Winner! - Los Angeles Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival - June

Here's a snippet of the email I received in regards to my winning screenplay.  My Rick and Morty Script called What Have You Learnt Morty?

Budget Friendly 'TAG' / 'LABEL' word

"If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros."

Jamie Lerner 

I'm going to start adding a new tag to search for budget friendly scripts.  Easy to film.


I'll look at both, geography, buildings, and characters.

• CHARACTERS

No more than five.

• BUILDINGS

I'll keep an open mind on this.  A home/house with multiple rooms I'll see as budget friendly.  Other buildings might not be so easy like a warehouse or church.  It all depends since all towns/cities may not have all these kinds of buildings.

Also, a script may include multiple buildings, so perhaps no more than three would be good.

• GEOGRAPHY

Not all places have rivers or lakes, deserts or mountains.  So I'll keep this in mind if locations would indicate a dramatic change in scenery.

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N.B.

If there's anything else I think of or you believe I should include in my parameters.  Please let me know.

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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.

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.

Rick and Morty - Science Versus Magic

Logline:

Jerry finally finds a job he's actually good at, but this upsets Beth because of his assistants, and annoys Rick who uses science to prove magic isn't what it seems to be.

Length ~ 30 pages

Cast ~ 16

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

I'm Now On Patreon

I'm now on Patreon!

If you like what you read, any story, please pledge whatever you can.

https://www.patreon.com/jayrex/overview

I've created so many stories I'd love to inject life into.

The larger the pledge, the more you gain.

Thank you!

Mind Jacked

Logline:

Erica gets capture before she can make her Valentine's Day date.  But what has she done to end up in court?

Length - 5 pages

Cast: 8

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This was for a competition held by SimplyScripts.com.  The script had to cover these three parameters within 48 hours:

• Sci-Fi, Courtroom, Valentine's Day

You can view the site and feedback here:

http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1521490638/

I'm going to rewrite this without the courtroom scene.  I had to cut many scenes out just to make the five page requirements.

I'm going to turn this into an original episode.  If you're wanting to see the revised piece, let me know.

Rick and Morty - Don't Call Me

I created a fun writing challenge for this Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/5MinSketchesRandM/comments/846dun/finish_my_sketch_fun_challenge/

Here's the details:

This is a writing game where you either start it or finish the story.

If I write 1 page. You write 1 page.

If you write 3 pages. I write 3 pages.

Etc...

We'll use Celtx as it's free and common.

Here: https://www.celtx.com/index.html DOWNLOAD HERE: https://celtx.en.softonic.com/

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*EDIT

I've just finished a two page sketch:

PDF - https://www.dropbox.com/s/8aatkkg8pvn8yoy/Don%27t%20Call%20Me.pdf?dl=0

Celtx - https://www.dropbox.com/s/nay6omy1nymvosl/Don%27t%20Call%20Me.celtx?dl=0

Logline:

Everyone keeps receiving messages except Jerry. He feels left out of the loop. But then he receives a mysterious phonecall that leaves him happy.

Feel free to bend or twist the story however you feel.

Rick and Morty - Element Rick

Logline:

Rick creates a new element for the Taig alien race but doesn’t honor the deal.  They take revenge by capturing Jerry, who later reveals his inner thoughts, changing Morty forever.

Length - 31 pages

Cast: 18