@talexander.trost M.A.

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Resume / CV
Project samples
Skills
Publications
Trainings & Lectures
Miscellaneous
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eMail
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Fiction / Comedy Screenplays / TV Concepts
Scientific Research
Programming Font Design
Awards

Due to copyright-restrictions only freelance work is listed.


Training Material

"Discover New York City!", Stuttgart, 2008
"Shakespeare - An Introduction", Stuttgart, 2008
"Discover New York City!", Stuttgart, 2008
"Grandma's First Chat", Berlin, 2007
"Battersea Cats and Dogs", Berlin 2007
"Presentation Time", Stuttgart, 2008
"WebQuest: New Zealand", Berlin, 2007
"WebQuest: Jamaica", Berlin 2007
"Writing for the Movies - A writer's workshop ", Tübingen, 2007/2008
"Stand-Up Comedy . A Workshop ", Tübingen, 2006
"Yo! - Rappen. A Workshop ", Tübingen, 2006
"Language Survival Guide: German-English", Yellow Springs 1998
"Schulungsunterlagen Latein", Tübingen 1996
"VHS-Teilnehmerunterlagen: Word fuer Windows", Mengen 1994
"VHS-Teilnehmerunterlagen: MS-Excel", Mengen 1994
"VHS-Teilnehmerunterlagen: Computereinfuehrung", Mengen 1994
"VHS-Teilnehmerunterlagen: dBASE IV", Mengen 1994
"Schulungsmaterial für Rechnungswesen nach dem IKR" (together with Rudolf Braun) Biberach 1993
"Schulungsmaterial für die Ausbildung zum Datenverarbeitungskaufmann", Biberach 1993
"Teilnehmerunterlagen: Novell Netware", Mengen 1993
"VHS-Teilnehmerunterlagen: dBASE III+", Mengen 1993
"VHS-Teilnehmerunterlagen: MS-Windows", Mengen 1993



Screenplays / TV-Concepts / Sitcoms / Soap Operas

Sitcom-Development "Frei Schnauze" for the ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), Mainz 2003
Sitcom-Development "Die Beobachter " for the ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), Mainz 2003
Creator of the Series Bible of “Bravo TV” (Romantic Youth Soap-Opera) for the ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), Mainz 2003



Scientific Research

"The Cold War goes Hollywood", Tübingen 2002
"The Postmodernist' World Picture, Fragments and Meta-Fiction", Tübingen 2002
"American Transcendentalism", Tübingen 2002
"Exemplary Tales in der amerikanischen Literatur", Tübingen 2002
"Thornton Wilder's Concept of the World '", Tübingen 2002
"Nachkriegsdrama: von Zuckmayer, Hochhuth bis Kroetz", Tübingen 2001
"Die Deutsche Romantik: ein neues Welt-Konzept", Tübingen 2001
"Das Theater als Welt-Modell: Friedrich Dürrenmatt'", Tübingen 2001
"English Romanticism: William Wordsworth's Prelude", Tübingen 2001
"Harold Pinter: The Comedy of Menace", Tübingen 2001
"The Shakespearean World-Picture in: 'Hamlet', 'Richard III.' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'", Tübingen 2001
"The James Bond Movies and the Cold War'", Tübingen 2000
"James Bond Stereotypes during the Cold War'", Tübingen 2000
"American Literary Realism", Tübingen 2000
"Exemplary Tales: Ralph Waldo Emerson", Tübingen 2000
"The Jazz Age: Rudolph Fisher", Tübingen 2000
"Filmanalyse am Beispiel von Fassbinders: 'Veronika Voss'", Tübingen 1999
"Humor in Under Milk Wood", Tübingen 1999
"The Basic Functions of a Radio Play", Tübingen 1999
"Der Status von Fortsetzungen in der Kinderliteratur: Erich Kästners 'Emil und die drei Zwillinge' (1934)", Tübingen 1998
"Ibsens Nora: Das Rollenverhalten Torvald Helmers", Tübingen 1998
"Hanif Kureishi´s 'My Son the Fanatic': From a short story to a movie", Tübingen 1998
"Metaphernforschung basierend auf Lakoff und Johnson", Tübingen 1997
"Werkästhetische Interpretation von Johann Wolfgang von Goethes 'Auf dem See' (1775)", Tübingen 1997
"Historical Linguistics: Lexical and Semantic Change and the Spread of Change", Tübingen 1997
"Hamlet and the Elizabethan Worldpicture", Tübingen 1997
"The Lucy Poems by William Wordsworth", Tübingen 1996
"The Northern Ireland Conflict", Riedlingen 1995
"Mass Movements", Tübingen 1995

Journalism

Interviews for the "Antioch Record", Yellow Springs 1998
"When I see a blank page - I want to fill it" - An interview project with over 40 writers, Yellow Springs 1998
"European Dance Music of the 90s" for WYSO 91.3 FM Public Radio, Yellow Springs 1998
several publications in the newspaper "Schwäbische Zeitung", Saulgau 1992-1993


Fiction / Comedy

Stand-UP Comedy Writer for Comedian Stephan Denzer, Mainz 2002/2003
"Blutmönche", in "Fleisch und Blut / Alternativwelten", Dresden/Stuttgart 2001
weekly eMail-Humour-Newsletter "GagTime.de" with way over 650 members since 2000
"U14", in "Begegnungen", Dresden/Stuttgart 1997
"Schwarz - Weiss - Grau", in "Wir sind ein Volk! - Sind wir ein Volk?" Dresden/Stuttgart 1994
"September 1995", in "Jugend macht den Wählern Beine", Bonn 1994


Theatre Performances 1995 Anglo-Irish Theater Group, Tübingen: The Poetry of Seamus Heany: Station Island

1995 Anglo-Irish Theater Group, Tübingen: The Historical Register for the Year 1736

1996 The Provisional Players, Tübingen: Weldon Rising

1998 performance of my theatre play "Cookies - The Diner that Cares" at Antioch, Yellow Springs

1999 several performances with the Steady-On Theatre Group, NYC.


Awards

first at the writing contest
"Alternativwelten" (Alternative Worlds)

(published in book form)

commendation and 'entry key' to the
"Gag-Academy"
at the Adolf-Grimme Instituts through:

"Singles", "Die Chaos-WG"

seventh in the dramatist's writing contest
"Take Away"
by the 'Burgtheater' Vienna

several awards for
"Astor's Best Webpage"

(ordered by a third party and unfortunately no longer on-line)

second price at the writing contest
"Begegnungen" (Encounters)

(published in book form)

first price at the writing contest
"Jugend macht den Wählern Beine"

(published in magazine form)

first price at the writing contest
"Wir sind ein Volk! - Sind wir ein Volk?"
(We are one nation! - Are we one nation?)

(published in book form)





 Font Design for Crusader Software, Wuppertal
Thai, Athena Silicon, Texas, Fill, Split, Line, Overline,
Mail, Funny, FAT, Italic, Line, Overline, Disk.-Labels, Great, Border



Programming

Page calculator for book editions
(www.lehrerfreund.de)

 Projekt Dublin (Webpage) - Project management for the State Seminar Esslingen

written during my time at and sold by MECON Computer Systems GmbH, Mengen

Room service management for the Tourist Information, Bad Buchau

Stock management software for Interplast, Mengen

"at-Servant" address, contact and time management program

"Vocabulary Servant" - vocabulary program

"Journey Servant" - management for travel services

"Baker's Servant" - management for bakery's

"Scrap Dealer's Servant" - management for scrap dealers

"Boot Servant" - variable boot options

"Book Servant" - book management

"Music Servant" - music management

"Video Servant" - video management