Script Call – Shorts

Ideal duration: 5-10 minutes

Ideal genres/tone: Drama combining humour and pathos, psychological drama/comedy, (psychological thriller or horror), magical realism, documentary style realism, relationship drama/comedy. Other genres also considered.

Attractive themes: The impossibility of communication, odd/quirky relationships or perspectives, power struggles/clashes, death, unbreakable bonds, passion, psychological defence and fantasy, fear, loss, remorse, hope, survival, conquering fears and demons, breaking free, exploring the boundaries of who we are or what we can be.

What we will be looking for:

Something that subtly and strongly engages us with the inner drives and emotions of the leading character or characters, including; authentic, originally observed character detail and visual expression of a protagonist’s inner world or point of view. A strong controlling idea for the audience to take from the story. Use of light and shade in the tone, i.e. featuring humour and warmth as well as pathos and the confrontation of the darker aspects of life such as death, suffering or loss. Elegant simplicity. Strong basic structure. We want you to make us think and feel, laugh and cry. In short, we’re on a hunt for script gold dust.

However, we don’t expect it to be perfect straight out of the box and will work with chosen scripts to develop them further. If you are interested please send one page outlines only in the first instance to: smo@scriptsurgery.co.uk, with the words: ‘Script Call – Submission’ in the subject line. All the very best, Sarah Olley

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