Lane Sarasohn - Sample Writings

INSURANCE INSURANCE

Written for "Not Necessarily the News"
(Moffitt-Lee Productions, HBO)

(COMMERCIAL PARODY)

UP ON: MALE CAST MEMBER STANDING ON FREEWAY OVER-PASS WITH RIVER OF CARS PASSING IN BACKGROUND. HE HAS TO ALMOST YELL TO BE HEARD OVER THE TRAFFIC NOISE

MALE CAST MEMBER
Every two and a half seconds there's a serious
auto accident somewhere in the United States.
That's why auto insurance rates are going up,
up, up.
CUT TO: TIGHTER SHOT
If your insurance rates suddenly went way
up, could you afford it?
CUT TO: HEAD SHOT
Probably not!
CUT TO: MALE CAST MEMBER AT ANOTHER LOCATION, STANDING IN FRONT OF AN INSURANCE STORE. THE SIGN OVER THE STORE READS:
       FARM STATE INSURANCE
MALE CAST MEMBER (CONT'D)
And that's why you need to protect yourself
with insurance insurance from Farm State.
A PAINTED SIGN IN THE WINDOW READS:
       "Ask about Insurance Insurance"
MALE CAST MEMBER CROSSES TO CAR PARKED IN STREET
With insurance insurance, if your rates go up,
we pay the difference.
MALE CAST MEMBER GETS INTO HIS CAR
Don't let a catastrophic increase in the cost of
your auto insurance keep you off the road
MALE CAST MEMBER IS NOW IN DRIVER'S SEAT
Get Insurance Insurance from Farm
State.
SFX: REAR END CAR CRASH, NOT TOO SEVERE

MALE CAST MEMBER IS JOLTED BY THE IMPACT - A GENTLE BUMP FROM A SECOND CAR SHOULD DO THE TRICK WHEN COMBINED WITH THE SOUND EFFECT. MALE CAST MEMBER LOOKS TO CAMERA LIKE: "SEE WHAT I MEAN?"

OUT.