1pg. Comedy Short Script: SECOND CHANCE, by Paul Huenemann (interview)
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2m 9s
Sam is out to avenge his true love being stolen from him.
CAST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Sam: Steve Rizzo
Get to know the writer:
. What is your screenplay about?
Poor Sam, outmaneuvered by a devious, conniving administrator , not only lost his job, but his true love and is going to get his revenge.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Definitely a "Time-Traveling-RomCom." Is that a genre?
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
It's good fun, lots of confusion as Sam and his true love flip back and forth thru time trying to fix things.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
RomCom time-aelicious
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Guessing: "Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"?
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
Several weeks now, trying to lay out the storyline.
7. How many stories have you written?
Least a hundred different scripts of varying quality.
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Varies throughout my life, but generally movie music and generally from Musical movies.
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Time is a big one.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Animation (watching and making).
11. You entered your screenplay via FilmFreeway. What has been your experiences working with the submission platform site? Amazingly easy. I actually started working before FilmFreeway and tracking down contests and entering was a real hard thing to do. They've made it wonderfully easy and productive.
12. What influenced you to enter the festival?
I was intrigued and wondered could I actually make a "one page story". I've become a great fan of short script/short stories, how they wonderfully force you to "cut the fat" and concentrate on just the story.
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