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Posted: April 7th, 2016, 8:12pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7581 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
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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Grandma Bear |
Posted: April 8th, 2016, 10:30am |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
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 |
Posted: April 8th, 2016, 1:27pm |
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I'm down for a comedy OWC.
Let's get it on!! |
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Stumpzian |
Posted: April 8th, 2016, 2:19pm |
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LocationNorth Carolina Posts662 Posts Per Day 0.18 |
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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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: April 8th, 2016, 2:30pm |
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LocationUK Posts4319 Posts Per Day 1.14 |
I agree Stumpzian... my comedies don't look like much at all on paper! |
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rendevous |
Posted: April 8th, 2016, 3:26pm |
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LocationOver there. Posts2354 Posts Per Day 0.43 |
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. R |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: April 8th, 2016, 3:51pm |
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LocationUK Posts4319 Posts Per Day 1.14 |
LOL - I'll have to try that one, not sure on would allow it for an OWC though |
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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: April 9th, 2016, 2:17pm |
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AdministratorWhat good are choices if they're all bad?
LocationNowhere special. Posts3064 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
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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Equinox |
Posted: April 9th, 2016, 5:20pm |
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LocationGermany Posts345 Posts Per Day 0.10 |
What? Who wants to shut down SS? Guys, April 1st is over! |
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khamanna |
Posted: April 10th, 2016, 6:08am |
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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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Grandma Bear |
Posted: April 10th, 2016, 9:06am |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
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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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: April 10th, 2016, 11:51am |
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LocationNowhere special. Posts3064 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
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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eldave1 |
Posted: April 10th, 2016, 12:14pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.95 |
Quoted Text 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." |
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Don |
Posted: April 10th, 2016, 6:55pm |
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AdministratorAdministrator So, what are you writing?
LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
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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Gary in Houston |
Posted: April 10th, 2016, 9:40pm |
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LocationTexas Posts1306 Posts Per Day 0.32 |
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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