Emerson thesis -- Writing for film and television
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Alpas and Academy of Arcana, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_logsdon_kelsey.pdf
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"ALPAS: A hot-headed but determined sixteen-year-old is searching for an escape after being forcibly sent away to a wilderness rehabilitation retreat– but she quickly realizes that there is no escaping who you truly are. ACADEMY OF ARCANA: The golden daughter of the most powerful witch coven in all the realms is beginning her higher education at the most underfunded institution for magic while trying to not let anyone know that she is actually powerless." -- Logline
Dates:
2023
An average woman, 2018
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Identifier: wf_2018spring_bahret_abigail.pdf
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"An Average Woman follows a young woman through four pivotal moments in her life, starting at the age of eighteen and spanning a decade. Through the perspective of the protagonist, Cara Williams, this script examines what many women endure in our patriarchal society including abuse, harassment, and neglect. The film also looks at how women come back from difficult relationships. Cara slowly accepts her childhood sweetheart, Teddy, in an intimate relationship, learning to develop love and...
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2018
Artificial, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_grad_samuel.pdf
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"Artificial is a feature length comedy that negotiates the dangers and fears many feel surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence in art and entertainment. The film follows a recently divorced TV writer, a tech CEO, an artificial general intelligence, and a large cast of other writers, workers, and revolutionaries as they navigate the influx of automation in the workplace. Set in the very near future, this satirical sci-fi takes aim at the self-righteousness of artists, the vanity of...
Dates:
2023
A.S.S. Crawler & Southern Haunt, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_fatima_aizzah.pdf
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"A.S.S. Crawler is a half hour comedy set in New York City in 2002. It follows the struggles of Nadia Malik, a queer Muslim female actor, living in post 9/11 America. When a wire transfer sent by her parents from Saudi Arabia gets flagged by the NYPD, Nadia gets picked up for questioning. During the interrogation, Officer Diaz entraps her into working for the NYPD's Arab Secret Surveillance (A.S.S.) Unit to spy on a mosque in Queens. This project is based on real events, and is a commentary...
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2021
Azimuth, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_mcgrath-conwell_devin.pdf
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"Azimuth is a feature-length film written with theatrical distribution in mind. It is conceived to feature a diverse cast of heroes/protagonists within a story designed to examine themes of duty, anti-fascism, and chosen family. The setting is the eponymous fictional moon Azimuth, the last stop in a galaxy where a fascist government enforces violent control. The story follows a long-separated couple and their compatriots as they contend with whether to stay and fight the forces of evil or...
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2023
Bad sleeper, 2018
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Identifier: wf_2018spring_potrykus_joel.pdf
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"After the death of her father, traveling saleswoman Charley assembles a checklist to overcome her anxieties and give her the confidence to take out the life insurance company that cheated her family." --page 6.
Dates:
2018
Baristas, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_pronley_edward_james.pdf
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"BARISTAS is a half-hour comedy that follows a young woman on a journey of selfdiscovery and the bonds she forms between her co-workers along the way. Drawing from my own personal experience as a Barista at Starbucks, the stories in the show and the relationships between characters are directly related to real events and people in my life. Within the Thesis are two episodes for the show as well as a show bible that further explores the plot, characters, tone, and themes of the series." --...
Dates:
2020
Best of My Love, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_brown_keilaj.pdf
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"The Best of My Love presents a drama/comedy feature-length script that explores the joys and challenges of maintaining a relationship between mother and daughter. Elizabeth, an actor who's just been nominated for her first Academy award, struggles to find her place both in the Hollywood industry and in life. Returning home to celebrate her parents' 30th anniversary, Elizabeth finds hope and healing through recounting stories of her mother, Joey's journey to finding love and hope in the bond...
Dates:
2022
BGKB: Black Girl Korean Boy, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_jackson_lily.pdf
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"Financial consultant ASIA JONES (27, Black American female) and Big Pharma heir JASON KWON (30, Korean male) engagement is running smoothly. Asia's family likes Jason well enough, and they have a good life together in LA. However, Jason receives a call from his mother SUSAN (50s, Korean female) that his father PHILIP (50s, Korean male) had a car accident and is in critical condition, prompting Jason to return home after four years abroad. It wouldn't be so bad, except Jason's parents have...
Dates:
2021
Billy, 2018
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Identifier: wf_2018spring_rolincik_kylie.pdf
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"President of the Massachusetts Senate, Billy Bulger, sacrifices his political legacy to protect his mob boss older brother, Whitey Bulger." --Abstract. --page 7.
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2018
Blood Island/Go to Hell, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_krolick_william.pdf
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"BLOOD ISLAND is an hour-long horror-comedy pilot that follows a group of reality tv stars on the set of a popular remote island dating show as a masked killer begins picking off the contestants, one by one. Think SCREAM meets BACHELOR IN PARADISE. GO TO HELL is a half-hour comedy pilot that follows a recently deceased workaholic as she navigates a tennis tournament in the underworld in the hopes of winning a second chance at life - all with the help of her new, unlikely companion, a talking...
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2021
Breeding Ground, 2019
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Identifier: sw_2019spring_gacita_joshua.pdf
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"Breeding Ground is a political horror story that reflects on the experiences and anxieties that come with growing up within traditional, heteronormative, male-dominated groups. It's a mediation on how American boys with privilege are raised in America and indoctrinated with certain values that can often be taken to a violent extreme. My work throughout this program has used the horror and science fiction genres to explore social and political issues such as class struggle, racism, the...
Dates:
2019
Bring me to life, 2019
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Identifier: sw_2019spring_marini_nicholas.pdf
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"BRING ME TO LIFE is a crime thriller about a transgender private investigator searching for her dead partner's missing teenage daughter. The investigator soon uncovers a child trafficking ring run by politicians. It focuses on themes of identity, infrastructure, the spoiling of innocence and the struggle against power, with expressions of a mental state on the screen, graphic violence and assault, and transformative experiences. The script aims for authentic representations of minority...
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2019
Cheek to Cheek, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_bradley_christopher.pdf
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"Cheek to Cheek is a romantic comedy thriller which tells a story of finding love while outrunning that which threatens to destroy it – in this case, a vengeful soon to be husband of the protagonist's former lover. The story is a dramatization of the corporate existence and the quest for self-satisfaction and liberation through preternatural machinations of fortune and luck, where characters dream to the heights of casino towers and sums of magazine sweepstakes. This project adds to the...
Dates:
2021
Darcy's Hellfire, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_parker_samuel.pdf
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"Garrett Darcy faces the daunting task of succeeding his father Alastair Darcy, a pillar of the community, who has succumbed to a stroke and remains sedated in bed. Garrett's first order of business- ensure a revealing biography about Alastair written by his assistant turned writer Elsa Cummings never sees the light of day. However, this task won't be easily accomplished as Elsa's book has attracted the likes of lewd book published Bentley, Garrett's rival book publisher. As Garrett aims to...
Dates:
2021
Dayiah, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_williams_amber.pdf
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"DAYIAH, 22, is a recent college graduate from Harlem, New York. She lives at home with her mother LUCILLE 'LUCY', 50s, and her father CLYDE 50s. From a young age, Dayiah has been extremely talented in painting, and as such, she's dreamed of becoming an artist. Although her father supports her, it's been a challenge convincing her mother to get behind her as one. This has a huge impact on the way Dayiah sees herself, and what she thinks she is able to accomplish. When Dayiah decides to save...
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2021
Death Stalks, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_howe_lilly.pdf
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"DEATH STALKS is a feature length film which focuses on a young farmer unraveling her intricate family history while in the midst of being haunted by a Biblical demon. Set in modern times, this modern horror film follows the farmer's investigation into the murders plaguing the town, the intense homophobia surrounding her, and her descent into madness. There are many horror films focused on supernatural beings, but few that focus on the intricacies of human relationships outside of the...
Dates:
2023
Debbie and the Brain, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_courtade_joshua.pdf
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"The Valley, 1986. Debbie, a way cool teenage brainiac, lands a rad internship with Dr. Ophelia Glutz, a robotics genius. Debbie's psyched to help her build a bodacious robot, but they need an organic brain to power the mechanical dude. Meanwhile, Debbie has eyes for hunky Chip Gordon, who's not too bright but is super sweet. A mega freaky surfing accident kills Chip, so Debbie swipes his brain and puts it in the robot dude's dome. Dr. Glutz gets super cheesed ‘cause Chip's lame brain makes...
Dates:
2021
Devilment, 2019
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Identifier: sw_2019spring_larocca_eric.pdf
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"Devilment is a horror-thriller with dark fantasy elements about a videogame designer who finds her and her younger brother's life forever changed after they encounter an infamous video game with gruesomely metamorphic properties. Examining themes of abandonment, transformation, and the inability to love, the film concentrates on a young woman involuntarily thrust into a role of motherhood as she begins to suspect her brother is experiencing a grotesque metamorphosis after he plays a rare...
Dates:
2019
Doctor Underground, Too Much Blood Phuckette Park, Magnolia, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_lopez_ricardo.pdf
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"This project contains two scripts. DOCTOR UNDERGROUND is a hour-long medical drama that follows the women's health crisis in current day Nicaragua by navigating the dark world that is the health care system: power, money, greed, privilege, religion, and politics — nothing's off-limits. When Dr. Micheala Galiano, a highly skilled gynecologist, and woman's rights activist, finds herself stuck after trying to change the corrupt system from the inside, she goes on a journey to expose the...
Dates:
2021