The Scripts of the August (Where'd that come from?) 2016 One Week Challenge!

There are 33 scripts.

This was a 'real world' One Week Challenge.  You've received no warning and you have one week to write a script based upon the requirements given.

Topic: Trapped in a Taxi Cab*
Genre: Open (no porn)
Budget: Low

*Can be a car for hire, e.g., Lyft or Uber or Limo

Help 91 by Utah Kintumi - Short, Thriller, Drama - A limo driver gets his revenge on the actor who beat him for a prestigious film role.

And The Darkness Fades by Someone Or Other - Short - {no logline}

Sorry Dave by S. Q. Brik - Short - The last cab is a self-driving nightmare for it's passenger.

He Drives Them - Crazy by 0 - Short, Drama - An Uber Driver, hearing voices, seeks the help of a passenger to end his madness.

Guilt Trip by ? - Short, Drama - A short fare across town turns into a guilt trip down memory lane.

Jackrabbit by The Phantom Menace - Short, Sci Fi, Comedy - A rookie driver and a taxi that can can go back in time fifteen minutes so the client can never be late. With a skeptic as the fare, what can possibly go wrong?

Taxi Joe by 0 - Short, Horror, Found Footage - Two amateur documentary film makers get more than they paid for when they interview Joe, a homeless man who lives in a taxi in the woods.

Stuck by 0 - Short, Comedy - A business woman gets stuck in a cab with a couple characters that push her over the edge.

Roadkill by Dr. Frankenstein - Short, Horror - After a night out, two friends are picked up by a sickly cab driver. What follows will leave you stunned!

Gostla Bell by 0 - Short, Thriller - A Londoner meets a Cornish taxi driver, and receives an unwelcome history lesson.

Fair's Fare by Phil DeGraves - Short, Comedy - An unsavory mechanic cuts a corner that won't cost him his life but, by golly, he just might wish it had.

A Man Dies by Anonymous - Short, Drama, Sci Fi - A technophobe confronts his fear of the privately owned "UtiliCabs" that have become a staple of urban transportation.  

Bangkok, U.S.A. by 0 - Short, Weird - A pizza enthusiast discovers he may have eaten his last slice...

Uber as Fast as You Can by 0 - Short, Comedy - An aspiring actress rushes to meet a director of an upcoming film, but must battle Los Angeles traffic to get there.

The Last Cab by Duke Of Weaseltown - Short, Sci Fi - Two lonely cab drivers pick up two passengers who desperately want to see their loved ones during a traffic jam of "biblical" proportions.

No Clowning Around by 0 - Short, Drama - A clown takes a taxi to a birthday party and along the way learns a lesson.

Deadly Companions by Pam Seckinpah - Short, Thriller - A deadly game of blackmail is played out in taxi. But who is playing who?

Either Side of Limbo by Micky McMystery - Short, Drama, Cheap-to-Film - When an injured businessman jumps in a taxi with an misanthropic driver, he soon finds he has to solve a mystery in order to escape.

Driven to Death by Jessica Fletcher - Short, Revenge Thriller - During a cab ride home, a corporate asshole discovers that money isn't everything.

The Perfect Plot by 0 - Short, Thriller - When Donald becomes involved in an old friend's paranoid crusade, it seems like an event that could only have been scripted. That may well be true.

Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured by Gordon Sumner - Short, Horror - A cleithrophobiac discovers that his fears could be a blessing when a late night cab ride detours into hell.

The Shortest Distance by William Casteen - Short, Drama - A cabbie's route to a funeral proves more complicated than driving from Point A to Point B.

One Last Ride by 0 - Short, Sci Fi, Thriller - A business man, stuck in a time traveling cab, is hunted by an anarchist from the future.

Face The Music by Leandro Porterhouse - Short, Dark Comedy - An shady businessman tries to change a young Indian cabbie's life, but he just may ruin it in the process.

All The Fives by Clarence Growler - Short, Crime - When he stops to pick up an ailing stranger, a feckless cab driver stumbles upon an opportunity to escape his dreary existence

Speed Relationship-ing by Art Vandelay - Short, Comedy - Two unstable loners find romance through an unconventional dating service.

Taxi for Murphy by Herman's Hermits - Short, Comedy - Ye old tale of a man and his horny dog

Pounding Sand by 0 - Short, Drama - A taxi driver is crushed by his own relationship with his taxi. Sometimes you just can't get out from under things.

A.M.A. by Deep Blue - Short, Sci Fi - Meet A.M.A., the latest in self-driving car technology! She’ll get you where you need to go in comfort and style. She anticipates the flow of traffic for a speedy arrival. She’ll engage you in pleasant conversation to pass the time. And SO MUCH MORE!!!

Hard Fare by 0 - Short, Drama - Two men trapped in a taxi must work together to survive...10 pages pdf

Whiteout on Route 89 by Taxi T. - Short, Drama - A blizzard on Route 89 has dire consequences for a woman on the eve of her wedding day, and the taxi driver who gets her to confess all.

*Destinations and Hat Tippers removed by request

As usual, fantastic work Don. Its 0725 am sunday here in Oz. Have a busy day ahead but will read a couple now then get into them later this arve.

Will read them all and maybe give a rating out of 10.

Thanks for all the hard work Don! I'll be reading for the next couple of days.

~Zack~

Yeah, cheers Don.

This is the only reason I write these days. So I owe you big time.

For those who wish to know, I believe Don will ask for the pass/consider/recommend choices

Quoted from stevie ...Will read them all and maybe give a rating out of 10.

Right, well just make sure you score mine at least a 9. And if I spot Bunnyman anywhere I'll return the favour.

When I woke up this morning I was like, wow, there are a lot of scripts posted! I thought they would come in smaller groups. Thanks for the work you put in!

I forgot that the hardest part of all of this is waiting to respond to feedback. I appreciate it, so even though you probably don't know who you are yet, I thank everyone who has read my script and responded, no matter how positive or negative the feedback is!

Love that Don posts all the scripts at once!

Also enables us as writers to see which titles make a first good impression.

Quoted from LC Right, well just make sure you score mine at least a 9. And if I spot Bunnyman anywhere I'll return the favour.

Have emailed you my Paypal account details Lib. The right amount transferred in by you should result in a 9

After submitting my script last night, I told my wife I wasn't invested in what people might say about it. i'd wriiten the way I knew it should be written, I was happy with it, and...blah blah blah.

Today, that's out the window. Here I am, constantly checking to see if I have any new comments, responding in my head, etc etc.

Quoted from stevie Have emailed you my Paypal account details Lib. The right amount transferred in by you should result in a 9

Ditto

Quoted from Stumpzian After submitting my script last night, I told my wife I wasn't invested in what people might say about it. i'd wriiten the way I knew it should be written, I was happy with it, and...blah blah blah. Today, that's out the window. Here I am, constantly checking to see if I have any new comments, responding in my head, etc etc.

Ah, I know exactly how you feel, Henry. I felt pretty good about what I wrote, bar a few things that now seem glaringly obvious post feedback, Soon as I upload I always immediately have that, maybe it's not as good as I think feeling. Typical really.. I do know with this one I'll rewrite after the challenge, so that's an improvement already, compared to prev OWCs.

Excellent work as always from The Don!  Thank you, Sir...you seriously ROCK!

Also good to see that alot of peeps seem to be reading and commenting...hope it keeps up and every entry gets at least 20 comments.

I did not enter and I'm bummed about that, but as always, I will be reading and commenting.  

A nice variety of scripts.  The comments showed how some readers liked what they read while others disliked the same script.

I sometimes felt readers were being overly critical, yet I think that everyone should feel proud of their accomplishment in completing the OWC.

Kudos,
Cindy

Quoted from CindyLKeller A nice variety of scripts.  The comments showed how some readers liked what they read while others disliked the same script. I sometimes felt readers were being overly critical, yet I think that everyone should feel proud of their accomplishment in completing the OWC.

I notice the love it/hate it thing is a feature of OWC critiques, just like in life with our opinions of films we see. In the end it's overall and most popularly liked by most that gets a mug, or Oscar.  

Anonymity always results in a more, shall we say, candid review but I like that about the OWC, long as you don't resort to rude. Rude is just unnessary, constructive is good.

Let's also try to remember how something reads doesn't necessarily equate to its effectiveness on screen. I'm trying to bear this in mind when commenting. Of course if it's got both, that's ideal, and that's our job, to write well for the screen.

Yeah, I echo the "Way to go Don!" sentiment!  Not sure if there was an order to the listing, but since there are 33 scripts, I'm going to read the first five, then the last five, then six through ten, the last ten through six, etc.  That way the last listings get read for sure.

Didn't give the Pass/Consider/Recommend but can if that's what's required.  I thought we were to just going to vote when the Writers Sheet comes out.  But hey, what do I know.