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dogglebe
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 2:46pm Report to Moderator
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We wouldn't be having any problems with this thread if I was allowed to use an abandoned International House of Pancakes....


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Murphy
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 2:51pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from dogglebe
We wouldn't be having any problems with this thread if I was allowed to use an abandoned International House of Pancakes....


Phil


From what I can gather from this very informative thread you still can set your script in an International House of Pancakes. You just have to get one of your (adult) actors to play the House of Pancakes part. It would require quite a bit of make-up I would think, but not impossible.
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Hear hear!

I was gonna put in a good KFC with loadsa black people and white scalliy types as customers, like my favourite one down the road.

However, it may have spoiled the atmosphere. At one point this really cool black dude started jamming with Jimi and Janis and then...

I thought I'd better go back and read the criteria. No mention of dead rock stars or fast food joints. Bejehovahullian, I'll just have to adjust. The rules can be bent, but they must not be broken. Therein lies the fun.

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Baltis.
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After sitting on my script over night I have started the rewrite... Unfortunately 3 pages of content will have to be cut from it.  My formula is/will be 5 pages outside the house and 5 pages inside the house.  That's all I'm divulging of the story or setting.  Even with the cuts and edits, this script will definitely be worth a read.
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Sounds interesting and different, Balt.

However I did most of it in the house. Not having read yours I wonder. The criteria suggested to me most of it takes place indoors.

Just don't burn it down. I did at one point, for the craic. Then changed me mind.

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I didn't have a problem writing this.  I didn't stretch the rules and or bend the or anything.  It seemed pretty easy.

Just remember the original spirit of the challenge:  if a director gave you a genre and theme, could you write a short in seven days.  Do you really think that, if said director, gave you these guidelines that you could toss in talking termites?

The entire scenario screams low budget.  Any good scripts, here, stand a good chance of being produced by a low-budget filmmaker.


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"REN:  The criteria suggested to me most of it takes place indoors."

I just wanted to quote Don himself here... Because half of my script is hinged upon the outside of the house.


Quoted from Don


Everything occurs in and around an abandoned, rundown house.


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Quoted from Phil
Just remember the original spirit of the challenge:  if a director gave you a genre and theme, could you write a short in seven days.  Do you really think that, if said director, gave you these guidelines that you could toss in talking termites?

The entire scenario screams low budget.  Any good scripts, here, stand a good chance of being produced by a low-budget filmmaker.



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"REN:  The criteria suggested to me most of it takes place indoors."

I just wanted to quote Don himself here... Because half of my script is hinged upon the outside of the house...




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Everything occurs in and around an abandoned, rundown house.


You're both right. He / they gave us room to move. I just said what it meant to me. Personally (must stop starting sentences with that one soon)  I felt it must happen in the house. Otherwise, what's the point? It's an OWC, play in the rules. That is the point of them, isn't it? Obviously things can happen outside but, the location is a farmhouse, or an abondoned house, a shitehole. With a guy in a wheelchair. I imagine he's a bit of shut in. That's where it's at.

The wheelchair and the house are The Key.

Nuff.

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Genre:  Horror

Theme:  It was a dark and stormy night

Limitations: You only have three human actors - two male and one female. (adults who can play between the ages of 18 to 80).  One male is in a wheelchair.  All events must occur sometime between October 30th to November 1st.  You can't use the word Halloween.  Everything occurs in and around an abandoned, rundown house.  You can do anything to the house, except burn it down.


You must write a script (properly formatted) between 6 and 10 pages.  No more, no less (courier 12 point font).

The scripts must be received by Friday, October 15th at 11:59 pm e.d.t..    Please put "(c) Copyright 2010" on your script.  Note: This is NOT an anonymous exercise this year.  Discussion board members, please submit your discussion board name, also.   Scripts must be submitted here.  Please, only one submission per person.

10/31 - audio presentation of one selected script presented by iScript.com.





I find the iScript audio presentation the most interesting aspect of this challenge.

With that in mind I poked around a little bit (as I'm prone to doing) and thought I'd lump a consideration out here for those of you who've yet to submit an entry.


FinalRune - Troll - edit 3 from Matthew Morris on Vimeo.






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Okay, there has been some messing about in this thread and around the OWC, some of it funny and some of it nearly funny. There have been people looking to stretch the rules, finding ways to break them and let's be honest just looking to have a good time with it all.

That's okay in my book, But you know what's worse? The posters sat up there in the clouds pouring scorn on anyone who wants to take the OWC and have a bit of fun. Get off your high horses people! it ain't serious, it ain't a real writing assignment.

The world takes all sorts to keep in turning, thank God. The OWC is there, how you interpret it and how you respond to it is your own damn business. If you want to be serious then be serious, if you want to have a little fun then have a little fun. This ain't North Korea.
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One thing I hope I'm not hung for is having too much story in mine.  Mine is very much suspense and build up to the ending payoff.  It's 10 pages and to make something deep and complex is hard, but I've got a story and some depth here in mine.  Just don't go expecting tons of gore, 3 on screen kills, cussing and buckets more blood.  Although, there is some blood and some killing going on.

To me, it's very entertaining and would play out well on screen.  It's something I'd love to sit back and watch.  I've let 3 others read it and so far so good.
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Quoted from Baltis.
One thing I hope I'm not hung for is having too much story in mine.  Mine is very much suspense and build up to the ending payoff.  It's 10 pages and to make something deep and complex is hard, but I've got a story and some depth here in mine.  Just don't go expecting tons of gore, 3 on screen kills, cussing and buckets more blood.  Although, there is some blood and some killing going on.

To me, it's very entertaining and would play out well on screen.  It's something I'd love to sit back and watch.  I've let 3 others read it and so far so good.


Yeah, mine goes really deep too. It's a bit long for all intensive purposes but I think it comes to satisfying conclusion.
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Spewing!  I wrote my pisstake to get my brain clear for the serious one. I was gonna submit the PT in the general shorts as it would've been DQ'd.

Anyway, I sent it to Pia as she is in it(its a Simply one) - she was ok with it and suggested it might be acceptable for the challenge anyway!?

Anyway, I went to post it as a normal script but all submissions are shut while the OWC is on (which is fair enough).

I've started my serious one and have high hopes for it turning out ok for my first ever horror attempt.



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Sounds like you Balt, are doing a real horror thing. You and I no doubt have a different view bout them.

I think mental torture is far more effective. But then again, I'm Irish.

You've had three folks read already? You are the dogs bollocks. That's a good thing, by the way. I know you knew, just qualified, for the tourists. You understand...

I'll tell you what, you ca

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Quoted from Baltis.
One thing I hope I'm not hung for is having too much story in mine.  Mine is very much suspense and build up to the ending payoff.


Sounds good to me. Which reminds me, do you still have your 7WC from last year? I really wanted to read it because it had a similar vein to what I was writing but you kind of disappeared and it never went up. If you did it and have it, can you e-mail it to me? I'd kind of like to see how it compares to what I wrote.

Sorry for being off-topic but I was really curious.


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