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Posted by: Don, February 9th, 2020, 4:00pm
Scarred by AJ Lovell - Short, Drama - An old man recalls his harrowing time spent in a Nazi concentration camp evoking strong memories and emotions. 4 pages - pdf format

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Posted by: JohnMcCarthy, February 9th, 2020, 7:06pm; Reply: 1
Really nice story, and I didn't see the climax coming. The long, long blocks of dialog seemed a bit heavy handed in my opinion, and sometimes a bit more formal -- even poetic -- than most people talk ("...like a school of Piranha stripping a bone the children would devour it..."). But mostly I thought this was powerful and touching.
Posted by: AndyJ, February 10th, 2020, 9:53am; Reply: 2

Quoted from JohnMcCarthy
Really nice story, and I didn't see the climax coming. The long, long blocks of dialog seemed a bit heavy handed in my opinion, and sometimes a bit more formal -- even poetic -- than most people talk ("...like a school of Piranha stripping a bone the children would devour it..."). But mostly I thought this was powerful and touching.


Thanks John. I wasn't too happy with the large blocks of dialogue but I wanted the story told as simply as possible. Ideally I would have had flash backs with a V.O. I kept it simple so it's very low budget and easy to shoot.
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