit and tighten the script.

Pay: 200CAD flat rate. Remote, contract.

This idea is very interesting for a screenwriter.