This is your chance to discuss the week’s amateur scripts, offered originally in the Scriptshadow newsletter. The primary goal for this discussion is to find out which script(s) is the best candidate for a future Amateur Friday review. The secondary goal is to keep things positive in the comments with constructive criticism.
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ITLE: Jugs, Iowa
GENRE: Comedy, Romantic Comedy
LOGLINE: A sleepy, provincial Iowa town steeped in a façade of Christian values faces a sudden budget crisis at the hands of an unscrupulous city treasurer, and must decide whether to accept a bailout from a racy New York-based restaurant chain.
TITLE: A Million Shades of White
GENRE: Ensemble Drama/Police Thriller
LOGLINE: Reclusive memorist Grady returns to his hometown to find the community still in shock over the decade-old murder of his high school sweetheart. When Grady’s home becomes a crime scene, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a dutiful cop, a vengeful killer, and an overzealous journalist as he connects the dots between past and present.
TITLE: The Still
GENRE: HORROR/SUSPENSE
LOGLINE: ” A group of graduate history students on vacation touring Civil War battlefields are terrorized by a motley crew of Confederate re-enactors who harbor a 150 year-old secret.”
TITLE: The Adventures of Absolutely No One
GENRE: Comedy
LOGLINE: A young man’s failed suicide attempt sends him on a quest for friendship among a group of religious zealots. The Adventures of Absolutely No One is a comedy about growing up and standing out.
TITLE: The Couple On The Top Of The Wedding Cake
GENRE: Comedy
LOGLINE: A woman attempts to scare off her very persistent “soulmate” by choosing as the location of their first date one of her required anger management classes, but he turns out to be a lot more determined than she expected.
