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Posted: April 7th, 2016, 8:12pm Report to Moderator
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Pia/Kham,

I  wouldn't fancy a comedy one-pager either. I think that might result in quite a few not well thought out lacklustre skits.

I read a one page horror of yours, Pia, years ago (pretty sure it was you?) about a young woman, in her bedroom,  recounting her mother's warning/advice (a fanatical  Piper Laurie type I.e., Carrie) about the big bad world out there. Final image, if memory serves, was a close up of Mum's decapitated head. That's more in line with the kind of one-page I imagined.


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Libby! Yes, I forgot all about that one! It was from a MP comp. Can't remember the title right now and don't know if I still have it posted here.

For those not familiar with MP, I'll mention this here since it might give some of you ideas for SS.  Movie Poet, as it was called did a monthly comp. Usually for five page shorts. We were given a genre and a theme or item. One month every year, the assignment would be for a 1 page script. Not sure if I remember correctly, but I think genre and theme were open those. One month would also be for loglines only. The top ten or fifteen of those advanced to the next level, which was to write the first ten pages of the feature the logline was for. The finalists in that comp, moved on for another month later in the year where ten features competed. December was always devoted to short films that had been produced out of MP scripts. I had films in that comp several times. It was a lot of fun  

I might have messed up the order of how the comps went, but it was something like this.

JAN: Regular 5 page script
FEB: Logline
MAR: Regular 5 page script
APR: Regular 5 page script
MAY: First 10 pages of the features
JUN: Regular 5 page script
JUL: 1 Page script, open
AUG: Regular 5 page script
SEP: Horror, 5 page script. These would be read in OCT:
OCT: The ten features.
NOV: Regular 5 page script
DEC: Short films made from MP scripts

PS: I miss MP. Don better not close down SS!!!!!  



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Dreamscale
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I'm down for a comedy OWC.

Let's get it on!!
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So much of comedy depends on how the line is delivered by the actor. Many of my favorite lines  don't look like much on paper.

It's not easy to write funny.



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I agree Stumpzian... my comedies don't look like much at all on paper!


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Quoted from AnthonyCawood
I agree Stumpzian... my comedies don't look like much at all on paper!


Hmm. Have you tried writing them on the walls down the shops? I find this usually raises a titter, and sometimes even a laugh.

Might depends on trousers and how good you are at bending. I usually also bring my runners, no, they are shoes. Just in case.

Now, I'm off to see who titters I can lift down at the park. Yes, I will also bring a marker pen, in case anyone who isn't a policeman recognises me.

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LOL - I'll have to try that one, not sure on would allow it for an OWC though


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
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Quoted from Grandma Bear
JAN: Regular 5 page script
FEB: Logline
MAR: Regular 5 page script
APR: Regular 5 page script
MAY: First 10 pages of the features
JUN: Regular 5 page script
JUL: 1 Page script, open
AUG: Regular 5 page script
SEP: Horror, 5 page script. These would be read in OCT:
OCT: The ten features.
NOV: Regular 5 page script
DEC: Short films made from MP scripts

PS: I miss MP. Don better not close down SS!!!!!  


You had it pretty close, Pia. I miss the contests sometimes. I got so bored after reviewing all of the scripts once, that I sat down to figure out the grading algorithm. Lol.

Jan - Logline.
Feb - 5 Page.
Mar - 5 Page.
Apr - First 10.
May - 5 Page
Jun - 10 Page
Jul - 5 Page
Aug - Feature.
Sep - 5 Page.
Oct - 5 Page.
Nov - Short Film.
Dec - Open 5 Page.

That would be the worst if SS went down, too. Still, everything comes to an end at some point. It just doesn't have to be for a while. =)


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What? Who wants to shut down SS? Guys, April 1st is over!


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Pia, Sean - wow, you remember the requirements that used to correspond to months.. how's that possible?

I'm with Equinox - please don't give him ideas about shutting down the SS. We just survived the MP shut down, this one - I don't know how much one can take.
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Quoted from khamanna
Pia, Sean - wow, you remember the requirements that used to correspond to months.. how's that possible?

I'm with Equinox - please don't give him ideas about shutting down the SS. We just survived the MP shut down, this one - I don't know how much one can take.


I was there from the start of MP so maybe 8 years or so. I might be old, but some things sort of stays with me.  

No one is suggesting anything about SS going away. If it did, Bert and I would be out of a job. Kicking cans down the road.  


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If it did, Bert and I would be out of a job. Kicking cans down the road.  


Or, just selling/optioning more and more scripts... Whatever comes first. Lol. =)


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I  wouldn't fancy a comedy one-pager either. I think that might result in quite a few not well thought out lacklustre skits.


Concur - most of the scripts would have to start with either "Knock-knock" or - "A priest and a Rabbi walk into a bar."



My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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I'd like to do a 6 page challenge limited to discussion board members.  Consideration will be given to the suggestions thus far.  

Anyone interested in running this one?  I may be a little busy in the near future.    PM me.  
(Note I may reject some volunteers only because I'd rather you participate because I like what you write.).

Don



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But if we have a comedy challenge, how will all the people complain about the pissers?  

Gary


Some of my scripts:

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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