{"id":1623,"date":"2025-03-12T19:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:52:46","slug":"the-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/03\/12\/the-shortcut\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shortcut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOGLINE: Three best friends decide to take a shortcut where they encounter a mysterious man who brings out the worst in them.<\/p>\n<p>PAGE COUNT: 7.5<\/p>\n<p>GENRE: Drama<\/p>\n<p>CAST:<br \/>\nLUKE (16-17, scrawny, a nerd. The type to hold his backpack straps<br \/>\nwith both hands. Desperately trying not to get left behind.)<br \/>\nMORGAN (17-18, curly-headed, eyebags . Busy being the peacekeeper<br \/>\nin his own parent&#8217;s divorce. Obeys authority figures and avoids<br \/>\nconflict.)<br \/>\nKIERAN (18, scruffy blonde hair, leader-type. Mourning his older<br \/>\nbrother. Thinks he&#8217;s the toughest around.)<br \/>\nTHE MAN (Adult\/ageless. Mysterious and an instigator. Takes<br \/>\npleasure in other&#8217;s distress. Speculated Devil incarnate.)<\/p>\n<p>LOCATIONS:<br \/>\nEXT. STREET<br \/>\nSidewalk on a street in town.<br \/>\nEXT. SHORTCUT PATH<br \/>\nA shaded, hidden path connected to the main street.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT:<br \/>\nPeyton Hoffman, pehoffman@chapman.edu, 714-470-1381<\/p>\n<p>Read Here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/03\/The-Shortcut-by-Peyton-Hoffman.pdf\">The-Shortcut-by-Peyton-Hoffman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOGLINE: Three best friends decide to take a shortcut where they encounter a mysterious man who brings out the worst in them. PAGE COUNT: 7.5 GENRE: Drama CAST: LUKE (16-17, scrawny, a nerd. The type to hold his backpack straps<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/03\/12\/the-shortcut\/\">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":[11,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10-pages","category-drama"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623","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=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}