JMC 336 Scriptwriting

Story Concepts - Choose one for Writing Assignments 1 and 2. 

Concept # 1 Historical Drama/ TV Mini Series
At the end of the American Civil War, Henry Muller is the youngest colonel in the Union Army and in charge of supplies for the city of New Orleans. He stays there, sets up a commodities business, and survives a yellow fever epidemic, financial panics, and two turbulent marriages. It's now 1908, and Muller is one of the richest men in the city. But his enemies want him dead, and his children can't wait to split up his fortune.

Concept #2 Episode of Children's TV Show
In contemporary suburban America, three mischievous 10 year old girls go out for an afternoon, get into trouble, and have to get themselves out of it.

Concept #3 Promotional Video
High school seniors learn all about the Residential College experience at Murray State University.

Concept #4 Crime Drama
A district attorney, elected on the promise that he would restore "Christian moral values" in the community, is the prosecutor in a murder case that happens at a strip joint. Because the killing occurs at the back of the room, the only eye witnesses are the dancers.

Concept #5 Sports Docudrama
He's ready for the Baseball Hall of Fame, only the fourth player in history to amass both 3000 hits and 500 home runs. Then a drug scandal forces Rafael Palmeiro and his fans to reevaluate his career.

 

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