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Full-Text Articles in Screenwriting
Levee, Keya Vance
Levee, Keya Vance
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
When his absent father comes back into his life with a cancer diagnosis, an arrogant star high school linebacker, hellbent on a college football scholarship, must choose between caring for his dying father and following his dream.
Speak Easy, Christopher O. Lukens
Speak Easy, Christopher O. Lukens
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
He was an alcoholic TV star until he was accused of a heinous crime. Now he's a sober bottom-rung private eye scouring the gutters for a paycheck. When his daughter goes missing, the trail leads right back to the same corrupt Hollywood system that destroyed his life.
Clear Waters, Joseph Mueller
Clear Waters, Joseph Mueller
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
While investigating the gruesome death of a marine biologist, a by-the-book biracial detective and a jaded Tribal officer uncover a conspiracy surrounding a sea cucumber poaching ring on the reservation. Inspired by actual events.
Keep You Safe, Nana Okamoto
Keep You Safe, Nana Okamoto
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Yui, a bright-eyed Japanese woman, moves to America and thinks she finds her Prince Charming in a small Iowa town. She falls in love and into a trap, staged by his white nationalist family who use her as a pawn in their terrorist plan.
Soothers, Everett Wall
Soothers, Everett Wall
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
When a meticulous chef, who can't eat anything without throwing it up, discovers the cure for his ailment in a recalled antacid from the 1970s, he solicits the help of his in-house taster to hunt down more of the tablets and in the process discovers that she was the cure all along.
Momim, Christopher Halligan
Momim, Christopher Halligan
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Alex, an intersex 19 year old, decides that the only way he can be a complete man is to have penis resection surgery, but when the only job available to him is job on the river, he must face his extreme aquaphobia and fear of the feminine and learn to follow the true flow of his nature.
There Will Be A Tomorrow, Cameron Webb
There Will Be A Tomorrow, Cameron Webb
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
After her young daughter is killed in the aftermath of an apocalypse, a mother travels back in time to save her by stopping the apocalypse from ever happening.
How Ya Mom 'N Dem, Zoe Young
How Ya Mom 'N Dem, Zoe Young
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
A boujee bride-to-be must find a way to break a family curse meant to ruin the success of her marriage.
Toasted Corn Flakes, Michael Mccurdy
Toasted Corn Flakes, Michael Mccurdy
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Against biblical odds, the baseball version of a stage mom and her grifting ex road trip their kids’ baseball team across the midwest in the name of life, liberty, and the little league world series.
Water The Plant, Taylor Keaton
Water The Plant, Taylor Keaton
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
An obsessive, homebody widower accidentally spills his late husband’s ashes into a plant. The plant then speaks and it’s in the voice of his beloved. The widower rejoices until the plant and his no-nonsense mother-in-law lead him on a journey to scatter the remaining ashes, the fuel for the plant’s voice, and say goodbye forever.
Loverboy, Mariepet Mangosing
Loverboy, Mariepet Mangosing
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Will a Lothario Millennial from Jersey commit to love or continue being a fuckboy? Genre: rom com, dramedy
The Rink, Noura Alavi
The Rink, Noura Alavi
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
When two elite, female figure skaters are both at a crossroads with their skating performance, they decide to form a same-sex skating pair for a chance to save their careers.
Electric Eden, Victoria De La Concha
Electric Eden, Victoria De La Concha
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
(Pilot, One-Hour Drama, YA, Sci-Fi) A rebellious physics student investigating her twin’s disappearance invents time travel only to strand herself in the blood-stained amusement parks of 1907 Coney Island with a killer on the loose.
Persian Squares, Natasha Sabour
Persian Squares, Natasha Sabour
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
After moving to Los Angeles, California, polar opposite sisters Sahar and Roxana struggle to find jobs, husbands, and their Persian identity. Here’s hoping they can find the 405!
Teen Girls Never Forget, Megan Downey
Teen Girls Never Forget, Megan Downey
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Separated from her best friend, a co-dependent teenage girl scours NYC’s East Village—clinging to young strangers, a stray golden retriever, and too many sake bombs—as she grasps for stability post 9/11.
Dulce, Christopher Espinal
Witchcraft Anonymous, Molly Vogel
Witchcraft Anonymous, Molly Vogel
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
An addict to magic in an (alternate reality) magical world wakes up with the ability to talk to the dead and must navigate sobriety while reluctantly solving cold cases for the cops.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Cara Jackson
A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Cara Jackson
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
A woman on a journey of self discovery accidentally starts a doomsday cult.
Prescience, Mustafa Yasar Ii
Prescience, Mustafa Yasar Ii
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
In a society where one percent of the population can see into the future, a stubborn man who drinks alcohol to suppress his psychic powers is compelled to use his foresight when his brother disappears.
Fallmore, Emanuella Bettarello De Oliveira
Fallmore, Emanuella Bettarello De Oliveira
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
After a nightmare where her best friend is killed by a terrifying creature, a teenager girl, wakes up to find that not only is he missing in real life, but no one in the perfect town of Fallmore seems to remember he ever existed...
Sid And Bugaboo, Delaynna Corley
Sid And Bugaboo, Delaynna Corley
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
It is an animated series for kids. It centers on Sid, an adventurous eleven-year-old girl, who gets into trouble one too many times, and a Bogeyman, is sent to scare her straight. But this monster, named Bugaboo, turns out not to be the scary creature that she thought he would be, creating an unlikely friendship between the two.
Whittier, Mario E. Johnson
Whittier, Mario E. Johnson
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
A Navy sailor enlists at a mysterious Naval Reserves base to be closer to his dying mother and discovers he’s transporting aliens and an unknown medicine that could potentially save his Mom’s life.
The Last Greatest, Ethan Raduns-Silverstein
The Last Greatest, Ethan Raduns-Silverstein
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Fighting bankruptcy, the owner of the last traveling circus train in America must improve the act and generate ticket sales or it's curtains for him and his eclectic cast and crew.
Tom, Dick, And Harry, Andy Hammersmith
Tom, Dick, And Harry, Andy Hammersmith
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Presumed dead, a cantankerous retired assassin hides out in a senior living home. When the CIA tracks him down, he enlists his fellow residents to trade in their walkers for weapons to protect the facility from a death squad.
Bigfoot Nation, Maximilian Kubisiak
Bigfoot Nation, Maximilian Kubisiak
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
An outcast Bigfoot and amateur “expert” in the study of humans, a Ted Kaczynski conspiracy theorist, and a bored Gen Z-er are all unwittingly drawn into a ring of political, corporate, and international conspiracies in a small Rocky Mountain town. The trio bumbles through the absurdities of a classic western conspiracy.
Clean Sweep, Isabelle Davis
Clean Sweep, Isabelle Davis
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Best friends, Harry and Dave, both come to face their own versions of mid-life crises. Harry is a former hockey player stuck in his glory days, and Dave is a recently divorced, try-hard dad without any glory days. Harry realizes he’s not in the “prime” he thinks he is but still wants another shot at the Olympics, so he decides to trade hockey in for the most exciting and physical sport in the world – Curling. He drags along Dave to form a team of misfits, including the local shuffleboard champ and hairdresser, Ramona, and a high-school janitor, Gail. Under …
Barren, Hannah Herman
Barren, Hannah Herman
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
In the aftermath of their baby’s stillbirth, eccentric couple Marlow and Dev clash with overbearing loved ones, outspoken neighbor kids, and each other while trying to reconcile unmet expectations and their newfound reality. Bottling up her emotions, Marlow begins to see inanimate objects speak, spewing out the feelings she hopes to keep suppressed.
The Táin, Luke Hart-Moynihan
The Táin, Luke Hart-Moynihan
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
The Táin (Myth / Epic Fantasy, Feature) - In mythic iron-age Ireland, an exiled king allies with a proud queen to steal a magic bull and retake his former kingdom, but his semi-divine foster-son stands in their way. Based on the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge.
Black Men Don't Cheat, Edwin Lorenzo Martin
Black Men Don't Cheat, Edwin Lorenzo Martin
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Sick of doing what's expected him, Marcus leaves his job as a doctor to pursue acting as he and his roommates figure out life in a fast changing South Central LA.
No Man's Land, Preston Ray
No Man's Land, Preston Ray
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
NO MAN’S LAND (One-Hour, Horror) – In a dying Dust Bowl town suffering from the outbreak of a strange disease, a headstrong epidemiologist finds herself facing off against an ancient, supernatural entity.