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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 17 May 2020

Annoyed


Logline:

Staying inside her house due to a virus pandemic has driven Abbey crazy as if she's locked up.  The smallest of things sets her off.  Which makes her husband Harvey feel like he's walking on egg shells.

Cast:

2

Length:

Two 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

Friday 21 December 2018

What's In A Name?

Logline:

When Freddie writes his Christmas wish list.  He discovers evil lurking within Santa.  Prompting him to scrap his wish list.

Cast:

Three

Length:

Six Pages

Extras:

One location (House), a Santa outfit, and a makeup artist.

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 7 November 2018

Ebony And Ivories

Logline:

Angela meets Kiran on a night out and discovers he teaches piano.  She arranges to take a lesson.  Only for it to end on a sour note.

Cast:

Six

Length:

Twelve Pages

Sunday 28 October 2018

Paranoid In The Twilight Zone

Logline:

Michael Jackson thinks somebody's watching him, and goes and sees his psychiatrist Doctor Frasier Crane to get to the root problem.

(N.B. Even though this is a bit of fun.  The character names can be changed.)

Cast:

Two

Length:

Four Pages

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Low Budget, One scene / Psychiatry Office

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

Tuesday 11 September 2018

The (Hapless) Cat Burglar

Logline:

Tommy seeks revenge after the nasty neighbour bursts his ball.  He devises a plan for retribution equal to the crime.  But can he pull off this caper?

Cast:

2

Length:

Four pages

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

Saturday 28 July 2018

The Ten Commandments

Logline:

Jack tries to remember the ten commandments unaided.  But struggles to remember and realises he might not be as religious or christian as he thinks.

Length - Three pages

Cast: 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.

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