A late-night DJ's life falls apart in real-time after his words trigger a killer to act on the DJ's hate-filled message. Callers either attack or praise him. Ultimately the blame lays at his feet.
Type:
Feature
Status:
Under Option
Page Count:
90pp
Genre:
Drama
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
A late-night "shock jock" calls out an individual from the news and says they need "fixing". An hour later someone calls and says it's done. The police call and informs the "shock jock" that someone is acting on his instructions and has killed the person he called out. This triggers a war between callers praising or attacking the Shock-Jock. The cops are also demanding assistance and blaming the shock jock for triggering the actions of the person. All this time the killer is calling in. We see the life of the shock jock collapse in real-time. In a two-hour shift, he goes from hero to husk.

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Submitted: 2021-Jul-16
Last Updated: 2021-Jul-16
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The Writer: Craig Griffiths

I am a writer of features that are very tone and character focused. I write characters and let them inform plot. I have a few short films out on the web. Search Youtube for me and you should find "Blood Brother" and "The change in me". IMDB is where you can find details of my features released and in production. I have a books on Amazon including "Writing Screenplays with Intelligence" and "Logline". Writing Screenplays with Intelligence is a set of tools I used in my career as an intelligence analyst and how they can be used to develop characters and write screenplays. Logline is a great set of tools and things to consider when writing a logline or a script. I have a YouTube channel… Go to bio
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