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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 8:19pm |
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Recent events have shown us the world can be a scary place, and we are but bit-players in an increasingly unpredictable and sometimes terrifying world... But who doesn’t love a few jump-scares of the celluloid kind, especially from the comfort of your own lounge-chair? This month’s theme is: Future Shock a term coined by futurist, Alvin Toffler. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/books/alvin-toffler-author-of-future-shock-dies-at-87.htmlYour mission, should you accept it, is to tell a story of how you envisage an ever changing world in the future. The genre is Horror, SciFi.The focus of your story should primarily be on horror and your ability to scare your audience with your future vision taking in consideration technologies, existing and emerging. The SciFi component should be based on current and futuristic concepts of science and technology. Examples: Virtual Reality, AI, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Drones, Spying Smart Home Devices, Smart phones, Webcam, Driverless Cars, Cloning, Biotech & Gene therapy, Recognition Software, cryogenics, personal microchip implants, 3Dprinters, etcetera. Time Period: Your script should be set in the near future. It should not exceed fifty years and preferably be set in your own foreseeable life-time. Budget: For production purposes, ideally your script should be self-contained with minimal cast, no huge set pieces, not too ambitious SFX, if any. Horror micro-short films are very popular with filmmakers so keep this in mind when writing. So... Write a 2 to 6 page (not including the title page) properly formatted, short script. Theme: Future ShockGenre: Horror SciFi Challenge: Stories inspired by a scary future. Micro-horror shorts with a view to being budget-friendly. Links to inspire: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirrorhttps://www.neondystopia.com/c.....and-machine-terrors/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/creepiest-technologies-tech-examples-ai-2019-8?r=US&IR=TThere will be a review page emailed to you for you to score the scripts you read. Please only give scores to scripts that you have read. Please do not rate scripts in your review. Schedule: Friday 5/29 - Theme and Genre release Friday 6/5 - Scripts due 11:59 pm edt Saturday 6/6 - Noon edt Scripts Posted Friday 6/12 - Writers Choice votes due This isn't a contest - it's a challenge. There are no official prizes. You may submit more than one script but it's better to write one GREAT script than two or three mediocre ones. You may also have a writing partner. You can revise your script as many times as you wish up until the deadline. Do not put your real name on your script; this is an anonymous challenge. However, please use your real name when submitting your script. After the challenge closes you can either have your script removed or resubmit your script with your name on it. Participants must read and comment/review in the discussion board at least five other scripts submitted.Please put ©2020 on your title page. Submit your two to six page script, anonymously to simplyscripts.com/owc by midnight June 5th midnight edt. Any questions about the challenge, post them here.There will be a review page emailed to you for you to score the scripts you read. Please only give scores to scripts that you have read. Please do not rate scripts in your review. Edit: Details of deadline will be confirmed by Don. |
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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: May 29th, 2020, 8:26pm |
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LocationNowhere special. Posts3064 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
Here it comes: the Dystopian OWC. This ought to be a hell of an interesting contest to read. =) |
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Zack |
Posted: May 29th, 2020, 8:30pm |
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Awesome challenge, Libby! Potential ideas are already racing through my mind. |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 8:31pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Goody, thought you might like it, Zack! I hope you'll enter this one, Sean. |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 9:06pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Okay, hopefully Sean to the rescue. Someone (other than a Mod) try to post now... |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 9:08pm |
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C'mon, people! Sound off! |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 9:18pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Okay, it's not me... Don't worry, we'll get it sorted. If no one else can post on this thread there must be a technical problem (kinda fitting for the challenge) and once the cats stop chasing Don, I'm sure he'll come to our rescue. |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 9:34pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Okay, it's not me... Don't worry, we'll get it sorted. If no one else can post on this thread there must be a technical problem (kinda fitting for the challenge) and once the cats stop chasing Don, I'm sure he'll come to our rescue. |
It’s sorted. Apologies. Anyone registered user can post, now. Don |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 9:38pm |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 10:06pm |
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Zack |
Posted: May 29th, 2020, 10:19pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4487 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
I'm sure I'll have some questions for you in a bit, Libby. In the closing pages of a new feature. As soon as I get this beast wrapped up, I'm shifting focus to this. |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 10:33pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Thanks, Zack. Maybe it's self explanatory, there are no questions, and people are hard at it already. |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 11:10pm |
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Pissers allowed? Asking for a friend |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 11:16pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Haha! I'm sure you can do better than that, Stevie.
Part of the challenge is legitimate scares. Pisser implies comedy which this is not, so sorry, no. |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 11:22pm |
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Jeff doing weird things in a script is pure full blown horror, Lib... |
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Posted: May 29th, 2020, 11:26pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Jeff doing weird things in a script is pure full blown horror, Lib... |
Bit frightening, I'll give you that. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 12:36am |
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I'm not sure I'll be good at doing a horror script, but I'll give it my best shot. Away I go... |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 12:41am |
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Might give it a shot if I finish up this feature first... |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 12:43am |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
I'm not sure I'll be good at doing a horror script, but I'll give it my best shot. Away I go... |
Good for you, Mark! It's all about the challenge. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 12:47am |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Might give it a shot if I finish up this feature first... |
I hope you do! You and Zack finishing a feature. And both of you horror aficionados. I want to read some great techno-horror scripts. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 8:57am |
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LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2612 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
Thanks for that - one to ponder
These last two OWC’s Remind me of the old movie poet style comps, which I like.
Best of luck to all.
I would expect quite a few entries for this one.
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 10:07am |
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I'll see if I can come up with some weird stuff for Stevie. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 11:05am |
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There was one like this on Tournament. Sci-fi plus horror. People were complaining. This one is even stricter - you added future to this. I'll see if I'll think up something but not likely. To me hte combination is not easy although I'm a fan of Black Mirror. But it's hard to write something like Black Mirror. The third seasons flopped in my opinion btw.
ANd they don't even have horror in every episode.
However it's going to be fun to read. Interesting to see what people come up with. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 2:50pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Thanks for that - one to ponder
These last two OWC’s Remind me of the old movie poet style comps, which I like.
Best of luck to all.
I would expect quite a few entries for this one.
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Oh, completely different from Movie Poet. See, we do a six page maximum, rather than a 5 page max. And you only have a week, not a month. And the 'official name' of the One Week Challenge is Moving Picture Verse Writertm Very different. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 3:19pm |
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Oh, completely different from Movie Poet. See, we do a six page maximum, rather than a 5 page max. And you only have a week, not a month.
And the 'official name' of the One Week Challenge is Moving Picture Verse Writertm
Very different. |
And we're not purple. Gray revolution! |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 5:56pm |
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Sunday morning, and I'm up. Kham, throw ideas around. You don't have to copy Black Mirror. And you're right, they're not all horror Eps anyway. Those links are for inspiration only. You also don't need to go big with your idea. You could have a very simple idea about a smart home device listening in to a couple's conversation, mix in some infidelity, some mounting paranoia, leading to horror/scares. Or a baby monitor. Or, you could have a home science experiment gone wrong ala The Fly. You could have a stalker story using a Drone. An engineered virus idea might be topical, a vaccine trial idea? As long as there are some scares and there's a technical component and it's set sometime in the future you're good to go. Zack's recent short Horror picked up so quickly on SS recently, reminded me that starting out filmmakers love to produce horror. I originally had the idea of RomanticSciFi in the vein of Eternal Sunshine and Her, but thought the scary element might open up more ideas. I think there are potentially lots of ideas here but like I said they don't have to be big ideas. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 6:46pm |
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I'm the worst at writing horror. The scary part is how bad it is. I'll try to come up with something. Maybe Alexa and Siri hunting each other down in cyberspace in a winner take all for Queen of the Internet.
Now that I think about it -- no one can have that idea! It's mine, you hear? All mine!
Also, notice my new avatar? Mine got here fast! Thanks again, Don!
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 7:06pm |
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Congrats on the mug, Gary! Finished my feature. Only took me a couple of years. Lol But now that I've got that weight lifted off my shoulders, I'm ready to make up for missing the last OWC and come out swinging in this one. |
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Posted: May 30th, 2020, 7:11pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Yep, great mug-shot, Gary! And yay, Zack! Looking forward to reading it. I'm looking forward to an entry from Jeff, too. |
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Posted: May 31st, 2020, 5:24am |
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Why's it so quiet here? The riots? |
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Posted: May 31st, 2020, 5:59am |
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I'm hoping it's cause everyone has their heads down... Writing, I mean.
No pun intended. |
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Posted: May 31st, 2020, 11:26am |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.59 |
Ooooh! This is right up my dystopian alley. I hope I can come up with an idea as I'd love to participate in this! |
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Posted: May 31st, 2020, 12:45pm |
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Oooh, boy. Tough one.
Somehow I forgot that the OWC opened on Friday. Just checked in... "Oh, yeah." Lost two days of thinking time.
If something pops for me, I'll be in. But...
Really good idea, though. |
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Posted: May 31st, 2020, 2:09pm |
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Just seen the announcement, I'm in obviously |
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Posted: May 31st, 2020, 9:00pm |
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I'd love to be in.
AZ just issued a statewide curfew from 8 PM till 5 AM - For an entire week!!! ARGH!!!! |
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I've come up with an idea, gonnna see if I can squeeze it into 6 pages. |
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Posted: June 1st, 2020, 7:02am |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Yes! You guys can do it! I'm so looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.
Looks like an all male cast of entries so far? |
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Who says my character ascribes to a certain sex... Seriously though, it’s a bit of a struggle. I have some concepts, but not stories. This could be a rushed job, something I’m not good at. But let’s hope something comes together. |
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First draft done!
One advantage of no job and lockdown - loads of time to write! |
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When I first read the challenge, I was STOKED! Now that I've marinated on it a couple days...it's like the well went dry. I've a thought but not sure how it will convey to the page.
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I'm definitely struggling. The horror part is killing me. I don't think any of my ideas could be classified as horror. |
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So, in rereading the parameters, am I correct that the script must contain both horror and syfy? As in the syfy element must take on something horrific?
Also, the parameters state that the story should take place within each of our expected lifespans, but no more than 50 years - so, for some of us...a..older folks, we're probably looking at something within 20 years or so, max?
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Horror. SciFi. Within our lifetime.
It's a very narrow window we're trying to hit here. It's a great challenge. But, I haven't cracked it, yet.
And, I'm doubting that I will, what with other things to squeeze in this week.
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The sci-fi is what's throwing me off with this one. Not giving up yet, but I hope a good idea comes to me soon. |
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Quoted from Dreamscale So, in rereading the parameters, am I correct that the script must contain both horror and syfy? As in the syfy element must take on something horrific?
Also, the parameters state that the story should take place within each of our expected lifespans, but no more than 50 years - so, for some of us...a..older folks, we're probably looking at something within 20 years or so, max?
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I'm flexible on your definition of 'horror'. In my mind it doesn't necessarily equate to gore, but if your story has gory aspects, that's fine.
The focus is on scaring your audience.
There are lots of definitions of horror but there are common characteristics. Here's one definition.
The best horror stories share at least five elements in common: They explore 'malevolent' or 'wicked' characters, deeds or phenomena. They arouse feelings of fear, shock or disgust as well as the sense of the uncanny – things are not what they seem. There is a heightened sense of the unknown and/or mysterious.
The SciFi relates to the tech gadget or future device or invention sabotaging, or maybe malfunctioning, creating horror in the life of your character. Maybe you have a jealous robot companion turning rogue. You're not limited to the examples I put up.
Jeff, yes, it can be near future if you like.
Does this help clarify things?
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Not sure I'll be in on this one - just got a big chore from the wife to convert about 15 DVDs worth of old home movies into MP4 files - at least that's technology-related and for me personally it is a horror story. Will have to see how the week goes. |
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^ Oh, go on! You know you want to. |
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Not sure I'll be in on this one - just got a big chore from the wife to convert about 15 DVDs worth of old home movies into MP4 files - at least that's technology-related and for me personally it is a horror story. Will have to see how the week goes. |
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DVD's to MP4 - I wonder why.
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
That's great, Zack.
Is your SciFi hangup one you can share - need more clarification? Or will it blow your cover? |
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Posted: June 1st, 2020, 9:13pm |
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That's great, Zack.
Is your SciFi hangup one you can share - need more clarification? Or will it blow your cover? |
I think it'll blow my cover. Lol Sent ya' a PM. |
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Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:01pm |
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So that she can have bite-sized clips to send to her friends. There is a data size limit on emails
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Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:14pm |
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Oh, how nice to have that.
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 5:21am |
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I had a writer friend read my draft. He was confused.
Writing sci-fi and trying to show and not tell is a tough one. I've got my work cut out here but I'll do my best. I will not be surprised though if most of the comments on mine are, "I just don't get it?" |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:05am |
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I will not be surprised though if most of the comments on mine are, "I just don't get it?" |
Those scripts are usually the ones I love. |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 4:30pm |
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I wrote a page and a half and looked at it and thought: This will get viscerated, even with a rewrite. So it's back to the drawing board. Or writing board. Or whatever. |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 5:34pm |
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Gary, the problem is if you write something and don't recognise it's a bit crap. I've sure done that before. And Mark, (like John said) maybe it's 'good confusing'? A second opinion perhaps? I don't mean me, btw. It's pretty hard sometimes to objectively judge our own work. A certain look from my other half is often enough for me to go back to square-one. Keep at it, guys! Still three whole days to go. |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 6:04pm |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 7:05pm |
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Jeff, out of interest I tried to look up The Ballad of Pun Li . No luck. Sure sounds like a classic. |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 8:09pm |
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Oof, I'm only just learning about this now. I've been out of the loop for a while, but didn't expect another OWC so soon after the last one (that I also missed completely).
Hmm. I owe four shorts for production that I'm a bit stuck on. Maybe a couple of days coming up with something for this is the change of pace I need. I'll put my thinking cap on and see if anything bubbles up from the depths of my tired mind. |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 8:39pm |
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I’m late to the party, again, but I’ll put something together for Friday. Glad to have something I can do other than level up on COD. |
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Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 8:53pm |
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Jeff, out of interest I tried to look up The Ballad of Pun Li . No luck. Sure sounds like a classic. |
It was the 2019 writer's challenge. I think maybe I put the wrong title on it...You Never Know What You'll Get. No clue where that title even came from. The airline one was Paradise Airlines. Funny thing is...I reread Pun Li. I'm going to make the necessary changes, fix the glaring mistakes, and I actually think it will make sense and be quite funny, but most found it horribly sexist, racist, and some other things. I'm an idiot... |
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 5:50am |
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I had another writer/director read it and he got it no problem.
However, I have written another draft to make it clearer as I know some people try to speed read every entry in an hour.
Mine will be the one with the massive electronic post-it notes that says, "SHE'S REALLY A ROBOT!"
Not really and no robots in my screenplay. Or is there?? |
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 8:17am |
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^ Aha! See, Mark? The varying reviews and opinions on the same material often surprises me. Great to see Owen and Rene joining the throng too. Throng? Well, here's hoping for a small crowd anyway. Looking forward to the reads. Still two and a half days... |
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 9:00am |
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Weirdly, I came up with something within an hour. I just need to nail the ending. |
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 2:04pm |
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Not looking good for me, unfortunately. Need a surge of creativity to kick me in the ass. Lol |
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 2:23pm |
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Not looking good for me, unfortunately. Need a surge of creativity to kick me in the ass. Lol |
Do I need to break out the wheel again? |
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 3:08pm |
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Do I need to break out the wheel again?
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Posted: June 3rd, 2020, 4:33pm |
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Well I didn't sit down to write and now it's too late. Good luck to everyone participating. I'll read a few. |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 8:31am |
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Just submitted mine. Looking forward to what you sick, twisted peeps come up with! |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 9:32am |
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Looks like I'm not going to make it...again.
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 2:37pm |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 3:09pm |
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Christ - one idea, one ugly draft
I’ll be roasted over this one, like never before.
Christ it’s got to improve for me to enter, but I have a day left
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 3:41pm |
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I'm afraid I won't be able to join in this time, either. So bummed. But I couldn't get a solid draft together. Just have too much on my plate right now. Good luck to everyone who does enter. |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 3:55pm |
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Going to miss this one - will definitely try and get some reads in - good luck to those that enter |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 5:43pm |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 5:47pm |
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Mine is a true stinker. Might even rival Jeff's Pun Li script. If you smell something bad when you open the PDF, you'll know it's mine. I know, I'm outing myself, but it'll be too obvious anyway. |
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Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 5:48pm |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 7:37pm |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 8:06pm |
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I submitted mine earlier, well done those who entered and to those who haven’t yet, get your fingers out and get some writing done |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 8:22pm |
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Light Bulb! |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 8:29pm |
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If it's only Mark, Reef and Gary (and Casual as I remember) we'll be able to tell who wrote what. Are you writing for it, Lib? |
Kham, I'm pretty sure there's a bigger field than that. Plus there are always the lurkers... I mean, quiet achievers. Not entering myself. I think if you run it you have an unfair advantage of knowing ahead what it is. I also second what Owen said. Ooh, Zack? |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 8:44pm |
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No promises, Libby. But something just clicked with me. Gonna try my best to get out a solid draft. |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 8:47pm |
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Crossing my fingers for you, Zack! |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 9:10pm |
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Kham, I'm pretty sure there's a bigger field than that. Plus there are always the lurkers... I mean, quiet achievers. Not entering myself. I think if you run it you have an unfair advantage of knowing ahead what it is. I also second what Owen said. Ooh, Zack? |
Lol, I'm messing with you. I shouldn't have. Then again why not. Also, I checked the thread and there's no Owen! |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 9:19pm |
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Submitted. Let loose the hounds! |
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Posted: June 4th, 2020, 11:26pm |
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Mine is a true stinker. Might even rival Jeff's Pun Li script. If you smell something bad when you open the PDF, you'll know it's mine. I know, I'm outing myself, but it'll be too obvious anyway. |
Gary YOU'RE killing me!!! Reread that script. It's not nearly as bad as all you FUCKERS nailed me for. I just reread it and there are obviously a few BLATANT ERRORS...I will rewrite this and it will be ...uh...amazing? Maybe!!! |
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Posted: June 5th, 2020, 3:58am |
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Ha! I'm just giving you shit. I guarantee you that you'll be out by page 1 or 2 of my script this go round. |
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Ha! I'm just giving you shit. I guarantee you that you'll be out by page 1 or 2 of my script this go round.
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If you don’t enter, you can’t be nasty - my new rule And I need it This will be my least prepared script and I’m not even sure it meets the criteria and that’s not a good thing with the readers! But it’s all I got under the circumstances Hey ho, nice to be a part of it. I haven’t entered yet but hope to polish this turd just a little bit more before doing so. And to think I hoped to write two scriptS at the beginning Of the week Thanks Libby and Don |
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The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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I have words on the page.
Not enough of them, and some of them don't even go together... but, I'm looking at progress.
I even have an opening slug that Jeff will hate. So, I'm getting closer. |
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I even have an opening slug that Jeff will hate. So, I'm getting closer. |
Me too... INT/EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE - JEFF’S HOUSE - YESTERDAY - NOON that kind of thing Actually that pretty sums up my writing at the moment |
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The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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Me too... INT/EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE - JEFF’S HOUSE - YESTERDAY - NOON that kind of thing Actually that pretty sums up my writing at the moment |
AWESOME SLUG!!! I love it!! |
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No name this time, or at least a fake name submitted? Anonymous challenge once again. |
Yes, I made sure to put a fake name on it. Last time I misunderstood the "anonymous" part. |
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I've got a beginning and a middle, but no ending. Lol |
Same here. The countdown clock is quickly becoming my personal horror element. |
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Same here.
The countdown clock is quickly becoming my personal horror element.
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Eight hours left. We've got this, Dude. |
And... there's an idea. Okay... now I have to figure out how to get there. See you on the other side, Zack! |
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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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Quoted from Dreamscale I would jump in and write something quickly, but I have 3 grand kids on their way over, so no go here. ARGH!!!!!! |
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Entered.
alas not my finest hour. Things didn’t work out. but I am pleased I kept going and have thrown my dice onto the table, so to speak
This was an interesting challenge.
I had quite a few ‘concepts’ but as I’ve said before, couldn’t get them into a short story
I think there could be some really cool ideas in this and I look forward to read the others.
If I were a film maker I would be reviewing these scripts closely
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The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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Posted: June 5th, 2020, 5:33pm |
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LocationMichigan.USA Posts1522 Posts Per Day 0.31 |
What?I should have checked in earlier. Like a few days earlier. I wasn't expecting a OWC so soon after the virus challenge. Whazzat?! FIVE HOURS LEFT?? Looks like I'm out of this one. I do have a sci-fi idea, one I been kicking around for some time, but I don't think it'll be limited to ten pages or less, and I'm sure as hell know I can't come up with a shotgun script in five hours. It also might not seen as 'horror', but maybe more of a panic attack... |
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JEStaats |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 6:31pm |
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LocationTucson, AZ Posts1735 Posts Per Day 0.62 |
Man, I've got absolutely nothing!! Two ideas: One with no ending and the other with the least bit of horror. I'm out. |
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spesh2k |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 7:11pm |
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LocationHarlem USA Posts1186 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
Hmmm, still haven't thought of a concept. If I do write anything by deadline, it's gonna be TIGHT... |
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ReneC |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 7:51pm |
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LocationVancouver, BC Posts1435 Posts Per Day 0.31 |
I really thought I wasn't going to be able to finish writing. All the interruptions and work stuff and family stuff and I was ready to throw in the towel three hours ago. And then, like some Christmas miracle, it all stopped and I was able to focus on finishing and just hit the submit button.
See y'all on the other side. |
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eldave1 |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 7:52pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.95 |
Proud of me-self.
Got off the golf course two hours ago - had an idea.
Locked myself in the room and knocked one out - I'm in!
Quickest script I've ever written |
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PKCardinal |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 7:58pm |
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LocationKansas Posts1447 Posts Per Day 0.63 |
I'll be in.
No idea what I have.
I think there's something in there... but, I'm pretty sure this isn't it.
Feel pretty good to just get something in. Had nothing til this morning. And, I had quite a bit to do today outside of this. |
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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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LC |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 8:08pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
On ya, guys! Sounds like some genius last minute inspiration and entries. |
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Zack |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 8:18pm |
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PKCardinal |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 8:32pm |
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LocationKansas Posts1447 Posts Per Day 0.63 |
Okay... that's gotta be good enough. Submitting now. Things to do, places to be. Be kind everyone. |
| PaulKWrites.com
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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JEStaats |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 8:36pm |
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Old Timer No sh*t, there I was....
LocationTucson, AZ Posts1735 Posts Per Day 0.62 |
A lot of last minute "What the hell" and "Why not just do it" entries.
I'm in too! |
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LC |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 10:04pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7583 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Yay, guys! Looking forward to seeing the turnout, and reading and reviewing. |
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spesh2k |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 10:23pm |
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LocationHarlem USA Posts1186 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
Not gonna be able to meet deadline, too much other stuff going and sci-fi's not really my thing. I will be reading and commenting, though! |
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Zack |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 10:46pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4487 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
Submitted. As usual, I expect some backlash. Good luck everyone. |
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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: June 5th, 2020, 10:56pm |
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LocationNowhere special. Posts3064 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
I expect some backlash. |
Spoilers! |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: June 6th, 2020, 2:21am |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.59 |
Well done to everyone who managed to get one in... and submit a screenplay!
Badum-tish! |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: June 6th, 2020, 4:27am |
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LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2612 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
Proud of me-self.
Got off the golf course two hours ago - had an idea.
Locked myself in the room and knocked one out - I'm in!
Quickest script I've ever written |
Impressive I always need longer, never been one for these last minute scripts. One OWC I had a script, I think it was the grieving spell, and found out as I went to enter that I was two pages too long. I then had to under take a quick and ugly butchering of my script. Actually proved to be a goood lesson in just what can be removed. Well done to all the others who have thrown together a last minute entry. I had a few idea, which I will share once the scripts are revealed, but couldn’t get them together. |
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The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: June 6th, 2020, 8:58am |
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LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2612 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
Cool, scripts are up
One thing worth remembering, I think, is that they are meant to easy, low-ish budget productions
Happy reading |
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The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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eldave1 |
Posted: June 6th, 2020, 11:19am |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.95 |
Impressive
I always need longer, never been one for these last minute scripts.
One OWC I had a script, I think it was the grieving spell, and found out as I went to enter that I was two pages too long. I then had to under take a quick and ugly butchering of my script. Actually proved to be a goood lesson in just what can be removed.
Well done to all the others who have thrown together a last minute entry.
I had a few idea, which I will share once the scripts are revealed, but couldn’t get them together.
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Yeah - normally I take the whole week - this was an one offer for me |
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PKCardinal |
Posted: June 7th, 2020, 2:32pm |
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LocationKansas Posts1447 Posts Per Day 0.63 |
Safe to assume we're using standard scoring here, and not the extended scoring of some past challenges? |
| PaulKWrites.com
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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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: June 7th, 2020, 2:46pm |
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Old Timer Part time writer
LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2612 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
Safe to assume we're using standard scoring here, and not the extended scoring of some past challenges? |
Yes Check your inbox - should have a link within a message from Don |
| My scripts HERE
The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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PKCardinal |
Posted: June 7th, 2020, 2:51pm |
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LocationKansas Posts1447 Posts Per Day 0.63 |
Yes
Check your inbox - should have a link within a message from Don
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Indeed, I see it. Thanks. Next time I'll read more thoroughly... doh. |
| PaulKWrites.com
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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