About the Purple List
The WGSA Purple List is a new platform that allows members to list concepts and unproduced scripts on our website. Producers, Commissioning Editors, and other interested parties will be able to search the platform. Should there be interest, members will be contacted directly, using the contact information provided on the platform.
PLEASE NOTE:
- This service is offered free of charge to all members in good standing. Not yet a member? To have your unproduced work listed, JOIN US NOW.
- All unproduced works listed must carry a valid script registration number.
- Please note that the information you supply on the submission form will be publicly visible. In order for interested parties to contact you, your email address will be in the public domain. You may choose to submit a mobile number as well, but do not need to do so.
- The WGSA cannot guarantee that listing your work will result in a sale or funding of any nature.
- The WGSA will not be responsible for the initial and subsequent correspondence between members and interested parties. The onus is on the member to contact the WGSA’s contractual advisory services team to obtain advice before they enter into any contract / agreement.
- It is strongly recommended that members do their research on all potential interested parties and have a non-disclosure agreement signed with such interested parties before submitting their scripts.
Submission Process
Before You Submit
There are a few things you need to know:
- Your script must have a unique title. If the title has been used already, the system will inform you of such. Please contact the WGSA Administrator.
- Before submitting, your work must be registered with our WGSA Script Registry or any other legitimate Script Registry. You will not be able to list your script without a script registration number.
- Make sure that you categorise your project correctly.
- The submission form requires a logline and short synopsis. Please prepare this before the time. To ensure that your work has a professional ring to it, spell check, grammar check and check punctuation before you submit it into the public domain. To develop a professional logline, you may use this guideline:
Ultimate Logline Guide:
“A hero with a flaw that keeps him/her from achieving a worthwhile goal, who is forced to respond to a life changing event instigated by an opponent, and in the process of responding to that life changing event with the help of an ally, the hero is forced to overcome his/her flaw and only then is s/he able to do one-on-one with the opponent to realize his/her goal.”
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| Script Title | Affirmative Action |
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| Full Name | Michael Celender |
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| Main Category / Project Type | Film |
| Sub-Category | Feature |
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| Logline | After alienating his family and the love of his life, a celebrity-look-a-like YouTube prankster fakes his ethnicity and experience to climb South Africa’s corporate ladder. But the job he lands comes with surprises nobody planned for. |
| Elevator Pitch | “Affirmative Action” is a modern, coming-of-age story for a wide audience about a brash early-20’s Gen-Z playboy who goes from the narrow world of himself, his hot girlfriend and social media ambitions to someone who learns to open his eyes and take responsibility for the people around him. A story about identity and authenticity in our fake Instagram world. “Affirmative Action” could be considered the South African version of a comeuppance tale like Jim Carrey’s “Liar Liar,” where the unethical protagonist gets exactly what he deserves and learns the moral lessons he needs to arrive at a much better place by the end. The way I usually explain the story is by first asking a question: “Have you ever met somebody whose background or ethnicity is not totally clear?” With a dark complexion and curls, Danny Galanopoulos, a white Greek-South African, is one of those people in the grey area of the racial spectrum, who could be mistaken as Middle Eastern, Hispanic, a light Indian or even a coloured guy – something like a light-ish, younger version of Vin Diesel or Chris Jafta. The film starts with the surprising depiction of Bruno Mars and his brawny entourage exploring Sandton City during his first ever trip to the country, a jaunt which quickly turns into fandom chaos, ending with a narrow escape and the final reveal that Bruno was actually Danny dressed up in his typical “XIV Carrot” cap, shades and bling. Not only should this initial celebrity impersonation resonate with audiences all over, but it should also intrigue viewers sufficiently to want to follow our sneaky protagonist onward, all the way through and beyond his unthinkable act of falsifying his background to get a top job. |
| Stage of Development | Fully developed |
| Page Count | 116 |
| Reason for Listing | Production funding |
| Awards / Funding | 2016: Selected for development by the NFVF |
| Created By | Michael Celender |
