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Don
Posted: September 26th, 2016, 5:34pm Report to Moderator
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Bend by Tony Dionisio - A wannabe reporter must convince an indestructible gymnast to abandon a ruthless vendetta and fulfill her destiny as a righteous super-heroine. 100pgs. - Action, Adventure, Super-Heroine - pdf format

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Thanks for the quick post, Don.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

Tony
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Tony:

Kind of jammed - but I did give the first 12 pages a read.

Not my genre at all - but I kind of like what I've read so far. Kind of has a female-driven Deadpool vibe to it.  

Overall first thoughts:

Your descriptive and action writing is outstanding. Crisp - clean, fast paced and very visual. It really is solid.

Bird Girl's dialogue is spot on. You make her an interesting and compelling character. I got a real feel for her right off the bat.

Terry's dialogue is not as strong. I found him over the top stereotypical - bland. I have no problem with the nerd wanna be reporter angle - it's just a little too over the top - too on the nose in the dialogue. This dude is going to be with us the whole script and I think - as written - he is going to become tedious very fast. I dunno -  I'd like to see him be a little brighter. Shy and unworldly is fine. He just comes off as a little too unaware. I think I would like him more if he were a little bit more like the Jonah Hill character in Money Ball. May not be fair comments having only read 12 pages - but thought I should at least let you know what my initial reaction was.

Would have liked to seen a little follow-up on the dude with his finger cut off. In the apartment, Terry should be asking about him. e.g., What was the deal with the guy..  

I like bold slugs - not a fan of bold character names - just my taste.

This is another nit for me. There are two many instances of incomplete sentences that are a bit unnatural. e.g.,


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TERRY
Thank you. You saved...


two or three in the first four pages. Unless the character is lost in thought - I would just complete the sentence.

This:


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TERRY
Sorry. Everybody’s talking about
you -- the hero who’s cleaning up
the streets of Brooklyn.


Was a little too OTN for me. I would break it up, e.g.,

TERRY
Sorry. Everybody’s talking about
you.

BIRD GIRL
(sarcastic - looking at picture)
Are they talking about my ass?

TERRY
No. Of course not. You're making Brooklyn safe.
(beat)
You're a hero. Don't must know that.

Okay - the above were just nit issues. Overall - I think you really may have something here and, as said earlier, the Girl's dialogue and the action sequences are really well written. Loved them.

Again - not sure how this ends, but title wise I like "Raven" more than "Bend".

Nice work




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TonyDionisio
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Thanks Dave,

Appreciate the initial feedback as you are one of the opinions I appreciate on the site and pretty talented and professional to boot. I hope you can find the time to  finish the script sometime.

I'll look to see what I can do with Terry's dialog.

Don't like bold character intros? Why not? It's an excellent way to tune the reader onto which names are mains and which are sides.

I use ellipses to show incomplete dialog from breaks or interruptions. It's a style choice and hopefully used consistently throughout the work.

I encourage any other feedback, appreciate and welcome it all.

Thanks,

Tony
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just finished reading it. Well written work, I like the structure of the story. As eldave1 said, maybe Terry's character needs something more, a twist somewhere, an unexpected act, something to make him more edgy.
My only problem was that I got a bit confused around page 28 to 34 with the series of  "near future, flashback, back to present" scenes. Other than that it was a good read.
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I hope you can find the time to  finish the script sometime.


Will try to get to more of it next month.


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Don't like bold character intros? Why not? It's an excellent way to tune the reader onto which names are mains and which are sides.


First, I am a fan of BOLD slugs - many peeps hate that - but as you also do with characters - I like it because I think it tunes the readers in.

The Character bold seemed over the top for me because it often was the first line after the SLUG and seemed like just a continuation of that bolding. But if you like it - absolutely keep doing it - who knows in three years it might be the industry standard and no one with a lick of sense is going to pass on the script because of bold characters. Maybe I will be doing that next week


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[quote]I use ellipses to show incomplete dialog from breaks or interruptions. It's a style choice and hopefully used consistently throughout the work.

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Not an issue with the formatting with me so much as the frequency of use.  My feelings mimic the ones here:

http://www.doctormyscript.com/2010/10/screenwritingmistake2ellipses.html

As a note - I think ellipses are used for "trail off" (i.e., lost in thought, etc).

DAVID
I don't know. Perhaps he....

Where dashes are used for cut-off. e.g.,

DAVID
I don't know. Perhaps he --

TONY
Is wrong.

Again - not a huge issue and may just be my preference.

Will try to get back to this later - it is a fantastic premise


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