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Mr. Blonde
Posted: April 13th, 2018, 10:23am Report to Moderator
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Well, we're down to the "Final Four" and it feels like the field is getting smaller and things are finally starting to come to a close. So, it seems only right that the same thing should be happening with your scripts. In this round, your characters will be confined to a car (or truck, for those of you who are obsessed with bending the rules. Let's just say "automobile"). With that said, it doesn't just need to take place in one automobile... I won't give you any story-based prerequisites besides that. Now, for the fun part...

In addition to your characters being confined to an automobile, and since this is the "Final Four", your script will be limited to only four characters (total). To make matters even worse, your page count must be divisible by four (4, 8, 12, etc. Seriously, if you go over 12, the quality might drop, considering the timeframe. I'd recommend keeping it to 12 or lower) and you will only be allowed to select from the four following genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery. Good luck and have fun.

Simplified Rules:

Four total characters.
Page length divisible by four: 4, 8, 12, etc.
They must be confined to an automobile (no part of the script takes place outside of an automobile).
Can only be of the Horror, Thriller, Drama or Mystery genres.
Due Sunday at 11:59PM EDT.

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To up the ante: only four-letter words. And, word count must be divisible by four.

I mean, if we're gonna do this thang...


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60 Feet Under - Low budget, contained thriller/Feature
The Hand of God - Low budget, semi-contained thriller/Feature
Wait Till Next Year - Disney-style family sports comedy/Feature

Many shorts available for production: comedy, thriller, drama, light horror
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Quoted from PKCardinal
To up the ante: only four-letter words. And, word count must be divisible by four.

I mean, if we're gonna do this thang...


Characters used in each sentence and paragraph dividable by four too


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Characters used in each sentence and paragraph dividable by four too


Well, I figured those were a given... =)


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Just to be sure - 1 to 4 characters - right?


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Quoted from eldave1
Just to be sure - 1 to 4 characters - right?


I took it as exactly four. Glad you're clarifying.


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60 Feet Under - Low budget, contained thriller/Feature
The Hand of God - Low budget, semi-contained thriller/Feature
Wait Till Next Year - Disney-style family sports comedy/Feature

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I took it as exactly four. Glad you're clarifying.


In the opening he said:

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be limited to only four characters (total)


Which to me means up to 4

In the simple instructions he said

Four total characters

Which could mean either . I think it's 1 to 4 - just want to be sure


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Which to me means up to 4


Nope. Exactly four.


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Nope. Exactly four.


Gollum and Dr. Jekyl on a roadtrip...


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

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Nope. Exactly four.


Well I wouldn't have guessed that based on the "up to" - thanks for the clarification. Felt dumb for asking - glad I did


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Wow, I thought I was really going to struggle, but I sat down, opened my notebook, thought for no more than 5 minutes, and I already have a fully formed story.

Now I have 2 whole days to flesh it out.

I'm coming for you, Dave! Not going down without a fight


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Is a dog, cat, alien, monster, ghost etc. considered a character, or just flesh and bone humans?


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Quoted from Warren
Is a dog, cat, alien, monster, ghost etc. considered a character, or just flesh and bone humans?


If they talk, why not?


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If they talk, why not?


If they don't talk?


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Quoted from Warren
Is a dog, cat, alien, monster, ghost etc. considered a character, or just flesh and bone humans?


Bring it!

PS - struggling between 3 ideas - need to decide


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