Sean Mana - Writer
Screenplays and Sketches
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
An aging mariner tells a wedding guest a tale about a fatal ship voyage cursed from the moment he killed an albatross.
Illustrations by Gustave Dore
fully visualized Look Book by request. Available to read via the Blcklst.
"This is a lively and captivating adaptation that has a passionate voice and a clear vision...Overall, dialogue is well done... There are a lot of scenes and sequences that have a terrific flow and are very engaging..."
- Austin Film Festival
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a beautifully told story that sits comfortably on its strengths (characters, dialogue) and slowly and delicately welcomes us into the philosophical and almost empirical journey... there's like an aura that comes through the pages magically driving us onward, almost like the Fyre Dancer in the final act.”
-WeScreenplay
Script Info
Script Type: Feature
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Length: 98 pages
Est. Budget: $20M
Quarter Finalist
"RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER is a tightly spun yarn that nails its tone, atmosphere, and world building. The characters all feel real and tangible within the story, and the descriptions and imagery are creative and well crafted...The dialogue is strong...The imagery is fantastic, as is the use of the fantastical."
- ScreenCraft
Screenplay Synopsis:
Adapting the legendary poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER begins in 18th century Caribbean with three young men rushing to arrive at a wedding. Outside the wedding a mysterious elderly sailor invites one of men to listen to a terrifying tale from his days at sea. The young man is curious and agrees as two other young men attend the wedding.
The old mariner speaks of his younger self, a Caribbean man trying to make his way through the colonialized Americas. In search for purpose and a place of belonging, he is hired to work onboard a ship setting sail for trade. While the crew is familiar with each other, the young mariner finds difficulty connecting with the other sailors.
One morning, the crew wakes to realize the ship is far off course, and that a destructive storm is quickly approaching. The ship battles monstrous waves and piercing rain until it manages to escape out the other side. The rain turns to snow as the crew discover they have drifted as south as anyone had ever sailed. Floating past glaciers and through fog, the ship is pursued by an albatross. The crew quickly take to it and treat the bird with such affection that the young mariner grows jealous. During a game of sport between the crew, the young mariner suddenly strikes the Albatross with a crossbow, killing it. At first the crew is enraged but after the fog completely dissipates, it is suspected that the albatross was a bad omen. What follows is wrathful judgement.
Cursed by the mariner's crimes against nature, the ship will sit day after day, with no winds and no tides. The food will spoil and the water will rot. One by one, the men fall dead but not the young mariner. He will live on, to witness the horrors and return home to tell those who will listen...
RIME OF ANCIENT MARINER retells the classic poem; presenting a crew's perspective to the tale, exploring our protagonist's indigenous Caribbean culture and visualizing the fantastical grandeur of the epic work.
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*Script Registered w/ WGA
In A Garden of Dying Flowers
When the general of a rebellion army refuses to execute two trespassing teenagers, he is charged with treason and attacked. While fighting for his life, he escapes with one of the boys, leaving the other at the mercy of the rebels.
94 pages | Action-Adventure
“The concept and characters in this script really shine, offering a fresh and engaging take on the vampire genre…
…the protagonists aren’t spotless heroes; they’re complex and morally ambiguous, which adds depth and keeps us guessing about where their limits might lie…
…The humor doesn’t just entertain; It’s a nuanced blend of comedy and horror that lets the audience laugh even as they feel that slight edge of unease, which makes this story compelling and memorable.”
- Screencraft Horror Competition
WITCH HOUSE
A night at a rave takes a dark turn for one bachelor, when a family of vampires invite him into their home and trap him inside, with the intention of feeding him to the matriarch of the household.
107 pages | Horror/Thriller
AMY, DEVOUT
Amy worships Baphomet, a demonic deity who’s religion has gone the way of Poseidon and Zeus. With no church, no coven and no social cues, Amy brings supernatural chaos and comedy in every environment that she finds herself in.
7 episodes | Half Hour Multicam Comedy
Kings of the After School Chess Club
Ariel Edwins is a high school gamer, removed from the typical high school experience in lieu of his passion for video games. In his words: “Another year of going to school, going home and going online.” Until, one of his real life friends invites him to check out the after school chess club. After seeing how intense, immersive and competitive the world of chess can be, his aspirations shift from top online player to chess grandmaster.
Featuring “battlefield” dramatizations of in-game events, and personalized chess sets that reflect on the armor of each player’s army; Kings of the After School Chess Club combines the high school slice of life aesthetic with competitive gaming a la ‘Kakegurui’ and medieval warfare a la ‘Claymore.’
23 pages | Anime/Gaming
Anime Pilot
The Simpson’s Spec Script:
“Homer Goes Green”
After learning the government gives money to homeowners who use clean energy, Homer sets out to make his own power. Marge and Bart bond and become film critics.
Spec scripts for ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ and ‘Kim’s Convenience’ are also available.
I MOSTLY BLAME MYSELF
Sean is an actor, writer and director of sketch comedy in the OFF BROADWAY sketch collective I MOSTLY BLAME MYSELF, sporting a sweet three-year running residency at 180 seated main stage of The Player’s Theatre in New York City, boasting over 550K subscribers on Youtube and 100K followers on Instagram. Tickets and dates can be found at his link.
His personal COMEDY PACKET boasts over 130 sketches. Including:
LAUNDRY PILE OF HORRORS - NAIMA - BINGO BRUNCH - SCOOBY SNACK WITHDRAWLS - THE WINGMAN - MAD MAX UBER RIDE - HOBOCOP - NYC SAFARI - WASHINGTON CARVER VS EDISON - THE BOURGEOISIE - MAGICIAN THAT LOSES STUFF - HIP HOP OLDHEAD - THE SPY WHO ASKS WAY TOO MANY QUESTIONS - SATANIC YOUTH GROUP - OBVIOUS POKER TELLS - BROOKLYN MOVIE THEATER
and more
Judgement of the Dead
In the Hall of Truth, a royal scribe has his heart weighed against a feather before Osiris, Anubis and 42 eternal beings to determine the purity of his soul.
Script Type: Short
Genre: Fantasy/Animation
Length: 12 pages
Coverfly members can read the short here
STARFIRE & BEAST BOY IN: ROUGE GONE ROGUE
Starfire and Beast Boy wake up captured by Madame Rouge, one of the most dangerous members of the Brotherhood of Evil. Will they be able to escape and reground with the other Titans, or has Rouge’s plan for world domination officially begun?
11 pages | Action/Superhero
ATABEY’S LAMENT
Commissioned by Taino-Jamaican filmmaker Alexa Wynter, the short screenplay has the audience sit with ATABEY, the Taino mother goddess and creator. She speaks of humanity’s dangerous cycle of violence and devastation while looking out to a threatening hurricane in the distance.
Script Type: Short
Genre: Dramatic Monologue
Length: 2 pages
Coverfly members can read the screenplay here
The Tunnel Dream
The Tunnel Dream is a single page short following THE STUDENT, who abandons a standardized test before being lead into to a mysterious tunnel.
Coverfly members can read the short here