Loglines & Screenplays by John Michael German
Screenwriting Resources
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Not Your Average Dinner
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
A dysfunctionally unified families Thanksgiving dinner turns chaotic.
*Short script (10 pages). Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Why Run?
GENRES: Drama
A womans inner haunting dilemma is acted out in a ghostly fashion as she comes to realize her true roadblock in her life - herself.
Berlin Flash Film Festival - Why Run? - Official June 2017 Selection
*Short script (3 pages). Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Enter Write Club
GENRES: Action, Drama
Four writing friends unexpectedly morph into a fantasy writing land, overlooked by the head writers club madam, twisting and turning them through a strange land that pushes them to the edge of uncertainty.
Note: 2016 November 30-Day Write Club project.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
The Imaginative One
GENRES: Adventure, Family
A young boys inner imaginative spirit brings to life ordinary objects around him as he goes on exciting new explorations using the toys in his life.
Note: November 30-Day Write Club project. (Registered).
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Thoughtful Cup
GENRES: Drama
A business man's encounter with a homeless man helps to substantially changes his views.
*Short script (9 pages). Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Ian's Home in the Wilderness
GENRES: Drama
A young boy/man, who teeter-totters between both, seemingly alone and an outcast where he is,
finds himself engaged with some female strangers in the wilderness causing an internal struggle as he becomes enchanted by each even while they are fighting him and among themselves.
****** (No Longer Optioned - Producer and Actor involved backed out after optioning.) ******
The House Of Deathly Choices
GENRES: Drama
Six individuals are trapped in a living room with no windows; doors are sealed shut, and they have to find the only way out, before time runs out.
Note: Five page, short film, based off the criteria of one of the jobs posted in the jobs section:
- Any genre.
- One location.
- Under 5 minutes.
- 4-6 characters.
*Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Love Sarcastically
GENRES: Romance, Comedy
Two lovable, sarcastic people meet on an obstacle course where their love quickly blossoms, but fades just as fast, as their own inner obstacles become the greatest obstacle they must face to overcome.
*Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Smoked Turkey
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
While a family goes through their normal chaotic Thanksgiving, an encounter through a random visitor helps each others lives through an emotional sense.
*Short script (11 pages). Registration Started.
***Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.***
Dare to Reach Out
GENRES: Drama
An old western style man's life intertwines with seemingly simplistic suburban issues that mushroom infectiously and uncontrollably, which push himself and others to the brink of their own sanity, through darkness's dare to reach out.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
The Literal Apocalypse
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
A mysterious occurrence briefly flashes across the world that has everyone talking; Soon afterwards, people begin to display some odd behavior that was never seen before. As these actions continue to become more chaotic, four people experience it first hand, even within their group, as the world around them does as well trying to figure out how, and why it is all happening.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Stronger Than You Think
GENRES: Drama
Three individuals, with various backgrounds, try to overcome plights in their lives.
*Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Soulless
GENRES: Drama
A man whose being chased by a zombe-like mob tries to find a way from keeping them from getting what they are blood thirsting after.
*Short script (5 pages). Registration Started.
***Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.***
Laugh 'til your farts turn brown.
GENRES: Comedy
In this crappy humored comedy, a group of recently unemployed misfits tackle the life endeavors of unemployment, gig economy, and all the laugh-tracks galore of life's missteps in a Modern-day Office Space meets Seinfeld.
Life Under The Sea
GENRES: Drama, Family, Comedy
A couple of undersea creatures find themselves running into various other sea creatures, in unique ways, until an unexpected human interaction has them fighting to save their beloved sunken ship.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Appeasing Emmie
GENRES: Drama
A little girl's behavior begin to change out of the blue, and dramatically at times, as her parents seek help for answers as to the cause.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
I Wish...
GENRES: Drama
Two people, from vastly different stretches of life, lives start to intertwine the moment Adam's eyes see Mary Hanna's face; Their spiritual type connection begins to blossom through musical lyrics as they are knowingly and unknowingly drawn towards each other that leads towards Adam's dream of reality - but at a cost.
*Cannes Screenplay Contest - Stage Play - 2nd place
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
HARRY POTTER - HAT SCENE PARODY
GENRES: Comedy
Parodies from the scene from Harry Potter where the hat selects each one's group.
*** Just a place to present this as a placeholder for the scene attached. Feel free to look over for a review and potentially brings you a tiny giggle. ***
God Bless,
John German
League Of Weaknesses (LOW)
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
A band of characters, who society would deem to have societal mental weaknesses, band together to thwart the attacks of their arch nemesis.
***Note: This is a comic script. Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Hiding
GENRES: Drama
Albert, unwillingly, must come face-to-face with the individual he is hiding from.
Berlin Flash Film Festival - Hiding - May 2017 Micro Short Script Winner
*One page, short script. Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Workless - Care-free manager.
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
A new employee, being led around by the company manager, meets fellow company workers who find unique ways to hide their lack of working.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Workless - passive-aggressive manager.
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
A new employee, being led around by the company manager, meets fellow company workers who find unique ways to hide their lack of working.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Laid Off
GENRES: Romance, Comedy
In an atmosphere of nationwide layoffs, two unsuspecting paths serendipitously integrate as both try to find their way out of the abyss that is the job market and their internal struggle to regulate their lives.
Saturday Morning
GENRES: Drama
A woman, trying to sleep in, is bothered by the noises of the outside world that seemingly want her to stay awake.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
What Lies in the Valley
GENRES: Drama
A downtrodden individual struggles to try and salvage their own life as the world around him continues to try and derail it due to their own insecurities.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Halloween Candy
GENRES: Drama
Three young children, dressed as superheroes, go trick-or-treating when one of them decides to do something out of the ordinary, making others feel like there might be something wrong going on, which ends up making other thought processes become a little different.
******Short script (16 pages). Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.*******
Warmth of Christmas Tea
GENRES: Drama, Family
A warm and cozy Christmas morning turns rotten for a family, due to one little thing that was missing, that gets turned around from a very unexpected individual.
*Short script (13 pages). Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Perceptions - TV Pilot
GENRES: Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi
Perceptions is a dramedy with a bit of sci-fi. John is an ordinary man living in a normal world when his perceptions of that world begin to change with his encounter with an eccentric stranger. This stranger gives John a gift that allows him to see clearly through the lenses of life's spectacles that expose his ill conceived notions of those around him.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Jonny 2x
GENRES: Drama, Thriller
JONNY 2X is a dramatic, suspenseful thriller about Jonny, a loner who lives a very simple life and works a job that can get rough at times though the money is good. His personality fits the job due to life putting him through the ringer and back again but never judge a book by its cover as we all got our reasons for why we do what we got to do sometimes and Jonny is especially no different.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Moments Of Forever
GENRES: Romance
Moments Of Forever is a romantic feel good story of the unexpected encounter of Carol and Doug, who meet while attending their own week long business workshop's, where life is pushing them towards each other. Through these encounters, they blossom into a romance that brings moments of forever for each other as well as good fortune for others they encounter. But will this epicenters of goodness moments of forever last forever in a physical sense?
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
The Screenwriters Karma
GENRES: Comedy, Drama
A screenwriter not having much luck finds inspiration through intertwining his script with his real life before karma steps in and intervenes.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Kindled Memories
GENRES: Action, Horror
A scientist, whose life has blossomed and is moving into a new home with his wife, is haunted from a past secret that has laid dormant up until now.
*Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
What? I'm Old!
GENRES: Comedy
A girl returns home after being away for college and other life events to find out that the parents and atmosphere she once knew, before leaving, has changed due to her parents now odd and off the wall type of behavior at times.
*Note - TV Pilot. Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
OK Mother
GENRES: Horror, Thriller
A man, with obvious psychological problems, tries to gain his mothers favor at all costs.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Cheesy Kind of Love
GENRES: Action, Drama
The heroic acts of a son to try and save his mother, which ends up costing his life by another, and then a mothers love to revenge her sons death - leaving all three lifeless.
*Registration Started.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Abnormally Normal
GENRES: Comedy
A group of oddly unique yet somewhat humorously dysfunctional people surround a normal guy, whose name was given to him in an unusual way, while he tries to find some normalcy within his abnormally normal life.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
Six Company
GENRES: Action, Drama
Six Company is a story about a company who helps individuals, who have hit rough times, behind the scenes. Their motto is always have each other's back no matter what. That mindset and bond is what leads those involved to have such a tight-knit bond until the end.
*Registered.
Everything about this script is for review only; If you are interested in any of these please contact, myself, John German.
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