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Brad's Unfiltered Thoughts Into Social Media

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A nerdy robotic engineer discovers that his neural phone implant is malfunctioning and dumping all his unfiltered thoughts into social media and he must find a way to stop it before he loses his girlfriend, job, and friends. BRIEF SYNOPSIS BRAD BRUMLEY (20’s) is a nerdy, mild-mannered robotics engineer who is stuck in the past. While everyone else, including his girlfriend MISSY (20’s) and his best friend TRACKER, have implanted phones, Brad remains faithful and obsessed with his hand-held device. When Missy gives Brad an ultimatum, he finally agrees to the phone implant. The transition for Brad is terrifying, as he doesn’t know how to control and work the new technology. When Brad’s unfiltered thoughts begin to download to social media, for everyone to see, Brad must find a way to stop the mind dump before he loses Missy, his job, and his friends. His …show more content…

The tone is light-hearted and the script explores the concept of private vs. public, as well as the consequences of advanced technology. The script also offers a very likable protagonist in Brad. However, with that said, the script would benefit from more development. The areas to revisit include the structure, the pace, and the tension, as well as some story choices, and further character development. The opening sets up the ordinary world of Brad. He’s clearly stuck in the past and is resistant to the new technology of phone implants. It’s a nice irony and contradiction given that he works in the robotics-engineering field. The concern however is that his resistance to the implant is repeated several times in the first act and this hinders the pace. Essentially, he should be resistant and then something locks him into his decision to have the implant versus having several conversations with Missy and Tracker about not wanting too. Maybe he realizes that everyone else can participate in something, but he can’t or simply he doesn’t want to lost Missy (as structured

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