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Logline and summary
A young skater, Kit, has a bad encounter at a skate park one day and makes an enemy out of the new kid in town. Now the tension between these two puts Kit in a very stressful and uncomfortable situation.
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The Lakes List is a collection of exemplary screenplays for movies, short films, web series and TV shows, written by the screenwriting students and alumni of the Screenwriting BA program at Metro State University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
For inquiries, and for access to a writer and their screenplay, please send an email to lakeslist@metrostate.edu.
A young skater, Kit, has a bad encounter at a skate park one day and makes an enemy out of the new kid in town. Now the tension between these two puts Kit in a very stressful and uncomfortable situation.
A group of friends take a trip to a landfill to break things, in order to vent, after one of them is cheated on by his partner. At the landfill, a chain of events reveals a traumatic plight one of the other friends has been experiencing but not saying anything about.
A pair of Alien anthropologists, operating on little time and even less funding, discover a lost and hopeless earthling guide to help them on their evidence-gathering mission. Through their city escapades, both parties find more than they ever expected.
A man and a woman enter a green card marriage but each have a different agenda.
When a headstrong young woman forced home from college due to the pandemic decides to spend afternoons holding up a Black Lives Matter sign at a gas station in her small MN hometown, the uproar finds her in the crosshairs of a sleepy yet belligerent town.
A young man takes his shot at love, and misses completely. A stranger helps him find meaning in his misery.
A quiet young boy named Wyatt waits with his uncle in a bar for Wyatt's father, who is being released from prison.
The Lakes List is a collection of exemplary screenplays for movies, short films, web series and TV shows, all written by the screenwriting students and alumni of the Screenwriting Program at Metro State University in St. Paul, MN.
The Lakes List is created by Metro State Prof. Jeremy Bandow, who was inspired by other national screenwriting 'lists' - like the Black List, and the Red List - which highlight excellent screenplays and help connect screenwriters to producers.
The Lakes List mission is much the same, to connect our emerging writers and their stories with local & regional directors, producers, and actors looking for future film and TV projects to bring to life.
As new and improved tax credit incentive programs spur production and create a wellspring of film & TV opportunities in Minnesota, there is no better time to ensure that the stories that get told here are our own stories.
Read more about the new film production incentives in Minnesota.
Many of these scripts are Minnesota’s stories, written by local writers. All contribute to the diverse artistic and cinematic culture of Minnesota, and assist in reinforcing our thriving, vibrant, regional artistic identity.
Enjoy your visit. We hope you find a screenplay you like!
For inquiries, and for access to a writer and their screenplay, please send an email to lakeslist@metrostate.edu.