Short screenplay / 07
Please Be Found
A struggling actor mistakes two aliens for talent scouts. They think a character from his old film is their missing friend.
Screenwriter · Science fiction comedy
Project notes
The joke is in the prop.
Henry sees his visitors as a chance to get cast. They came looking for the alien they saw in his old movie. A costume and a gun let both misunderstandings play out in the room before the characters catch up.
From the screenplay
At the audition.
Henry brings the visitors to an audition. Nikki has brought the costume they wore in his old film.
INT. AUDITION ROOM - DAY
HENRY turns to the aliens and holds up the costume. ALIEN 2 drops the costume and their eyes widen.
ALIEN 1 nearly gags at the sight. ALIEN 2 pulls out some kind of laser gun and points it straight at HENRY.
ALIEN 2
YOU SKINNED THEM ALIVE?!
NIKKI
Oh sweet you brought a prop!
NIKKI snatches the gun and starts to inspect it. ALIEN 2 freezes in place.
HENRY
(confused and frazzled)
What?! No! It's a costume! Nikki played Zorp!
Around them, actors slip in and out of costumes. It clicks.