A young environmentalist Midwestern interior designer of schools must leave home when her web of reality forces her to risk seeking employment with upper class homeowners as an interior home decor designer in faraway New York City.

SYNOPSIS:

Almost By Design

A Ten-Minute Short Film Script

Roberta M Roy

Sometimes a person’s values and passions can turn one’s life upside down. Such is the case for environmentalist Alyssa May, a graduate of Iowa State University Department of Interior Design with a Bachelor of Fine Art.

It’s been a year since Alyssa May graduated from Iowa State University Department of Interior Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts that qualified her to do interior design work in small and large residential units. Currently, she lives at home and works for a rather large interior design agency. Primarily she and the team of designers are involved in school design. But Alyssa May loves the thought of doing interior design in private homes. And Alyssa May loves large! And her budding romance with Felix!

Also, Alyssa May is a little tired of Iowa’s humid continental climate and would like to leave the city of Ames, Iowa, population sixty thousand, for a big city. Chicago. She longs for a bigger city. a more climate aware mentality, and having done some research, she would like to move to New York State, the third greenest state in the nation. Or better yet, New York City, where she could also use her knowledge of space planning, interior materials and systems, lighting design, and environmental and human behavior. Her wish is to design functional, comfortable, and beautiful spaces in homes . . . luxurious ones.

With some research, Alyssa decides she would like to live in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Achieving this goal will require both courage and initiative. Alyssa May is up for it? But is Felix?

--------------A potentially low cost production that could for the basis for a feature film.-----------------

Almost by Design - 2024: Best Short Screen Play - Los Angeles Film Awards; Winner - Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition; Semi Finalist - Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest; Brooklyn International Short Awards; Berlin Shorts Award; Rome International Short Festival; Paris International Short Festival; Selected, Vegas Shorts, New York Short Awards. 2023: Semi Finalist Brooklyn International Short Awards; Quarterfinalist: Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest

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