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Participants had one week to write a 6 - 12 page script on the genre and theme. There were 38 scripts which were read and discussed over on the discussion board. One script was selected to be audio performed by the fine folks over at iScript.com.
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge. - Don
Very special thanks to iScript.com for sponsoring the challenge and selecting the final script.
Each writer who wrote a script for the October One Week Challenged was asked to rank each script that he/she read as Pass, Consider or Recommend (or did not read). Below are the results.
The top three, The Open Casket, Veil of Blood and Falling Angels were sent to iScript.com. Lori and her team at iScript read the three and selected one.
Congrats Ryan, fine work and it was in my top three. I'm just happy my script didn't "blow goat balls" as bad as Phil's did. At least, according to the writer feedback...
Congrats, Ryan. have to say I'm quite surprised though.
James, you're right, Phil's script did blow goat balls.
Personally, I like this new ranking system. Big improvement over anythign i've seen here before.
Congarts to all who entered and read and provided feedback. To those who entered and didn't provide feedback...you should go out back and blow some goat balls.
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
Regardless, Congrats Ryan and everyone for completing an OWC script. I really liked the reader scale voting used - so appropriate for scripts. Well done.
Thanks to Don, iScripts and everyone who read and reviewed the script. To those surprised thay my script got selected, I say: suck it. Haha, just a little halloween fun.
I’m not at all surprised. Veil of Blood had the best description of all the scripts in my opinion. It was number three on my list for that very reason. I’m sure the iScript people recognized that it was the best of the three for a recorded reading.
Also, congrats to Darren for being the number one reader’s choice.
And finally, congrats to Bill for making it into the top three.
Congrats Ryan, fine work and it was in my top three. I'm just happy my script didn't "blow goat balls" as bad as Phil's did. At least, according to the writer feedback...
Your death will be the slowest, James. I'll probably stop for lunch in the middle of killing you... and, perhaps, a parfait.
Congrats, Ryan! I really like what iScripts did with it, the tone of your descriptions was really captured. It sounded like the best kind of radio drama.
I read Veil of Blood again today and also the thread and the comments because I do think Ryan is a top notch writer and absolutely deserves this.
Somebody (maybe more) mentioned that the run down images should be filmed in the light or at least lightER like dusk. This is a very solid observation. By doing so, you will really be able to see it and you can progress toward night thereafter.
Some people criticized this as being too novelistic. I didn't think think so. It held with my understanding of gothic and detail is king.
Having read this again, I think rather than have the monk making eye contact here:
>He regards the house for a moment, then turns his fierce gaze directly at Coralie. Even through a tangle of bushes and trees, his eyes lock onto hers.
I would have him scanning the area with a supernatural kind of predator like vision-- not locking onto hers. Rather, have her fearful, breathless. And, we don't quite know if she's just exhibiting emotional exaggeration due to her previous encounter with the ghost, or if she is indeed seeing him for what he is.
Just wanted to say congrats to Ryan. I mentioned in the thread I think it was the strongest written.
But also a good job to everybody who took the time to write and submit theirs. (Although, most said they wrote theirs in a matter of a few hours. So maybe even though there wasn't a lot of time put into these (and I think a couple people might be exaggerating about just writing it in just an hour or two,) still a great amount of effort and talent put forth this time around.)
Like I said somewhere earlier, I think I liked everyone that I read. There were none that I thought were even bad.
But also a good job to everybody who took the time to write and submit theirs. (Although, most said they wrote theirs in a matter of a few hours. So maybe even though there wasn't a lot of time put into these (and I think a couple people might be exaggerating about just writing it in just an hour or two,) still a great amount of effort and talent put forth this time around.) - Mark
I don't know about the few hours thing myself. I can't imagine putting in that little time. I would have to be extremely good or extremely carefree. Or both. To me:
A One Week Challenge means:
You set aside time almost every single day to work on a short. If you only work for three hours, then that means you are very very skilled to be able to pull it off. People need congratulations just for that.
I put much more time into this short than I did in my first 2 OWC's. My first one, last Feb, I wrote in a day, but then had the rest of the week to clean up. The one last month I didn't start until Thursday night, probably took about 5 hours total to write. This one I worked on for about 5 days! The first 2 were probably better received, however, so maybe I should go back to winging it.
I put much more time into this short than I did in my first 2 OWC's. My first one, last Feb, I wrote in a day, but then had the rest of the week to clean up. The one last month I didn't start until Thursday night, probably took about 5 hours total to write. This one I worked on for about 5 days! The first 2 were probably better received, however, so maybe I should go back to winging it.
Nah man, I think your showing nothing but improvment big time with each work. Just keep at it. I think this one was pretty well received either way.
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