Predominantly, Jacob Saul is a Writer. Crafting unique stories, characters and worlds to make an audience feel. He is known for his sharp and intelligent dialogue, be that quick-witted jokes or tension filled lines where each sentence feels like a bullet. Working in a number of forms, his writing varies from traditional script format to prose and now (on an unannounced project) even Video Game Writing, utilising whichever form best serves the given story.
Script Consultancy is available, if you are looking for feedback or notes on one of your own projects.
Script Consultancy is available, if you are looking for feedback or notes on one of your own projects.
Notable Works
Original Pilot Script'SEQUENCE CANCELLED' started life as a short film and with the story being so expansive and rich, Jacob explored it further to see what a four-part miniseries would look like. The Pilot Scipt is available to Download for free here:
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Short Story Collection'Points of View' is a taster collection of Jacob Saul's prose writing, exploring numerous genres and themes it highlights the versatility in the stories he tells. Available to Download for free here:
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Short Film Scripts
This is a collection of Short Film Scripts for projects that are in multiple states of production, some in pre, others in post and a number of them are finished.
CAN YOU HEAR THE CHOIR?Folkloric Horror. In the vein of 1930s Universal Horror classics, this script explore existential questions in an interesting genre piece.
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Standstill (Pre-Production)Tense Thriller. With this script, Jacob challenged himself as a writer to try something new - to not plan any of the story. Just have a tense situation and see where the characters take it.
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Museum Keepers (Post-Production)Drama. Wanting to make the most with as little as possible, Jacob Saul wanted to challenge himself by having two people sat talking and to make that as interesting as possible.
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20% Off at Tommy's Pizzeria (Post-Production)Comedy. This is the first time Jacob tried his hand at comedy, playing with set-ups and payoffs this was a fun and interesting challenge.
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