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University of California, Los Angeles

doubleblind is a 42-minute television pilot created by students in UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. The pilot — a $50,000, first-of-its-kind project created for the Advanced Dramatic Television Workshop — made its debut at UCLA's 22nd Annual Film Festival in June, screened before a packed house at the James Bridges Theater. Graduate screenwriting students A.J. Marchisello and Teresa Sullivan wrote the story, described as "a sci-fi thriller about six graduate students who sign up for a social experiment, only to discover that they have been genetically altered in vitro. They band together to expose and destroy the mastermind behind the ongoing illegal experiments before it's too late." It was a massive team effort, involving nearly 60 graduate and undergraduate students as directors, producers, DPs (directors of photography), costume designers, actors, crew members and music composers. Video provided by Advanced Dramatic Television Workshop.