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Welcome to the June 72-Hour Challenge! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a 1-3 page script about a character who is physically stuck/trapped and must attempt to find a way to free themselves.
Genre: Open. Go nuts and write something wild!
Budget: The lower, the better.
No pistakes. One script per writer, though I'm not opposed to writers teaming up.
This isn't a contest - it's a challenge. There are no official prizes.
You can revise your script as many times as you wish up until the deadline.
Do not put your real name(s) on your script; this is an anonymous challenge. However, please use your real name(s) when submitting your script.
After the challenge closes you can either have your script removed or resubmit your script with your name on it.
(Don's rule) Participants must read and comment/review in the discussion board at least 10 other scripts submitted or your work will be removed (no harm, no foul. I understand that life gets in the way).
So when I think of physically stuck/trapped I think of narrow or confined spaces, but I suppose the person could be in an more open area but are prevented from leaving the area by a person, animal or object, right?
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Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
So when I think of physically stuck/trapped I think of narrow or confined spaces, but I suppose the person could be in an more open area but are prevented from leaving the area by a person, animal or object, right?
Either, or. Get weird with it. Have fun! I want to read some crazy stories!
Either, or. Get weird with it. Have fun! I want to read some crazy stories!
Is shoving your junk into a hole in the wall and not being able to get it out fit the ‘crazy’ or ‘weird’ theme? Not sure I really wanna go the horror route this time around.
Title: Gory Hole
Of course, that’s inspired by the ultimate ‘trapped in a confined space’ scene of all time…
Is shoving your junk into a hole in the wall and not being able to get it out fit the ‘crazy’ or ‘weird’ theme? Not sure I really wanna go the horror route this time around.
Title: Gory Hole
Of course, that’s inspired by the ultimate ‘trapped in a confined space’ scene of all time…
Great question! There can be multiple characters, but the character who is stuck/trapped can't receive any physical assistance from another character. Make sense?
Ideas, ideas... That go beyond head stuck in a railing, and elevators. Not that there's anything wrong with those, if they're good.
Gary's suggestion opens it up too - hadn't thought of that.
Hmm...
P.S. There can be multiple characters, but the character who is stuck/trapped can't receive any physical assistance from another character. Make sense?