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PrussianMosby
Posted: February 3rd, 2017, 8:06pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Grandma Bear

The challenge sounded awesome and I wished I could've taken part.

It was indeed great. The diversity was inspiring imo. So many genres, plots and characters. One of the best challenges I think.


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If you put a gun to my head and asked my favorite thriller of all time, I'd say Michael Jackson's and then eat a bullet.

Well, this is comedy. And a good answer same time. Wait, did you take a ride with a bulldozer over my sensitive script… Yep, you just did :-) some self irony left





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western and noir had to be hard.

this is gonna sound really dumb, but I'm not even sure I technically know what a thriller is.  If you put a gun to my head and asked my favorite thriller of all time, I'd say Michael Jackson's and then eat a bullet.


That's hilarious bc I thought the same thing. Thriller can mean a multitude of things and could fall into different genres.

And if you google 'Thriller' (which I did) Michael Jackson is what pops up first.  
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Cameron
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Well done ya'll, especially the writers!

Odd OWC this one. I reckon due to the nature of the challenge we actually ended up with far more variety than normal, which was nice (to quote the Fast Show). There was always the chance that the writing standards may slip due to the scattergun nature of the themes, but glad to see that overall this wasn't the case.

Anyway, well done to all the writers, gutted I wasn't able to join in myself due to international travel nonsense, but the scripts helped keep me sane during a mental week. Things learned over the period, comedy writing is very tough, Australian weather is nice, Scottish weather is not.

I reckon there's a fairly clear winner in there, will be interesting to see who the author is, haven't worked it out yet myself.

Much love and congrats to all entrants

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LC
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Aussie weather is very steamy at the moment...

There is often a bit of overlap with 'thriller' as a genre. A SF can be a thriller, mystery, drama with thriller elements, psychological thriller etc.

The main thing when searching Thriller definition is to put movie or genre in the search. Otherwise, yes, MJ gonna come up.    

Thriller:

What makes a thriller?
Thriller is a genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers can be divided into different categories: - Action Thrillers. A good thriller showcases intense excitement: building up suspense, tension and anticipation of things to come.

http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/thriller

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_thriller_films_of_the_2010s

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)


Anyway, I still have to vote. Still time?

Then off for a swim.


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Dreamscale
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Quoted from Cameron
I reckon there's a fairly clear winner in there, will be interesting to see who the author is, haven't worked it out yet myself.

Cam x


You think?  There's a clear winner?  I don't think so at all.  In act, I think there are 4-7 contenders.  It will come down to how Sean is "grading" these.

I would think there's a numerical grade for each "score".  Like -1 for poor, 0 for fair, and +1 for good, +2 for very good, and +3 for the rare excellent.

We'll see.  I had no excellent scripts, and only a couple very good.

Should be interesting.

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Cameron
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Hey Jeff, I just re-read all of the comments section (jetlag's a bitch), and I think there's a clear winner there. Put it this way, if it was the Melbourne Cup and the script was a horse, it'd be a clear odds on favourite. I'd be stunned if it didn't win, not just from my personal opinion but on the overall opinion of all reviewers.

LC, you're killing me, Scottish weather is a rather metaphorical "steamy" pile of something. It's funny how much you miss the sun when it's hidden behind a cloud... permanently...
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Mr. Blonde
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It will come down to how Sean is "grading" these.

I would think there's a numerical grade for each "score".  Like -1 for poor, 0 for fair, and +1 for good, +2 for very good, and +3 for the rare excellent.


Jeff,

I'm glad you brought that up. I remember back in the days of MoviePoet (rest its soul) and how perfect its grading system was. A few months before it went down, I went through about a year's worth of contest results to determine the calculation.

It's hard for me to actually explain what the math problem is, so I'll give an example.

Short version is not far off from what you described. Poor is 1, Fair 2, Good 3, Very Good 4, Excellent 5.

So, if a script had 2 Poors, 3 Fairs, 1 Good, 3 Very Good and 2 Excellent, here what it would look like. 2 points for Poor (2 1's), 6 points for Fair (3 2's), 3 points for Good (1 3), 12 points for Very Good (3 4's) and 10 points for Excellent (2 5's).

After that, it becomes a simple average. 2 + 6 + 3 + 12 + 10 = 33. Then, you divide by the number of total reviews you received (11). 33 / 11 = 3 (I swear, it just happened that way. Lol).

Luckily, while I used to have to do it by hand with MP (besides I'd have to add up how many reviews everyone got and determine how many of each score they got), all that information is available from the get-go this time, so while I won't have the scores up immediately at midnight, you won't be waiting too long for your reveal. =)


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LC, you're killing me, Scottish weather is a rather metaphorical "steamy" pile of something. It's funny how much you miss the sun when it's hidden behind a cloud... permanently...

Yep. But, you can have too much of a good thing according to some. My other half's born and bred up your way and he says Oz is often too blue, too bright, too hot etc. I still think it's pretty darned good and I'm working on giving Winter a big miss when it next rolls around.  



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Scar Tissue Films
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You think?  There's a clear winner?  I don't think so at all.  In act, I think there are 4-7 contenders.  It will come down to how Sean is "grading" these.

I would think there's a numerical grade for each "score".  Like -1 for poor, 0 for fair, and +1 for good, +2 for very good, and +3 for the rare excellent.

We'll see.  I had no excellent scripts, and only a couple very good.

Should be interesting.



There's 2 standout scripts.  Into that goodnight and meeting the other woman. The latter does technically break the genre rules,  though.  The former has to be the favourite.

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I think there are 4, 5, or even 6 entries that will be have a chance here.  And, I think the results will be surprise, for the overall top 2.

We'll see.  Looking forward to the reveal of who wrote what and even why.  HA!!

Good OWC, Blondie!  Good turn out, good reads and feedback, for a change, and not too much shite this go'round.

Good job, everyone!!!
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I think there are a few quite good scripts.

For vibe and atmosphere, and something out of the box, I really liked Cherry Pie.

Atoll's Edge gets points for its ambition. Not sure how it would translate to screen without a massive budget and fx.

Fifty is good and I marked it so, but it does feel like I've seen it before.
Ditto for Into That Goodnight which gets brownie points for the addition of SF elements (but it was in a bit of a loop of its own by the end imh)
Rebirth was good...
Meeting The Other Woman had some holes but it made me read on... Make more of the twist.
Survival Mentality - needs a rework imh, but could be good.
Super Scoop was pleasant, intelligently written, just not mind boggling.
Anna has moments of inspired writing/ideas that could be developed nicely. Add perhaps a different angle, otherwise it is a bit too familiar.
Poultice was nearly there for me, but more filler/atmosphere is needed.

Just my thoughts...

Nothing really stood out as hands down remarkable for me this time around but the scripts above tackled the opposite gender dialogue challenge decently and the stories were engaging.


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Dreamscale
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Quoted from LC
I think there are a few quite good scripts.

For vibe and atmosphere, and something out of the box, I really liked Cherry Pie.

Atoll's Edge gets points for its ambition. Not sure how it would translate to screen without a massive budget and fx.

Fifty is good and I marked it so, but it does feel like I've seen it before.
Ditto for Into That Goodnight which gets brownie points for the addition of SF elements (but it was in a bit of a loop of its own by the end imh)
Rebirth was good...
Meeting The Other Woman had some holes but it made me read on... Make more of the twist.
Survival Mentality - needs a rework imh, but could be good.
Super Scoop was pleasant, intelligently written, just not mind boggling.
Anna has moments of inspired writing/ideas that could be developed nicely. Add perhaps a different angle, otherwise it is a bit too familiar.
Poultice was nearly there for me, but more filler/atmosphere is needed.

Just my thoughts....


Couldn't disagree more with the vast majority of these picks. Most of these were very poorly written, sorry to say.  Shocking...

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And yours,  Libby.  
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And yours,  Libby.  


Which one is Libby's?  How do you know, Rick?  

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Which one is Libby's?  How do you know, Rick?  



Oh, come on! If you guys haven't figured out which one was her's and mines by now......lol

But seriously, I take that as a compliment if you can't tell.

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