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Submission Synopsis
Our Virgin Queen
by Sean Warner (aka Soren Nielsen)
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Length:
110
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Comedy
Comparisons:
You've Got Mail
Script in One Sentence:
A young heiress embarrassed by a paparazzo photo uses a disguise to
pull a sting on the photographer and demonstrates that pictures don’t
always tell the truth.
Logline:
Kate Queen, a beautiful young budding heiress championing the cause of abstinence for teenagers, is
publicly embarrassed by a famous paparazzo’s photo and sets out to prove
that pictures don’t always tell the truth. She employs both a disguise and
willing relatives to set up an elaborate sting on the photographer but, in the process,
the woman known as the Virgin Queen falls in love with the King of Paparazzi.
Synopsis:
Johnny Lampo hates frauds. His job is to uncover them, embarrass them,
and bring ’em down, especially if they’re rich and famous. A
photojournalist with ethics and untapped talent, he’s known as King of the
Paparazzi.
Upon hearing Katharine Queen, a beautiful heiress, promoting on a talk
show her crusade for teenage abstinence and acknowledging that her Virgin
Queen nickname is appropriate, Lampo remembers a shot in his files. He
sells it to a tabloid and the photo – Kate being kissed by another woman –
embarrasses her.
She is irate. The “kiss” was an unsolicited, impromptu pass at a party.
Her uncle, a newspaper executive, talks her out of suing despite Kate’s
insistence that the implications damage her organization. Incidentally,
the newspaper is also negotiating with Lampo for his candid photos of a
philandering congressman.
After a call from Kate, who suggests a unique story, the newspaper
piggybacks a lucrative offer to Lampo with a request: Could the editor’s
niece, a student aspiring to be a photographer, shadow a real paparazzo
for a while?
Liz Windsor shows up, as different from Kate Queen as her wig, tinted
contacts, fake nostril ring, glasses and fashion can accomplish. Through
her camera lens, she “studies” Lampo, his techniques and equipment, but
he’s between projects. Their stalking of his usual haunts produces only
opportunity for Liz to examine Lampo and his habits. She discovers his
talent for serious photography, a vocation he abandoned for paychecks.
When Kate is quoted in the newspaper, disparaging Lampo’s work, the
paparazzo is inspired. His next project will be Kate’s sex life. Surely, a
beautiful woman with hormones must enjoy time between the sheets? They
decide that the Queens’ summerhouse presents prime photo ops. For Kate,
there’s a big problem. If she’s Liz, there’ll be no Kate to photograph.
Kate’s mother has the answer: Cousin Betsy, who resembles Kate and with
fixing-up could pass for her when photographed at a distance. Kate invites
Betsy and her husband to abet her scheme. On the Queens’ ritzy motorboat,
which is being trailed by Lampo’s rented boat, Betsy and Bill have sexy
fun in the sun. Lampo gets photos proving ‘Kate’ is not a virgin.
Meanwhile, Liz takes photos proving her presence on Lampo’s boat.
After the tabloid headlines scream “Gay? Unlikely. Bisexual? Maybe.
Virgin? Definitely not!” it’s Kate’s turn. In her uncle’s newspaper, a
feature-section spread reveals Kate’s stint as Liz and the purpose of the
ruse. Although he has been the victim of a sting, Lampo is amused. He and
Kate arrange dinner, on one condition: That Lampo first log onto an
unpublished website where Kate has arrayed photos of him in embarrassing
moments.
At dinner, Kate explains the web page is blackmail she’s employing to get
a retraction printed, and to leverage Lampo to take up serious
photography. She offers him a job, as the graphics editor of a book she
wants to publish for teenagers. He accepts, then reveals the irony of the
assignment: He’s a virgin, too. Kate takes his hand; she’s smiling and in
love.
Budget:
Low
Place Registered or Copyrighted:
WGA
Number:
995327
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