Quoted from khamanna @Sean, why was the last October OWC special? Was it the tenth or something? Just curious)

Exactly.

Well done, Cameron, Mark, and Stevie. I like all three scripts. I also am impressed by your follow-up explanations of what was behind each one. And the photo of the Japanese girl with their bamboo weapons!
Quite an OWC, given how few entered. Props to Mr. Blonde (Sean) and Don.

Speaking in general re OWCs...

I'd like to see a micro-short challenge - max 5 pages. That'd definitely be a challenge for me.

Or even a no dialogue challenge. Hmm, that might be taking it too far.

I have suggested those two in the past. No one seems interested...

We did an unofficial no dialogue OWC back in -06, I believe. At least four of the participants have moved on to really big things since. One of them writes for Hollywood studios now. Two are multiple produced writers, including features and one writes for a big video game company.

Writing a script with no dialogue might be boring to read, but it teaches you to tell a story visually.  

Well, let's do an updated tally sometime soon and see if opinions have changed.
I think it would be a great exercise.

Quoted from Warren Very manly OWC.

Yeah, it was.

It's a good thing to be forced to write to a brief - that's for sure. But I felt the theme pushed everyone towards exposition-of-grand-events rather than character development and, you know, stuff about what it's like to be a human being.

That was my first OWC, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. Definitely worthwhile, enjoyable and a good learning experience. Thanks to all involved: those that managed the competition, those that wrote scripts and everyone who critiqued the bejesus out of them too.

Also... thanks for enduring the delay in voting. That was my fault, I think (or at least partly so). I was out filming a story about a mum who's kid has leprosy, on a beautiful but very sweaty island in Indonesia.

Quoted from Grandma Bear I have suggested those two in the past. No one seems interested... We did an unofficial no dialogue OWC back in -06, I believe. At least four of the participants have moved on to really big things since. One of them writes for Hollywood studios now. Two are multiple produced writers, including features and one writes for a big video game company. Writing a script with no dialogue might be boring to read, but it teaches you to tell a story visually.

Agreed. My second short film has no dialogue until right at the end. It was quite a challenge but taught me so much.

Show v. Tell. Both or either of those challenges sound great to me. Now the long wait until April.

Uh oh. Better start brainstorming ideas for a silent picture epic.

Quoted from CameronD Uh oh. Better start brainstorming ideas for a silent picture epic.

Die Hard remake starring Charlie Chaplin.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to write something like that - no dialog, all prose or action. But this kind of stories are highly popular among producers. And just like Libby says it's a great exercise.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw Die Hard remake starring Charlie Chaplin.

I've always wondered what the script for something like The Kid would look like. At least to me it looks like a lot of the details were improvised (though interactions with the physical set were obviously pre-planned).

And even The Kid had some dialogue, just not very much of it.

Quoted from PrussianMosby Congrats to you, Cameron, hard challenge. Dan, the best script I read from you. A good performance in all areas. Mark, your script reminded me of Bringing Out the Dead, Scorsese, lead Nic Cage, sub John Goodman, a highly under-estimated picture I constantly try to get a conversation about, written by Paul Schrader I believe. Mr. Blonde, scary competition, but don't worry, better highs and lows, to get movement or controversy, and opinion. The entries were throughout strong. To me that's a heavy argument.

Cam, great job.  Mark and Steve also awesome.  I enjoyed all 3 stories.

Thanks greatly PM.  I really appreciate that.

For the first time in forever, I felt pretty good writing it.  I agree with all the comments that were posted on it.

The only thing that I'm irked about is that Mark guessed which one was mine.  That means that I'm still too predictable.  I need to mix stuff up.

I have said this a number of times, but, thanks to each and every one of you that take the time to help me get better.  I appreciate all of you, and I know if I ever do sell something, it's due to this site.

I had a ball honestly.  I plan to write my history out now that it's over.  Plenty of you guessed correctly, which tells me that I did a decent job at my change.

Dan

Quoted from MarkRenshaw Die Hard remake starring Charlie Chaplin.

Did you ever see the Nightmares and Dreamscapes episode "Battleground"? That episode was awesome and had zero dialogue.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Did you ever see the Nightmares and Dreamscapes episode "Battleground"? That episode was awesome and had zero dialogue.

Not seen that, but I do remember the Hush episode of Buffy which was either zero dialogue or mostly silent anyway. It's one of the best episodes they ever did.