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Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts

Sunday 11 April 2021

Screw The World

 Screw The World



LOGINE:

Mark and Lizzy have been prevented from going on their first date by COVID19. They hatch a plan to overcome the government's restrictions.

CAST:

Two

LENGTH:

Five Pages

Sunday 4 August 2019

Virus



Logline:

Advice given to prevent the virus from spreading is actually doing more harm than good.

Cast:

13

Length:

Five pages.

Friday 7 June 2019

My Endz



Logline:

Ashley gets stop on his way to see his date by two youths who demand to know where he's from.

Cast:

4

Length:

Seven pages

Monday 21 January 2019

Seeing Trouble


Logline:

Sara mistakenly kisses Edward who she thought was Ken who she had dated only just recently.

Cast:

Four

Length:

Four pages

Locations:

One

Thursday 22 November 2018

Living The Dream

Living The Dream


Logline:

Brad lives the dream.  He's a director who makes money and visits exotic places.  But whilst he films himself telling you how to make it big.  He loses his creativity resulting in the unfortunate accident that one of his actors encounters.

Cast:

Plus Ten / Three Speaking roles.

This script is designed for a corporate director who also acts and wishes to make a mockumentary using the available sets made available to them in their day jobs.

Length:

Five Pages

Wednesday 14 November 2018

Work - Life - Balance


Logline:


Ralph returns home to find his children are gone and his wife Carol has packed her bags.  She's ready to leave her husband for a better life.  But Ralph doesn't accept their relationship has ended and is prepared to fight for their marriage.

Cast:


Two (Male & Female)

Length:


Five Pages

Sunday 28 October 2018

Freed By Suicide

Logline:

Steven's world shrinks around him leaving him with very little reason to go on.

Cast:

Ten (One adult, nine children, three speaking roles)

Length:

Seven Pages

Wednesday 10 October 2018

Lucked Out

Logline:

Freddie believes an unlucky period in his life is now over.  Only to be reminded by his friend his bad luck hasn't left him.

Cast:

13

Length:

Eight pages

Saturday 8 September 2018

Angst Roulette

Logline:

The pressure of bills, being jobless, and a nagging wife bears down heavily upon Tristan who in the end has nothing to live for.

Cast:

Three

Length:

Six Pages

Friday 24 August 2018

Sunday 5 August 2018

Aphasia

Logline:


Rob suddenly finds it hard to speak.  He believes he's understood.  But the words he thinks he's saying, aren't what people hear.

Length: 


5 pages

Cast: 


Five

XY

Logline:


Tom wants to ask Mike a question regarding a double date they went on; the previous year.  Believing Mike had played a prank on him.  He seeks revenge before hearing what Tom has to say.

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Wrote this story with three different endings.  Pages 5 & 6 are different.

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Length -


Version 1 - Six pages

Version 2 - Five pages

Version 3 - Five pages

Cast - 


Version 1 - 3

Version 2 - 3

Version 3 - 3

Tuesday 17 July 2018

Inappropriate

Logline:

When the Pilot makes his announcements, he makes Michael, a nervous flier, freak out.

Length ~ 3 pages

Cast ~ 5 (four speaking roles)

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I'm thinking I could write a series of these inappropriate moments.

Saturday 9 June 2018

Guilt and Revenge

Logline:

George needs to get something off his chest.  But doesn't foresee the consequences.

Length ~ 4 pages

Cast ~ 3

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Another rewrite.

This script was originally created in 2008.

Saturday 2 June 2018

The Abortion Clinic

Logline:

A young lady goes to an abortion clinic only to be challenged by the doctor for her intentions and asked insensitive questions.

Length: Five pages

Cast: 3

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I wrote this story ten years ago in 2008.  It has now been picked to become part of a university's school curriculum for Ateneo de Davao University of the Philippines.

I've updated the script given it a much needed makeover.  Think of it as an absurd dramedy.

Sunday 1 April 2018

Never Again

Logline:

Alexi gets delayed for her date by an attentive taxi driver who only has one thing on his mind.

Length - 2 pages

Cast: 3

The Plan

Logline:

Chris wants to paintball.  Rick has other ideas, but his plan isn't well thought through.

Length - 8 pages

Cast: 6

Sunday 31 December 2017

Hitching A Ride

Logline:

Santa Claus needs to hitch a ride on a plane, his reindeer are too tired for the very last job of the night.  But this Santa Claus isn't what he seems to be.  The passengers are all too happy to receive their gifts to notice something isn't quite right.

Length ~ Six Pages

-Writer compensation: Free to use, percentage of any competition earnings.

-Location resources: A plane

-Actor resources (with descriptions): Ten voice actors, multiple cast 20+

-World location: Anywhere.

Wednesday 20 December 2017

Trapping Santa

Logline:


Zack walks in on his son Billy holding Santa hostage, who wants everyone's presents not just his own.

Length ~ Five Pages

Cast: 3

-Writer compensation: Free to use, percentage of any competition earnings.

-Location resources: A house/home.

-Actor resources: Three voice actors.  One child, two adults.

-World location: Anywhere.

Sunday 17 December 2017

Training Santa

Logline:

Unemployed Jim reluctantly takes a job on for Christmas, but it doesn't end well.

Length ~ Six Pages

Cast: 20+

-Writer compensation: Free to use, percentage of any competition earnings.

-Location resources: Three main locations, Job Centre, Training Centre & Shopping Centre / Mall.

-Actor resources (with descriptions): Seven main voice actors, multiple cast 20+ (This is flexible) , Two children, Five adults (Includes one dwarf).

-World location: Anywhere.

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