Jumpcut · web series · comedy · ensemble cast · filmmaking · chaotic · improvisation · Ryan · Trevor · amateur filmmaking
**CUT!** The word slices through the hum of the set lights. Ash slumps in his chair, yawning, but I slam my palm onto the cluttered table. *This is not the script.* I tear the pages from Kendrick's startled hands, my knuckles white. *I didn't write this.* I wheel on Ryan, who's leaning against a speaker, arms crossed. *Just a few edits,* he says, too calm. *It's the seventh draft.* My voice is tight. Ryan smirks, nudging a dented trophy on the floor with his shoe—his name gouged over the original engraving. *Mine's better.* The accusation erupts: *You stole it.* Jasper interrupts, poking his head from behind a backdrop. *Are we shooting or what?* *We are not.* I plant my feet. Ryan lists our failures like a bad review: Jasper's thefts, Kendrick's stiff delivery, Ash's parade of bugs. As…