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1 Week Challenge write a 15 page script in 7 days (currently 3652 views) |
Don |
Posted: July 26th, 2007, 2:19pm |
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This Saturday, July 28th, the genre and theme for the one week challenge will be announced. Generally Dogglebe pretty much runs it, however I got a great idea from Bert that I'd like to incorporate into this months challenge. To crib from Dogglebe, For those of you unfamiliar with the One Week Challenge, it's an 'unofficial contest' to see how well you work under pressure. Imagine of a director came up to you and asked you to write a short script based upon an idea that he/she has and you have one week to write it. Could you do it? The unenforceable rules for the challenge are: Entering is not mandatory, but it is freeYou have one week to write a fifteen page (or less) script based on the genre & theme announced. The script MUST be in a generally accepted screenplay format. Do not put your name on the script. For the first week or so, the scripts will not have the writers' name on it so no one can pick favorites. No betting! Submit the script to http://www.simplyscripts.com/unpro_short_exercise_08_07.html (note, the page isn't live, yet) The Schedule: Genre and Theme announcement - 7/28 Submission due - 8/4 at midnight in your timezone (in other words, when I wake up Sunday morning it needs to be in my inbox) Submissions posted to the site - starting 8/5 through 8/11 without names. One script will be selected by some as yet to be determined criteria (either I pick, I get a screenwriter to pick or some kind of voting) and it will be recorded (assuming the writer gives permission to have his work recorded and posted to the site for a month) on MP3 by the fine folks at iScript.comSo, skip over to here and cast your vote for the genre. Don |
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Zombie Sean |
Posted: July 26th, 2007, 3:44pm |
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Old Timer
LocationColorado Posts1547 Posts Per Day 0.23 |
Quoted Text One script will be selected by some as yet to be determined criteria (either I pick, I get a screenwriter to pick or some kind of voting) and it will be recorded (assuming the writer gives permission to have his work recorded and posted to the site for a month) on MP3 by the fine folks at iScript.com
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Amazing! Does the site hire actors to read the lines and a narrator to read the description? Or does just one person read everything? That's really cool! Sean |
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ReaperCreeper |
Posted: July 26th, 2007, 4:06pm |
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LocationWisconsin Posts974 Posts Per Day 0.15 |
Maybe it's an automated program of sorts. Either way, it sounds really cool. |
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tomson |
Posted: July 26th, 2007, 4:13pm |
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Thanks for the link to that site. I have meant to record some of my shorts for some time, but everytime I try to do it I sound like the Swedish chef with a southern accent. Kind of ruins it... |
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Don |
Posted: July 26th, 2007, 4:39pm |
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Amazing! Does the site hire actors to read the lines and a narrator to read the description? Or does just one person read everything? That's really cool!
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One person reads everything, tho they do do voices.
Maybe it's an automated program of sorts. Either way, it sounds really cool. |
Nope, not automated. They are live human persons reading. Check out the samples of their work - http://www.iscript.com/samples.php
Quoted from tomson I have meant to record some of my shorts for some time, but everytime I try to do it I sound like the Swedish chef with a southern accent. |
That I'd like to hear. Don |
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Shelton |
Posted: July 26th, 2007, 5:46pm |
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LocationChicago Posts3292 Posts Per Day 0.48 |
That's pretty cool how they read it. The slugline and VO reading throws it off a little bit, but it's still cool. |
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Don |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 7:40pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16449 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Voting still continues on the genre. I thought I'd drop a little hint as to the theme this month. Here is the little hint:
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Zombie Sean |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 7:58pm |
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Haha cool I clicked on it and is it supposed to be a puzzle? You should have done this earlier so for each day, you add a new piece until on the last day there's one piece missing...though people would get it probably before then, but they still wouldn't know the theme...or genre...or whatever...Unless water is the theme?!?!
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bert |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 8:05pm |
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...Unless water is the theme?!?! |
Nothing so mundane.... |
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Don |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 8:19pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16449 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Haha cool I clicked on it and is it supposed to be a puzzle? You should have done this earlier so for each day, you add a new piece until on the last day there's one piece missing...though people would get it probably before then, but they still wouldn't know the theme...or genre...or whatever...Unless water is the theme?!?!
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Sean, You are right. If I were smarter, I'd have started earlier and I would have dragged this thing out much longer. In exchange for your insightful comments here is another piece of the puzzle: Then again, even if you do get the entire picture, you won't have the context which is oh-so-important to this month's OWC. Don |
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ReaperCreeper |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 8:19pm |
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LocationWisconsin Posts974 Posts Per Day 0.15 |
That script reader thing is awesome. I'm curious to see how my or someone else's written dialogue reads. I hope I'm able to write the script and finish it on time because I'm extremely sick right now (you don't wanna know of what). So if any of you read my script and find it a tiny bit unfocused, you'll know the reason I'd be dissapointed if water was the theme because it'd be extremely easy to write. I mean, what can you NOT do with water? --Julio |
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Don |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 8:29pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16449 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
I hope I'm able to write the script and finish it on time because I'm extremely sick right now (you don't wanna know of what). So if any of you read my script and find it a tiny bit unfocused, you'll know the reason |
Julio, There are absolutely no excuses for not entering the Challenge. Some of the better excuses have been: "I have explosive diarrea" - Jeez, you are already spending most of your day sitting down, how hard would it be to have a pad and pencil in there with you" "My doctoral thesis is due the same day" - Get your priorities straight! There are half a dozen websites that will get you that Doctoral sheepskin, but only one chance in your lifetime to participate in the August 2007 OWC. "My dog ate it" - Ate what?!? You don't even know the theme, yet. Don |
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ReaperCreeper |
Posted: July 27th, 2007, 10:01pm |
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Been Around
LocationWisconsin Posts974 Posts Per Day 0.15 |
lol. You know what Don? You actually inspired me to write it no matter the cost. Thanks!
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Alan_Holman |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 12:51am |
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I only participated in one of these in the past, but I'm excited about participating in this one. The iScript incentive, coupled with the fact that there is only one August 2007 challenge, gives me an uncanny urge to participate. |
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randyshea |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 12:41pm |
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tuxedo'd tom selleck look-a-like steps to the podium with an envelope.
he scans the audience,
empty chairs.
tom has a tough time opening the envelope.
tom: who glued this f***ing thing together?
he finally tears it open.
tom looks out to the empty seats as he pulls an ornate card out of the envelope.
tom: the genre and theme for the one week challenge is...
he looks down to a blank card. he turns it over, still blank.
tom looks off stage
tom: what the f*** is this? you trying to make me look stupid? It's the 28th for chrissakes!
voice (os): sorry, tom! where's that intern? (echoes) hey, can we get the right card here? |
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ABennettWriter |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 1:49pm |
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Been Around
LocationSan Francisco, CA Posts864 Posts Per Day 0.14 |
So... today's Saturday. What's the hold up? |
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bert |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 1:52pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4233 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
At midnight Saturday -- and you have until midnight the following Saturday to complete your script. |
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ABennettWriter |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 1:55pm |
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Been Around
LocationSan Francisco, CA Posts864 Posts Per Day 0.14 |
Thanks for the clarification. |
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George Willson |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 5:21pm |
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Of The Ancients Doctor who? Yes, quite right.
LocationBroken Arrow Posts3591 Posts Per Day 0.51 |
The script reader thing is nothing to write home about. It's helpful to hear something read the script out loud while you read it yourself (great for catching typos), but since the computer has no emotion, the mystique wears off quickly. Final Draft 7 comes with this feature ad I've used it a couple of times for fun, but given that I haven't cracked that open in months, you can get the idea of how much fun it really is. |
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Seth |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 5:38pm |
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The script reader thing is nothing to write home about. It's helpful to hear something read the script out loud while you read it yourself (great for catching typos), but since the computer has no emotion, the mystique wears off quickly. Final Draft 7 comes with this feature ad I've used it a couple of times for fun, but given that I haven't cracked that open in months, you can get the idea of how much fun it really is. |
I, too, having Final Draft, have "listened" to my scripts -- the computer generated voice is awful; comical, really. Actual voice actors, though, would be different. I like the idea. Still, I wonder what, if any, value, in terms of selling a script, such a service could provide. Reading is always faster than listening. That said, I doubt that professional readers would take the time to *listen* to a script. To me, it seems a novelty. Still, to hear an actual person, other than oneself, read your script, could be infomative. Just my opinion, Seth |
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Don |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 8:56pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16449 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Tick, tock. Get your votes in. The theme will be announced, soon. Mwa. ha, ha *Don *copyright 2007 phil and steven |
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dogglebe |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 9:17pm |
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There are absolutely no excuses for not entering the Challenge. Some of the better excuses have been:
"I have explosive diarrea" - Jeez, you are already spending most of your day sitting down, how hard would it be to have a pad and pencil in there with you"
"My doctoral thesis is due the same day" - Get your priorities straight! There are half a dozen websites that will get you that Doctoral sheepskin, but only one chance in your lifetime to participate in the August 2007 OWC.
"My dog ate it" - Ate what?!? You don't even know the theme, yet.
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My dog ate my explosive diarrhea Beat that. Phil |
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Don |
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 11:34pm |
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