Submission Samples from the Comedy Genre

Title: Love and Real Life

Logline: A romantic, who believes love should be like it is in the movies, finds out it isn't, and then must decide if he'll take back the girl who broke his heart.

Synopsis: Riley Kravitz is the main character and he believes and tries things from "romantic" movies in his own love life. His attempts fail time and time again. The biggest heartbreaker in Riley's life was Holly, the girl in high school. Riley becomes a nurse and is living by himself, fed up with love he decides to burn all of his favorite "romance" movies in a trashcan in his apartment. He accidently burns his apartment down and has to go live with his 3 best friends from high school Brian, Ellis, and Blinky. The three friends get invited to the wedding of their semi-alcoholic multipersonality friend Clint. The wedding ends up being a drug bust to apprehend Clint's fiancee and future father-in-law. The "sting" was set up by Clint's best man Cam. After the wedding disaster, Riley is at the airport to pick up a friend, while at the airport Riley takes care of a sick girl in the airport that turns out to be Holly. She wants a second chance, and Riley refuses.

Title: Mr. Stone

Logline: Story of Jason Carlson duped into buying his first home site-unseen. Taken prisoner in his new home. Jason's hopes rely on a wel-mannered statue to provide some assistance.

Synopsis: Jason seeks out more to life when his boss encourages him to buy a home. Taken in by an agent, his dreams don't match up to his experiences. Enslaved in a child's playhouse by a gang that refuses to leave his home. His only hope lies in the assistance of a well-mannered statue called Mr. Stone. W.G.A. 1284678

Title: More Than A Jock

Logline: An arrogant high school jock sees a mob hit and is placed into the witness protection program where he has to pretend to be a geek and play in the school's band which is social suicide.

Synopsis: Shayne McConnell is an arrogant high school football star who terrorizes the band geeks at his school to maintain his popularity. Shayne ends up witnessing a murder by two mobster brothers and has to be placed in the witness protection program clear across the country. His looks are altered, and he must pretend to be a geek and play in his new high school's band. Being the new unpopular kid, this puts him as a fish out of water, only befreiended by a group of students he never thought he would hang out with -- the geeks. He learns through his life changing experience that he is more than just a jock. "More Than A Jock" is a heartfelft romantic teen comedy that I would like to submit for your consideration. Thank you for your time and have a great day! Sincerely, Marla L. Brandon WGAE no: I39510

Title: SHERMAN MOTOR WORKS

Logline: The founder of a small auto manufacturer dies and leaves the company in the hands of his greedy nephew, forcing the employees to scramble to save their jobs by foiling his plans to sell the company.

Synopsis: "SHERMAN MOTOR WORKS" is the story of employees pulling together to save their jobs. When the founder of a small auto manufacturer dies, his greedy nephew Richard takes over and plots to sell the company to a competitor who wants to shut the company down. When Mick, the production manager, uncovers Richard's devious intentions, he rallies the employees and enlists the help of an eccentric millionaire in order to foil Richard's plan. Mick discovers that if the remaining employees can covertly build and present a custom car at the biggest show of the year, it would void the deal to sell the company and save their jobs. This is a feel-good comedy that will have you rooting for the underdog as the cast of zany characters pull together to overcome all odds.

Title: lost in winter

Logline: A Vietnam War has sworn to his wife to never touch a glass of alcohol again. A young man arrival arise the temptation.

Synopsis: David Garrett, veteran of the Vietnam War, is running a small hotel in a coastal town with his wife Sandra. He often gets drunk to relive, in a romantic way, his various military campaigns. During a hurricane, he swears to Sandra to never touch a drink again if the hotel escaped destruction - which he managed to escape. Years later, a strange young man named Jerry Mitchell erupts into their lives. The now teetotalling Garrett soon starts to like this endearing young man, who happens to also have drinking problems - which Sandra fears will tempt her husband. My screenplay "Lost In Winter" is a comedy-drama with strong dialogues, and is reminiscent of "As Good As It Gets".

Title: Someone Like Me

Logline: Three poor, uneducated, and ugly home-schooled kids are forced into entering a public school where they find out exactly how different "real school" is.

Synopsis: Paw teaches his kids to be like him--a chauvinistic pig. But Paw gets a rude awakening when "real school" opens some eyes and turns his family against him. Mumma is the quiet, passive house wife, who's scared to speak her mind on anything. But when they have little time to get cash for their house or be evicted, she does the impossible: she enters a cooking contest to win money. Cole is eighteen and after being humiliated for half a year, he gets a wish and is transformed into a stud. However, he is still not smart enough to know that he is dating the hottest gal in school. Shimmy is Paw's reflection. But little Shimmy is forced to swallow his disgusting ways and ask his sister for help in school. Jinny enters the second grade and then advances into Shim's grade half-way through the year. She teaches her mother how to read and write and cook, constantly proving her father wrong. SOMEONE LIKE ME is pregnated with high school hi-jinx where the underdogs win!

Title: The Candidate

Logline: An average American citizen is drawn into the US Presidential race as a Third Party Candidate and encounters outrageous schemes developed by the Republican and Democrat parties to stop him.

Synopsis: One month before the Presidential elections, the Democrat Party candidate dies, and Governor Helen Clayford accepts the nomination as a replacement candidate. The Republican President J. Scott Reynolds and his staff develop a secret plan to create a Third Party Candidate to sway votes from Governor Clayford. Jonathan, an average American citizen, is unwittingly drawn into the race for President as the Third Party Candidate. The Media supports Jonathan. He is swept away by the tide of fame and becomes a hero to the American public. In contrast to Jonathan's popularity, President Reynolds and Governor Clayford's campaign efforts falter, so the Republicans reverse their plan and devise schemes to foil Jonathan's campaign. But their plans are thwarted, so the Democrats and Republicans team up against Jonathan to defeat him. Several chase scenes and physical comedy result. The Republicans and Democrats soon turn against each other, and it becomes a three-way race to the finish.

Title: Shark Tank

Logline: A single night in a gay bar tests the boundaries of love and friendship among a group of friends and strangers.

Synopsis: A lot of life happens in a very short amount of time. Most of it just happens when we're not looking. In my new script "Shark Tank," a close look is taken at the lives of a group of friends in a gay bar over the course of one, single night. Similar to "Crash" in tone, the story shows how for some love is found, for others it's lost and for others the bonds of friendship are tested to the breaking point. In "Shark Tank," the human condition is examined in the least likely of places.

Title: Recession Men: Minimum Wage, Maximum Rage

Logline: High-stakes hustlers on the run hide out in a coastal town in the Northwest.

Synopsis: Two Ponzi schemers flee their financial carnage, barely escaping Federal investigators. Holed up in a quiet town on the Northwest coast, Adam apparently has found Zen peace as a bus boy dishwasher, unfazed alike by the bullying loggers and sweet temptresses. Meanwhile, Orion continues to hustle, whipping the locals into a frenzy with his get-rich schemes. A savagely clever con job leaves one to face the town's tirade (and Federal handcuffs), while the other is hailed a hero.

Title: Student Athletes

Logline: The bawdy adventures of two members of a perverted college lacrosse team who struggle to deal with expectations on and off the field, while they attempt to prepare for the real world.

Synopsis: Sam and Chris prepare for their senior lacrosse season, only they find there is much more to deal with than simply college classes and sports. Their perverted teammates, including a roommate addicted to masturbation, ensure that nothing goes normally when a bunch of overly competitive 18-22 year olds are thrown together to try and win a national championship. Sam is the first of his family to go to college, and is intent upon actually getting his engineering degree, not simply staying eligible like most of his teammates. Chris is a seemingly typical fun loving, entitled lacrosse player with a beautiful girlfriend. Chris sets a goal of a sexual nature for the year with his rich daddy's girl, while Sam meets the girl of his dreams who is way out of his league. Eventually Chris surprises everyone, especially himself, with a level of maturity he did not know he possessed, and Sam must decide if he wants to make his parents happy, or himself.