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 | The Hornet's Nest |
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| Full Name | Jennifer Stewart |
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| Main Category / Project Type | Film |
| Sub-Category | Feature |
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| Logline | A hot-headed journalist probes forbidden into petty corruption. She unwittingly stirs a hornet’s nest and unleashes a maelstrom of betrayal and psychotic violence that culminates in a threat to bomb a new giant stadium on the opening night of Africa’s first Soccer World Cup. |
| Elevator Pitch | Rachel Divaris, mid 30’s, strong-willed. Hot temper. Doesn’t suffer fools. An ambitious journalist, obsessed with truth. Scales buildings for relaxation. Catwoman! On the eve of the 2010 Soccer World Cup host award Rachel rows with her editor and lover Miles. The only man she’s ever trusted. She’s in Cape Town; he says he’s in Geneva. She hears Big Ben chiming. Incandescent, she hangs up. En route to Heathrow he’s shot through the heart. When Rachel’s told he died of a brain hemorrhage, her world implodes. Eighteen months later she’s climbing, screwing young men, throwing them out. In control. Enter Oliver Brooke from London, ostensibly in Cape Town for a holiday. Debonair, nonchalant, wealthy. Takes nothing seriously. Likes strong, beautiful women. Particularly likes Rachel. She doesn’t take him seriously. Strangely, they touch something real in each other. South Africa won the host bid and Rachel smells a rat when Mayor Ava Simons grants Cape Town’s new stadium contract to small time outfit Mgoqi Van Zyl. Miles’ replacement, James, a rat-faced coward, forbids Rachel to investigate. Why? Obsessed, she does anyway. Enraged, he fires her. And is shot through the heart. Brutal violence engulfs Rachel’s world but they—whoever they are—let her live. Cat’s paw! Every trail she follows dries up, except to learn that Miles wasn’t unfaithful and was murdered. For what? And Oliver is working for Van Zyl on the sly! Joined at the hip now emotionally, there’s mutual distrust. Are they caught in the same web, or is he the mastermind? The unholy mess of lies and corrupted souls double and triple crossing each other has something to do with the World Cup but what? By the time Rachel has untangled enough to reveal the twisted agenda at the heart of it all, it could be too late. Just as it was designed to be. |
| Stage of Development | Fully developed |
| Page Count | 114 |
| Reason for Listing | Sell the script (only fully developed scripts) |
| Awards / Funding | The script hasn’t received any awards. |
| Created By | Jennifer Stewart |
