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Don
Posted: August 9th, 2016, 3:10pm Report to Moderator
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Have to agree. Somebody pitched the idea (he or she must've had a story in mind) and now that's the topic.

I have a premise incubating. Don't know if I'll do it.


Close, but no.  Based upon someone's experience.  

I'm looking for a quick win.  It is summer, this isn't widely advertised, and I have given no real notice it was coming, so there should not be a lot of entries. I'm looking to see if someone can make the best out of the premise.

The intent is that a potential filmmaker sees the simple premise with a simple set requirement and feels that he or she can easily film the script.

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Jeff - you're excused.

Don't contribute one and don't waste your time reading/commenting on any this time round, take a well deserved break... you can come fresh at the next one when the premise might be more to your liking.



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PrussianMosby
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The stuck in a taxi thing is what we're writing?  Really?  Oh man...just got back from WI and I find this?

Not happy...not happy at all!  ARGH!!!!

Yeah, I agree on both of your comments. And I also see a massive phone call attack on the horizon - think I'll just read those who stay short and don't make it a ten minute epos, if any.

The best short films I see here build on conflict. Here the location directs the way. Why OWCs no time go into a character based theme of "today", about the "here and now" puzzles me. Writers should go into society's debates too and not always lurk in up in the sky fiction or scripts bound to location.



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Quoted from Don


Close, but no.  Based upon someone's experience.  

I'm looking for a quick win.  It is summer, this isn't widely advertised, and I have given no real notice it was coming, so there should not be a lot of entries. I'm looking to see if someone can make the best out of the premise.

The intent is that a potential filmmaker sees the simple premise with a simple set requirement and feels that he or she can easily film the script.

- Don


thats good to me.

I'm sure we will see a decent variety despite the challenge.

i only write these days with the chance of having something filmed so its just up my street


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No different, really.  That, in itself, is the issue.

30+ script all set in some sort of taxi/car/whatever.  mark my words, when the scripts are posted, you'll see the problem.  Reading through these will be very difficult, as they'll all, for the most part, be the same thing.

We'll have a few killer cab drivers, a few killer cab riders, a few whacko out there ones, a few romantic/sex/taxicab confession ones, etc.

Using an exact or limited setting for an OWC does not make for good reads.

Just being honest.


Bunnyman in a cab is original  




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DustinBowcot
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Quoted from PrussianMosby

Writers should go into society's debates too and not always lurk in up in the sky fiction or scripts bound to location.


I like to think that I do... but this is an OWC. We get a brief week to come up with an idea and run with it. It's fun. It's a good exercise. A lot of scripts that start out in the OWC end up being produced, win awards... turned into features.

Stop complaining and get on with it. Turn the premise on its head if you want to. There's still plenty of time.
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I agree in a sense that it's a 'challenge'. Meaning, based on the premise at hand, can you come up with a script in the time allotted? If the theme already fits your idea of what constitutes an interesting script... then it's not really challenging you in that sense.

That being said, my primary drive for any OWC is to try and come up with a (new) strange character, absurd concept, or demented ideology that fits within the theme. Outside of that, I just try to have fun with it and not get too serious. Unless it's the Halloween OWC, that f*cker's for real...
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Unless it's the Halloween OWC, that f*cker's for real...


I might bring the sweets for the October OWC. Think for this one I'm gonna find a pen pal and force these filmmakers to open up their wallets a bit.

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I so might like to be called "sweets" for the October OWC. Think for this one I'm gonna find a pal to jab a pen in my ear and force these filmmakers to unzip their pants a bit.



Wow, John. Just wow.


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I so might like to be called "sweets" for the October OWC. Think for this one I'm gonna find a pal to jab a pen in my ear and force these filmmakers to unzip their pants a bit.


Don said no porn.
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No different, really.  That, in itself, is the issue.

30+ script all set in some sort of taxi/car/whatever.  mark my words, when the scripts are posted, you'll see the problem.  Reading through these will be very difficult, as they'll all, for the most part, be the same thing.

We'll have a few killer cab drivers, a few killer cab riders, a few whacko out there ones, a few romantic/sex/taxicab confession ones, etc.

Using an exact or limited setting for an OWC does not make for good reads.

Just being honest.


Misunderstood - I thought you referencing writing difficulty - not reading difficulty


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Don
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Quoted from PrussianMosby

The best short films I see here build on conflict. Here the location directs the way. Why OWCs no time go into a character based theme of "today", about the "here and now" puzzles me. Writers should go into society's debates too and not always lurk in up in the sky fiction or scripts bound to location.


Alex, pm me your thoughts on an OWC theme. Let's see if we can get them incorporated into a future challenge.

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I have an idea that would be a lot of fun.  Actually 3 of them.

1.  Have a poll for everything that gets voted on by us.  We pick genre, theme, idea (for the idea, we could take write ins for a day or 2, then vote on them).  Let us do the picking.

2.  Have the most expensive idea in the shortest amount of pages that tells a complete story.  

3.  Pick 4 random things (or have us pick) that have NOTHING in common and we have to create a cohesive story based on them.  I actually got that idea from those mage wars shows on sci-fi.  Kinda a cool idea.

I mean, imagine the variety of the plots if we had to include some random goodies like:
bathroom, pluto, air and Godzilla.

Or Paintings, Judo, Martha's Vineyard, Nuclear fission.

Yeah, I'm not having much luck with an idea.  I do have an idea, but, it's pretty bad and way out of my comfort zone.


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I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good.  I enjoy writing the same.  Looking to team with anyone!

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Quoted from PrussianMosby

Yeah, I agree on both of your comments. And I also see a massive phone call attack on the horizon - think I'll just read those who stay short and don't make it a ten minute epos, if any.

The best short films I see here build on conflict. Here the location directs the way. Why OWCs no time go into a character based theme of "today", about the "here and now" puzzles me. Writers should go into society's debates too and not always lurk in up in the sky fiction or scripts bound to location.


The topic of the OWC in no way stops someone from writing realistic drama. Do it, if you want.

The one problem is that in the rush to read them all, slow moving dramas will often get called "boring" and be largely ignored.

However, that is usually the case in real life as well, outside of festivals. The bias on here towards genre stories mirrors the bias towards speculative stories in the real world.

Personally I hate films/stories that are essentially lectures about real world problems. I, like most people, watch films to escape from the drudgery of the real world.

Once you've seen one film about an issue..homosexuality, slavery, poverty, racism etc etc...you've seen them all. The only thing that changes is their location.


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The trick with sociopolitical drama is to make it entertaining. Include it without focusing on it. Then we get accused of cheapening it, but it's better than the vomit-inducing heavily opinionated other option.
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