Screenwriting is easy. And now that BKT Productions has its own digital movie camera, can anyone say, "Lights, camera, action?" How about this for our first fifteen minute short?
Nathan Patinkin (Matt Rogers) is a frustrated actor who lives in his studio/apartment with girlfriend Stormie Wether (Alyson Tober) who plays Snow White at a D-List amusement park in Passaic, New Jersey. Their flat is located above Disco Tech, a dance studio run by off-off-Broadway choreographer, Tony Hustle (Mr. E), who always dresses in tight white bell-bottoms, an open-collared tangerine silk shirt, enough gold chains to anchor the Queen Mary, and white patent leather boots. A group of studio musicians, El Capitan and Chenielle (Mr. Bill Pepper, Mrs. Melody Hubner, Mrs. Tracy Clark), performs at Disco Tech every night, rattling Nathan's dishes from 11 until 2; they are joined on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays by Saree, a trio of boistrous blond Bollywood dancers (Madison Bendistis, Allie Spaccarelli, Brittany Yeo).
After months of auditions, Nathan finally lands the lead role in the regionally acclaimed musical, Playing with Paintbrushes, in which he plays Pablo DaVinci opposite Linda Streisand (Rebecca Wilson) who plays Pablo's favorite model, Lisa Mona. As rehearsals begin under angsty director Orson Hitchcock (Alex Messick), Olive Stone (Jack Shinn), the script supervisor, takes a strong dislike to Nathan. One Wednesday morning while awaiting the deaf sound man Amadeus (Kirby Wilson), Olive drops a jelly donut sprinkled with itching powder into Nathan's lap. Seeing Nathan's gyrations, El Capitan and Chenille strike up the Eleven O'clock Number, "Pigment Gets in My Eyes," and Saree dashes onto the set, thinking they have missed their cue. In her haste, Saree superstar, Nu Deli (Allie Spaccarelli), collides with a stage light, causing it to fall on Toni Chenille (Mrs. Tracy Clark)....
Okay. So maybe BKT's first film should be a full-length feature. Can anyone say, "Over-budget?"
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