Script File
Beth Erev: Daughter of the Evening: a Tale of Two Women
My spouse was watching Hallmark and I told her it was all sappy pieces of crap. She told me I could not write a screenplay that was not a parody of Hallmark. I said I could, and using the working title, “Sappy Piece of Crap.” She said, “Dare you.” I thought about the challenge for a while and remembered how I come from Bucks County PA, near Quaker Country. The Quaker make furniture out of tree sap, and they work on farms, where there is manure.
If a homeless person arrived with sap and manure, the screenplay title would refer to the heroine, not the script. Of course, the idea is for the heroine to be a positive role. If the heroine was a college graduate, with skills not seen by the public, the heroine would play that role. The script would cast a light on all those with skills hidden by attributes we perceive to be crap, and our role as the public, in manifesting those abilities. If we posit a farmer allowing her to stay on his lot, and a foil, the homeless person’s opposite trying to get them together, we have the foundation of a serious romantic comedy. Briana Blitzen is this homeless girl’s opposite in every way. She is also the protagonist. The antagonists are the hero and heroine, Ben Boker, and Beth Erev. The result is, “Beth Erev: Daughter of the Evening.” The novel breaks down to two movie scripts, the first at 114 pages, averaging 167 words per page. Below is the Summary and log line for public use.
Tired of playing office politics, homeless Beth Erev has given up on society. Wealthy Ben Boker has been burned on one too many dates, and has become more interested in his livestock than in people. He allows Beth to build a wigwam on an unused portion of his sprawling 160-acre farm. Ben's mother, Leila, asks her Financial Advisor, Briana, to date Ben with hopes that they marry, or at least that Ben not date poor women. Briana tries matching him with homeless Beth Erev.
Matchmaking is the game; Ben is the pawn; Beth is the Dame. (Log line)
This story teams with imagery from Quaker country, from Philadelphia and as far away as Battery Park, New York.
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Charles W. GIllWriterGROWING UP IN LEVITTOWN, AGAIN!, EIGHT FRIENDS FROM WASHINGTON D.C. (GROWING UP IN LEVITTOWN, AGAIN!, Romance in New York
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Number of Pages:114
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Country of Origin:United States
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First-time Screenwriter:Yes
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Student Project:No
I am Charles W. Gill, and I grew up in Levittown, PA, about 40 miles from Sellersville, where my movie project, "Beth Erev: Daughter of the Evening," is set. I am a graduate of Kent State University and studied Pastoral Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. I am working on my movie script project, "Beth Erev: Daughter of the Evening." I have written eight novels, Including, "Romance in New York," "Beth Erev: Daughter of the Evening," "Eight Friends from Washington D.C.," "Growing up in Levittown, Again," and interpretations of the Gospels.
My spouse was watching Hallmark and I told her it was all sappy pieces of crap. She told me I could not write a screenplay that was not a parody of Hallmark. I said I could, and using the working title, “Sappy Piece of Crap.” She said, “Dare you.” I thought about the challenge for a while and remembered how I come from Bucks County PA, near Amish Country. The Amish make furniture out of tree sap, and they work on farms, where there is manure.
If a homeless person arrived with sap and manure, the screenplay title would refer to the heroine, not the script. Of course, the idea is for the heroine to be a positive role. If the heroine was a college graduate, with skills not seen by the public, the heroine would play that role. The script would cast a light on all those with skills hidden by attributes we perceive to be crap, and our role as the public, in manifesting those abilities. If we posit a farmer allowing her to stay on his lot, and a foil, the homeless person’s opposite trying to get them together, we have the foundation of a serious romantic comedy. Briana Blitzschnell is this homeless girl’s opposite in every way. She is also the protagonist. The antagonists are the hero and heroine, Ben Boker, and Beth Erev. The result is, “Beth Erev: Daughter of the Evening.”