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Night Desk

Thriller 2 min

It is three in the morning and a caller wants to be let into the building to see his sister. Sam, the night concierge, has a procedure and intends to follow it. The trouble is that the caller knows things he should not be able to know.

Cast 1 Any×1
Dialogues Featured

The Spare Key

Drama 3-4 min

Nora and Daniel are clearing out their late mother's house. Nora stayed and cared for her. Daniel flew in with a folder and a plan to sell. One of them knows something the other does not.

Cast 2 Female×1 Male×1
Dialogues Featured

Same Table

Romance 3 min

Maya is working in the cafe she has always gone to on Tuesdays. Tom, her ex, walks past her table and pretends it is a surprise. He is getting married in May. Neither of them says the thing they came to say.

Cast 2 Female×1 Male×1
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The Last Table

Drama 5 min

Nora has run her family's restaurant alone since her father's stroke. Tonight she calls her brother and sister in after closing with a folder on the table. She needs both their signatures and she is not leaving without them.

Cast 3 Female×2 Male×1
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The Third Key

Courtroom 6 min

Defense attorney Margot Vance has one witness left to cross-examine. He is calm, well liked, and swears only two keys to the safe ever existed. Margot has a locksmith's invoice and one afternoon to make it count.

Cast 5 Female×2 Male×2 Any×1
Commercials Featured

Harbor Roast Mornings

Testimonial 30 sec

Harbor Roast is a small batch coffee brand. A night shift nurse tells the camera how a bag left on her counter turned a chore into the one part of the day she keeps for herself. The actor plays tired, honest, and quietly warm, with no sell in the voice until the last line.

Cast 1 Female×1

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