SHORT SCRIPTS
Death & Humanity
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Genre: Crime / Thriller
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Page count: 16
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Logline: Death is trying to convince humanity the world is a facade of innocence and it should embrace what the world really thrives on.
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Synopsis: The story begins as a normal sunny day with humanity explaining why the world is a beautiful place, and then death steps in questioning humanity about its lies saying the world is a beautiful place. From there, the two start viewing various topics from religion, drug abuse and all the way down. In the end, death convinces humanity the world is in turmoil because people are scared to stand alone, preferring to follow behind others, but when the burdens of following people fall on them and they have to suffer the consequences, they resort to ending their own lives, instead of accepting the punishment.
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Decomposition
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Genre: Horror
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Page count: 6
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Logline: Cameron is a cutter on the verge of homicide when he accepts that his wife will continuously cheat on him.
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Synopsis: Cameron is a guy who fell in love with a woman who was more than he could ever imagine. He invested his time and effort into their relationship and was willing to do anything for her. He loved her and she claimed to love him, while she was cheating, abusing the love he invested in her, turning him into a cutter, slowly leading up into a murderer.
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Define love
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Genre: Romance
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Page count: 15
Logline: Blake and Darrell's relationship is on the rocks because Blake wants Darrell to move in, but Darrell is hiding a secret.
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Synopsis: Blake and Darrell are your typical gay couple wanting people to accept their relationship. They're in love with each other wanting the same things for their future…so Blake thinks. After a dispute about Darrell moving in, Darrell suggests they should spend some time apart. Feeling lost without his love, Blake goes to Darrell's office to confirm where they stand, and that's when Blake finds out why Darrell was beating around the bush about living with him.
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Everlasting image
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Genre: Drama / Romance
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Page count: 21
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Logline: An eccentric, smooth talking art consultant believes the only way to obtain the perfect woman is if you create her.
Synopsis: Jeanqúal is a wealthy art consultant in search of the perfect woman. He's an expert in his field and can spot the slightest flaw in any artwork, yet he's unable to find the perfect woman. He's confident in his abilities, but frustrated by the lack of success. After dating his share of women, he begins to realize he's not looking for the perfect woman, he's looking for the perfect work of art. Jeanqúal's search for the perfect woman has been fruitless, but he soon realizes the perfect woman is someone you have to create.
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Fun with word's
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Genre: Crime / Thriller / Drama
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Page count: 28
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Logline: A man remains in the shadows telling six short tales revolving around the existence of the world, and how the same words can be the end of the world.
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Synopsis: In a dimly lit all-black library den, the sound of thunder is heard in the background. A person wearing all-black enters the room carrying a thick black book, taking a seat behind the desk, placing the book down. Opening the book before the person begins the first story, they ask "Why do I exist?"
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Inner voice
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Genre: Drama
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Page count: 12
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Logline: On the night of his sold out concert, a rapper has a debate with his conscience about the lyrics he’s saying not relating with the life he’s living.
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Synopsis: Effortless is waiting to go on stage to perform his number one single with a confidence beyond his wildest dreams because he fulfilled his goal, but the voice of his dead friend Denzel is trying to give him second thoughts, saying he shouldn’t rap about what he doesn’t display in real life. Effortless has a debate with his conscience, which is Denzel’s voice, and in the end, he tells Denzel the life he lives is real and as long as he’s number one, it doesn’t matter what he thinks or how he reached the top.
When Effortless goes out to perform, Denzel’s voice asks him one last time to rap about who he truly is, and again, Effortless brushes him off. When Effortless begins rapping, he thinks he’s rapping his song, but in reality, he’s spilling the truth about how he got his best friend Denzel murdered and then stole his songs and beats to reach the top.
The fans boo him and start throwing chairs at him, causing Effortless to run off stage confused. Backstage, he finds his girlfriend under arrest, at the same moment the police place him under arrest. He’s confused about the situation, and that’s when Denzel starts talking to him. Because Effortless begins talking to himself the police hurry up to place him in the county jail.
While he’s in lockup, Effortless is writing a song of his own, but Denzel’s voice is still plaguing him. No longer able to take the words Denzel is saying, Effortless takes two pencils and jabs them deep into his ear holes, falling to the floor dead. Before the movie comes to an end, we see the song he was writing is an apology to Denzel.
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Mother Earth's recycled rapture
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Genre: Drama
Page count: 7
Logline: The weight of the world is strenuous on Mother Earth as she does her best to keep humanity from total destruction.
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Synopsis: Mother Earth is trying to understand why humans don't appreciate the world or people before she decides to bring the world to an end.
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Off limits
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Genre: Mystery / Drama
Page count: 12
Logline: Not knowing her coworker has something sinister up his sleeve, Sydney decides to give love another chance to help get over the loss of her first love.
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Synopsis: After losing the love of her life, Sydney prefers living the single life because she believes men don't appreciate women for their entirety, but all of that is about to change when she goes out on a date with her coworker, Russell.
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Only towards you
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Genre: Drama
Page count: 10
Logline: Grieving the loss of her best friend, Donna sits inside of an empty church beside Brittany's closed casket explaining how she wishes she would've done something to prevent her death.
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Synopsis: Donna is sitting inside of an empty church adjacent to her dead friend Brittany's closed casket. She speaks on the ups and downs of their friendship, and how she wished she would've done something to prevent her abusive boyfriend from killing her. After leaving the church, Donna mentions a poem, and that makes her realize there was something she could've done.
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Outstanding talent
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Genre: Horror / Fantasy
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Page count: 43
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Logline: Luke believes he's a perfectionist, until the owner's daughter proves him wrong promoting every one but him, leading him to find out their promotions came with deadly consequences.
Synopsis: Luke is an arrogant comic book artist who is about to be humbled by Vanessa, the daughter of the boss who came to promote certain people. When Luke's friends get promoted before him, it ignites a rage inside Luke, but he soon finds out why he shouldn't have sought out for the promotion he thought he wanted.
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Sneaky linkz
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Genre: Drama / Horror
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Page count: 39
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Logline: Confined in a decrepit motel room, Tyrell and Mike discover they have more than one thing in common that can cost them their lives.
Synopsis: The story opens with a black screen. A distorted voice talking hostile is heard followed by three gunshots. Eight hours earlier comes on the screen. Now we see Dawn and Tyrell texting each other raunchy messages. While the two are texting, Tyrell gets a phone call from Keysha. The two continue texting, and Tyrell is lying to Keysha about his location, but he promises to spend time with her.
That night, Tyrell arrives home to an intimate layout. When he prepares to enter the bedroom he gets knocked out by someone holding a bat. When Tyrell awakes, he's standing on a chair with his hands tied behind his back, but his life is in danger because mere inches in front of him is a ceiling fan with razor blades glued on them, spinning low.
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G.I.S. (Global Internet Shutdown)
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Genre: Sci Fi
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Page count: 2
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Logline: As humanity comes to a violent end, one person stands on a skyscraper watching, explaining why the apocalypse is taking place.
Synopsis: As the world is coming to an end, Delusion stands on the roof of a skyscraper watching the chaos going on. Delusion explains the Internet is the reason why the world is ending because people have more faith in the Internet and other people, than they do in God. Delusion also says people probably resorted to believing in the Internet because there's no truth in what the Bible says, since everyone defiles what it stands for. In the end, Delusion removes its mask and we find out it's a cyborg. As the chaos continues and the movie comes to an end, Delusion says the humans that survive will remain slaves to technology because they don't know how to live life without it.
The love we had stays on my mind
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Genre: Horror
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Page count: 5
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Logline: The worth of a woman is appreciated when she’s gone, and a man realizes his ego ruined the relationship. This is the sad story Josh pours his heart out explaining.
Synopsis: As Josh lies on his back, he asks “What’s the real worth of a man?” As he explains his case, he realizes the worth of a woman is the reason why a man does the things to keep his woman happy, but he still believes a man reigns supreme over a woman. When he realizes his own selfish needs is what cost him to lose the love of his life and she wanted was the simplest things like his time, he’s left with no other choice but to end his life, finally understanding a man does what he’s supposed to do to secure his home, but without the woman who is truly his backbone, there’s nothing else left, because a man will never love a woman the same as his first love.
Gummy worms
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Genre: Horror
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Page count: 9
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Logline: On Halloween night, Joel finds out spirits never rest until their revenge is satisfied.
Synopsis: On Halloween night, Joel is complaining about the trick or treaters, claiming Halloween is a holiday celebrated by freeloaders. While he complains, his daughter Marion is doing her best ignoring him, until he enters the living room taking his hostility out on her.
The two get into an argument about how Joel wishes she would have ran away with her mother. This causes Marion to respond with some words Joel doesn't like. They get into a slight physical altercation, but before it gets out of hand, the doorbell rings gaining Joel's attention.
When he opens the door, there's a fire on his porch. Furious, he storms to the kitchen to get some water and when he returns, the fire has been extinguished.
Coming back into the living room, his daughter is gone, and then he starts hearing his dead wife voice. Thinking it's his daughter playing a game, he storms into her room and it's completely empty. The voice of his wife intensifies, and causes him to rush back into the living room for a drink, followed by closing his eyes, releasing a scream of frustration.
Opening his eyes, he realizes he's still in the living room, but now it's burnt up and the body of his dead wife and her cat are on the floor. Joel is greeted by the gruesome body of his wife, who makes him feel guilty about killing her and their child she was going to deliver. Coming back to reality, we see Joel dead on the sofa wearing bloody boxers with gummy worms coming out of the boxer hole.
Tis the season
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Genre: Horror
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Page count: 2
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Logline: On Christmas day, Jack confronts the person who murdered his family and explains what he believes is the true meaning of Christmas.
Synopsis: Jack expresses why he loves spending time with his family on Christmas because it’s more than just a holiday, it’s a day for families to get a closer bond with each other. Taking a sip from his drink, he sighs, and then turns to look at Matt who he has tied and gagged sitting at the dinner table. Matt killed Jack’s family during a fatal drunk driving accident, but he only ended up with his license suspended and probation. Jack feels since Matt got off with a slap on the wrist, he took it upon himself to kill Matt’s family, the judge and his lawyer. He has their heads on plates arranged around the dinner table. Jack pulls a snub nose out and blows Matt’s brains out and then ends his own life.