[Lauren Cragg]

putting essence to work
Creative mastery lesson 2
What Learned was that I can actually improve scenes, which I thought I could do better at, but was at a loss creatively
Logline FRANKEN MOM – Ben, a gifted Silicon Valley tween prodigy while inventing an “app” accidently rewires his mom, but software glitches, product recalls and viruses challenge him to get his real mom back.
BTW, this is a script that has been requested by a producer, and I told him I needed to polish it up before I sent it out
Location: Thurman Household
Logline: they are a technologically genius family, but they are so absorbed in their own inventions and awards, that they no longer function as a family.
Essence: they need each other more than they know

Location: Ben’s room
Logline: Ben is a tech prodigy but , a nerd who desperately wants to be cool.
Essence: Ben is already cool, and he has to learn “be yourself, It’s all you’ve got an it’s great

Location: Zest High School Principal’s Office
Logline: the new principal is a former state ranked football coach, who cannot relate to these unathletic techies.
Essence : The principal realizes that these kids have the potential to be real rich and famous, much more that he ever was as a winning coach.

Location: Thurman family’s patent Lawyer’s office
Logline: The family Lawyer Sal Sharkey is trying to get the father, Paul to take a consulting deal with the rock n roll hall of fame whose has a ventilation problem that is destroying their guitars.
Essence: Sal is a shark, who wants to take Paul away from his family just when they need him most the week before the High School science convention

Location: Thurman House
Logline: Paul is leaving for the gig at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
Essence: Hie Wife, and the kids Mom Lissa realizes she has to be in charge of the family, but she’s not herself.

[Lauren Cragg]

THELMA & LOUISE –
What I learned:
That there are themes to scenes, which cause the audience to form opinions about characters, and as a viewer we have visceral responses which make them have a growing interest in the story.
Scene – The Diner
Logline: Louise is hustling and acting like a queen bee of advice, too young female patrons, and then on the Phone with Thelma.
Essence Louise is a tough woman, and she’s Thelma’s ticket out of an abusive situation.
Scene – Thelma House
Thelma packs up for a 2 -day trip
Essence – Thelma is packing like she’s leaving for good, the promise of escape drive her.
Scene – Partying in a cowboy Bar
Logline Thlema influences Losie to “have some fun”
Essence- Louise knows that the real world is not safe for women.
Scene _ parking lot
Logline – Harlan gets shot by Lousie
Essence – Women have to take justice into their own hands.
Scene- driving off a cliff
Logline – Thelma and Louise escape by driving off a cliff into the Grand Canyon
Essence- these woman would rather die than let men have power over

[Lauren Cragg]

Hey, I’m LC, I’m a writer/producer. I have a very deep wheelhouse of scripts in various stages. I’m looking forward to this class, I had a script rewrite deadline, so I’m one week behind, but I’ll be catching up soon. Truly looking forward to working with all of you.