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Curiosity by Manolis Froudarakis (Athenian) - Short, Drama, Dark Something - A teenager explains why he and his friends committed a heinous crime. 3 pages - pdf, format
You usually hit the nail on the head Manolis with surprise, funny or ironic endings. Unfortunately this one just didn't have quite enough going for it imh. This just came across as too linear and with no twist in the tail. As a three pager... or rather two, I think it just reads as incomplete. Unless of course I missed something.
Well, the irony here is supposed to be that the victims are not recognizable, so the curiosity of the perpetrators will remain unsatisfied. But it seems that the idea needed better execution.
The irony for me was that the teenager was more concerned (practically to the point of obsession) with learning the identity of the people in the cabin, more than he was over the fact that now he's facing a triple homicide charge. Hilariously twisted and sad.
- Yes, Caleb, that was pretty much the idea. Thanks again!
- Hi, Dustin, thank you for the comment! Initially the script was one page longer, but then I thought it would be hard to be filmed (with the fire and all), so I decided to use only three quick flashbacks. But I'll probably revisit the idea sometime later.
Fire can be added in later as an after effect. Also, sorry, I forget about the positives sometimes, well written, decent story... I just feel that it needs more.
Here's the trailer for a film somewhat inspired by this script. The director wanted to shoot the original one initially, but developed it into something different, eventually. You can take a look: