Beca finds her way into the Barden Bellas, a cappella group, and leads them with her original and less-dated song choices to win a national college A cappella singing competition. Walter assembles The Muppets, starting with Kermit the Frog, to save the Muppet Theater from the antagonist Tex Richman.

The characters Beca in Pitch Perfect and Walter in The Muppets aren’t larger-than-life heroic figures, but they are introduced early in their respective screenplays and eventually rally the other misfits to work together and sing their way to collective victories. Present your underdogs, show how they come together and demonstrate how the unlikely hero of the bunch shifts into becomming the leader. If and when you decide to write a musical comedy screenplay of your own, build a great story that audiences will want to see play out from start to finish.įirst things first, introduce the characters we’ll be following throughout the movie. The Muppets and Pitch Perfect are great examples of fun musical comedy films. And critics lauded both as being good, well-written movies. They both feature ensemble casts whose characters have to come together and sing their hearts out to make the most of one important showcase.

Editor’s Note: Musical screenplays are not recommended for first time writers.īoth 2011’s The Muppets and 2012’s Pitch Perfect are two of this decade’s most successful and best musical comedy films.