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Below are the links to the scripts received.
Don
Shadow Games by Phantom_Writer - Thriller - A sadistic psychopath kidnaps a middled-aged man's family and turns him into his own personal weapon. - pdf, format
Bone Deep by Tinkerbell - Thriller - When only a bone marrow transplant can save his dying son and the only compatible donor is a violent drug lord who will never donate, a Doctor realises he will have to break the law,and every one of his morals, in a deadly race against time to try and save him. - pdf, format
The Killing Lottery by Anonymous1 - Thriller - After Jasper Kidd lost his wife on 9/11, homicidal tendencies let him fall into the hands of the bookmaker, a man deeply involved in a top secret killing competition. - pdf, format
Slow Mo by Yo Mamma - Thriller - A man, shot in the head and seeing things in slow motion has to figure out who's trying to kill him and why. - pdf, format
Balancing Act by Ben There & Don That - Thriller - Mistaken for a master thief, a reformed con artist has to pull off the perfect heist or be framed for murder. - pdf, format
Firestorm by Giles Redferne - Thriller - A medieval wizard time travels to 2014 to right a wrong committed in his own time. - pdf, format
Manhunt by Anonymous2 - Thriller - A convict escapes from prison with an army of cops out after him, to find his son before an old nemesis reaches him first. - pdf, format
Vow to Kill by Anonymous3 - Thriller - A former soldier rebuilding his life after his wife's death is about to get remarried when he is suddenly thrust into a dangerous mission by a deranged madman. Succeed or fail, the world will never be the same again. - pdf, format
Gold & 38 by Sean Chipman - Thriller - A hitman awakens from a crash with no memory of the events. All he remembers is his job; to kill his wife, a United States Senator. - pdf, format
Monsters of the Night by Anonymous4 - Thriller - A decade after losing the most important fight in his career, a retired boxer is forced to venture through distant memories of his pitiful life in search of his innocent daughter captured by a horrific creature. - pdf, format
Stop The Plot by David Campese - Thriller - After uncovering a plot to assassinate a Chinese dignitary on US soil, a journalist teams up with a British spy in a race against time to stop the attack and prevent WWIII. - pdf, format
Time To Forget by Will Race - Thriller - A man whose memory has been erased is sent on a covert mission, but as his target draws closer he begins to question the motives of his employer. - pdf, format
Cutting by Anonymous5 - Thriller - A defense attorney assigned to a prisoner on death row must unravel the mystery behind a decades old serial child murder case before it's too late. - pdf, format
Back by Anonymous6 - Thriller - When a timid nurse learns males will be extinct in 200 years, it is up to her to embark on a terrifying journey through time to help an inventor protect his work from feminist space officials before mankind is forever doomed. - pdf, format
I believe some people wrote 2 or maybe 3 possible feature openings. And depending on what we say, they'll choose one.
Gabe
Just Murdered by Sean Elwood (Zombie Sean) and Gabriel Moronta (Mr. Ripley) - (Dark Comedy, Horror) All is fair in love and war. A hopeless romantic gay man resorts to bloodshed to win the coveted position of Bridesmaid. 99 pages. https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-comedy/m-1624410571/
Holy moly people! I'm stoked to see so many entries!!!!! For awhile there, I thought there might just be one or two so I started tinkering, but you guys are great! Let's help each other make the best scripts that SS can possibly turnout! Awesome!
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
I may as well bring this up here, but I thought the idea here was to create something along the lines of things we've all seen before... to write for a specific market. That's what I'm marking on.
Not much we can do with a race against the clock thriller, aside from make it fast-paced action. That's all the viewer really wants. The story must make sense, yeah, but just because we've seen it before doesn't make what we're reading shitty. I watch films that are the same over and over again, we all do. It's easy. We don't have to think too hard about it. Put it on, lots of action, thrills and spills, turn it off having been entertained. That's it.
This kind of script simply needs to be entertaining. So one should get marks for action and pacing... not marked down because it's something we've all seen before.
I did not LC. I have an idea for it though but, due to work, couldn't do it. I will be reading and contributing though.
Gabe
Just Murdered by Sean Elwood (Zombie Sean) and Gabriel Moronta (Mr. Ripley) - (Dark Comedy, Horror) All is fair in love and war. A hopeless romantic gay man resorts to bloodshed to win the coveted position of Bridesmaid. 99 pages. https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-comedy/m-1624410571/
Not much we can do with a race against the clock thriller, aside from make it fast-paced action. That's all the viewer really wants. The story must make sense, yeah, but just because we've seen it before doesn't make what we're reading shitty. I watch films that are the same over and over again, we all do. It's easy. We don't have to think too hard about it. Put it on, lots of action, thrills and spills, turn it off having been entertained. That's it.
This kind of script simply needs to be entertaining. So one should get marks for action and pacing... not marked down because it's something we've all seen before.
I see where you're coming from, but for me it's different. I'm not interested nor am I entertained by something I have seen a zillion times before. If it's approached from a really different, unique angle, then all of what I just said goes out the window and I'll start getting interested. Now I'm not trying to strike up a debate here with you, because I can understand that some people are just different and that's that, but I had a really hard time reading some of these first 10's because they felt like been there, done that (I won't say they all do, because I haven't read all of them, but I'm not very enthusiastic about accomplishing those reads). I started getting frustrated.
One thing to remember here is that these are just the rough first ten pages of features. They will not be perfect and the stories will evolve maybe even change completely along the way. Some people might decide to go a whole different route when they read some of these comments on the first ten.
I've only read two so far and it seems they do not yet have a male lead in their 50s.
I usually rewrite the first ten anyway after a first draft is down. I think that what we (as writers) should take from this is whether our premise has merit or not.
One thing to remember here is that these are just the rough first ten pages of features. They will not be perfect and the stories will evolve maybe even change completely along the way. Some people might decide to go a whole different route when they read some of these comments on the first ten.
I've only read two so far and it seems they do not yet have a male lead in their 50s.
You have a point, Pia. I will keep this in consideration.