17 One Location Screenplays for Short Film Production

For filmmakers looking to find one location screenplays, we’ve collected seventeen short scripts for your next potential film project.

If you’re looking for MB’s main hub set of scripts: Scripts from Original Screenplays – provides you with an abundance of material in screenplay format specifically for filmmaking.

Where to find one location scripts for short filmmaking?

Monologue Blogger’s short screenplays take place in a single setting and helps to cut back production costs.

The scripts shared in this collection are written and structured to bring down production budgets, have minimal set design, and small cast sizes. The short scripts stress strong character development and dialogue to push the action forward and heighten the action.

Shribble (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Valeri, Frank
• From the short screenplay Shribble
• Valerie forces Frank to go vegan and all he can think about is meat.

Launch Date (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Bennett, Mr. Tandum
• From the short screenplay Launch Date
• A wealthy man desires to visit outer-space and stay there until the end of his life.

Less Soap, More Water (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Roman, Gregory
• From the short screenplay Less, Soap, More Water
• An actress can’t imagine doing another soap commercial, but her persuasive agent guides her into the deal.

White Picket Fence with Tulips and a Dog (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Characters: Henrietta, Bordy
• From the short screenplay White Picket Fence with Tulips and a Dog
• Henrietta and Bordy don’t see eye to eye when it comes to borrowing money in order to survive.

Once in a Blue Moon (2 men)

• Genre: Crime Drama
• Characters: Elmer, Slade
• From the short screenplay Once in a Blue Moon
• Slade tried stealing money from the wrong man and now must pay the price.

Encounter (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Period Drama
• Characters: Leslie, Roger
• From the short screenplay Encounter
• Leslie and Roger meet one another for the first time and discover that they are quite fond of one another.

Perfect Little Bubble (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Roxy, Harper
• From the short screenplay Perfect Little Bubble
• Harper is trying to adjust to the traumatic events that took place between him and his fiancé the previous night.

Bumps and Bruises (2 men)

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Jones, Vihaan
• From the short screenplay Bumps and Bruises
• Jones is a traveling salesman trying to make a sale, but it isn’t until he mentions something that his luck begins to turn.

Animal Boys (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Dev, Isabel
• From the short screenplay Animal Boys
• Dev really likes Isabel but his brute way of speaking and behaving doesn’t give him much of a chance.

Unspoken Agreement (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Period Drama
• Characters: Gildra, Arnwulda
• From the short screenplay Unspoken Agreement
• On her dying deathbed Gildra tries to convince her brother Arwulda to become to caretaker of her daughter.

Chutzpah (2 women)

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Sandra, Agnes
• From the short screenplay Chutzpah
• A teenager and a homeless woman find that they have something in common.

Bottom of the Stairs (2 women, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Period Drama
• Characters: Bennett, Mrs. Conors, Mr. Chesterfield, Mrs. Chesterfield
• From the short screenplay Bottom of the Stairs
• Mr. Chesterfield arrives back home from a business trip only to find his wife under an evil possession.

Alderona (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Science Fiction
• Characters: Alderman, Kludo
• From the short screenplay Alderona
• Kludo tries to make his sister understand the nature of her responsibilities.

C4 & D29 (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Science Fiction
• Characters: C4, D29
• From the short screenplay C4 & D29
• C4 confesses to his wife that for the past few months he may have been getting tracked.

Imaginary, You (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy / Dark Comedy
• Characters: Waldo, Rallye
• From the short screenplay Imaginary, You
• Rally shows up at his brother’s apartment because he never showed up at their father’s funeral.

Cruel Joke (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy / Crime Comedy
• Characters: Pat, Vin
• From the short screenplay Cruel joke
• Pat and Vin wait for instructions for their next criminal gig while warming up next to a trashcan fire outside.

The Case of the Gorgonzola Toe Nail (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Pack, Burpie
• From the short screenplay The Case of the Gorgonzola Toe Nail
• One man believes that another man has stolen his treasured toe nail clippers and will get violent to have them back.

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