Crime -- Drama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Light Catchers, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_roberts_jarrod.pdf
Overview
"This project is a pilot and limited series for a run of ten episodes, revolving around a lone-wolf criminal assembling a heist team to steal a corporation's secret method of faster-than-light travel. The science fiction and heist hybrid follows the main character around a developed solar system, to recruit maladaptive experts into his team, including his distant mother figure and mentor, an ex-gang member robot, a deaf combat specialist, and a hacker addicted to existing in cyberspace." --...
Dates:
2022
Paddy Wagon, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_hallinan_cameron.pdf
Overview
"PADDY WAGON is a gritty crime drama with elements of dark comedy that focuses on a tough yet tender young thug. Set in Boston during the 1970s, the film aims to transports viewers into the world of organized crime within an unforgiving setting. The script takes cues from classic crime films like 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle and Dog Day Afternoon' but adds a modern spin to the genre. Ultimately, it's a period piece that reflects how increasingly corrosive the effects of violence have become...
Dates:
2021
Partners, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_block_william.pdf
Overview
"PARTNERS is an action comedy feature length screenplay centered around a married couple in the LAPD who are forced to work the same case in order to catch a killer. Once they are partnered, the stress of the case and the extended time together forces them to confront the growing problems in their marriage. Thematically, PARTNERS tackles the universal struggle of finding the right balance between professional life and family life. When the two become one, the couple lose all sense of privacy...
Dates:
2020
Sweetener, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_thomas_brianna.pdf
Overview
"SWEETENER is an hour-long limited series that focuses on themes of self-awareness, familial bonds, and corruption. This story blends the darkness of its deadly subject matter with humor to create an irreverent and cheeky take on the popular crime-solving genre. Taking inspiration from many of today's procedural dramas, legal thrillers, and women-led comedies, this script combines elements from all of those genres and wraps them into a comedic murder-mystery." -- Abstract
Dates:
2020
The Marvelous & Uncanny, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_mecham_merritt.pdf
Overview
"'The Marvelous & Uncanny' is a dramatic screenplay inspired by classic film noir, the Surrealist movement, and the women at the heart of one of the darkest chapters of American labor history. Set in New York City in 1942, the story follows a young woman as she investigates the case of a missing boy. When the clues take her to Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century gallery and the Surrealist leaders displaced due to Nazi occupation of Europe, she embraces the tenets of surrealist...
Dates:
2022