{"id":1604,"date":"2025-01-31T22:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:23:44","slug":"neil-before-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/01\/31\/neil-before-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Before Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logline: Amidst the space race in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin compete to be the first man to land on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Page Count: 8<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Historical Parody\/Satire\/Comedy<\/p>\n<p>Cast Breakdown:<br \/>\n&#8211; Neil Armstrong (30\u2019s): Not the brightest star in the solar system, extremely<br \/>\nimmature and gullible.<br \/>\n&#8211; Buzz Aldrin (30\u2019s): Selfish and arrogant, asks himself what his country can do for<br \/>\nhim, not what he can do for his country. He\u2019s willing to do whatever it takes to<br \/>\nclaim the glory of being the first man on the Moon.<br \/>\n&#8211; Micheal Collins (30\u2019s): Pilot of the mission, sarcastic, and annoyed by his fellow<br \/>\nastronauts.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Director (50\u2019s): Hanging on by a thread, feeling the pressure of the<br \/>\nresponsibility of directing the moon landing.<br \/>\n&#8211; Russian Woman (40\u2019s): Angry assassin with a Russian accent.<\/p>\n<p>Location Breakdown: Moon Sound Stage, Cafeteria<\/p>\n<p>Special FX\/Cheats\/Stunts: Neil and Buzz jump off of the space shuttle and onto the<br \/>\nmoon (pgs 2 and 8)<\/p>\n<p>Your Contact Info: Anew@chapman.edu \/ 380-222-9163<\/p>\n<p>Read Here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/03\/New_SoloAP_1_29_24_Neil-Before-Me-Final-Draft-1.pdf\">Neil-Before-Me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logline: Amidst the space race in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin compete to be the first man to land on the Moon. Page Count: 8 Genre: Historical Parody\/Satire\/Comedy Cast Breakdown: &#8211; Neil Armstrong (30\u2019s): Not the brightest star<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/01\/31\/neil-before-me\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10-pages","category-comedy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}