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mcornetto
Posted: July 29th, 2007, 10:40pm Report to Moderator
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Thriller has more to do with how the story is set up than anything else - that is why it can be inclusive of other genres.  

The protag needs to have a problem.  As he/she tries or doesn't try to solve the problem it should get worse and worse until the protag is at his/her lowest point.  Then the resolution, usually a battle with the antag occurs, and usually on the antags territory.  This is followed by a brief epilogue.

Poltergeist is an excellent example of a horror thriller.
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I'm so pumped to see how everyone's scripts turn out. It is going to be so interesting to see how much the scripts will differ from one another with the same genre and topic.


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Did you even read the set-up?

Yes -- it is THAT boat.

Anywhere, anytime, any way you want to use it.

But that specific boat.


Bit harsh Bertrum.

This is what the set-up told us:


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As you know, a magnesium flare went off in my face a few weeks ago.  I can't see anything.  I haven't seen the boat, yet, so I'm going to have to rely on the script to give me an idea of what I'm dealing with.  I've asked...


IE That he hadn't seen the boat and was relying on the script to tell us what the boat looked like.

If it had to be THAT BOAT, why put that part in the set up?

To me the only possible reason was that the boat could be anything you wanted it to be, so I'm not surprised that others are confused.

Rick.
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Quoted from Scar Tissue Films
Bit harsh Bertrum.


Perhaps it reads that way.  So noted.  Sometimes the internet will do that to your words.  Particularly if you use all caps in places.


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Also, very important, below find a picture of the set.  I got a boat.  The boat floats and can be moved.  Best yet, we can do anything we want to the boat.  Anything .


I thought it was pretty clear that the director and producer had a specific boat they were going to be using.


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Also, very important, below find a picture of the set.  I got a boat.  The boat floats and can be moved.  Best yet, we can do anything we want to the boat.  Anything .


That line seemed fairly clear. It was the one I posted that caused the problem.



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As you know, a magnesium flare went off in my face a few weeks ago.  I can't see anything. I haven't seen the boat, yet, so I'm going to have to rely on the script to give me an idea of what I'm dealing with.  I've asked...


I can't see any other interpretation to those words other than that you can describe the boat how you want to. Why mention he was blind if it wasn't important?

Whatever.

Are you the gospel when it comes to this? It's definitely that boat yes?
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Enough already with the boat!

We're using this boat!  The boat in the picture!  No other boat!

If you're not writing about the boat, then get away from the boat!

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Seems like everything turns into an argument  lately, or at least a heated debate.

I don't know how the assignment could've been any clearer.
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Are you the gospel when it comes to this? It's definitely that boat yes?


I'm the gospel when it comes to anything.  That's why I got the cool purple name.

I think Don was trying to make a joke -- that is, the blinded director had no idea what a piece of s*** boat he had acquired.

But -- at the same time -- such a creepy boat could make a great setting -- and a piece of junk like that could be abused or even destroyed should the story call for it.


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mcornetto
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Quoted from tomson
Seems like everything turns into an argument  lately, or at least a heated debate.


You sure you don't mean de boat?

Besides I prefer heated debates to air conditioned ones.

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Das Boot!

I like cold debates. Goes better with my icy Swedish personality.
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Has anyone bothered to notice that if they're going to record the 'winner' as an MP3 file then the script will have to *sound* more like a radio play than a screenplay?
Unless they intend to read aloud the scene slugs and descriptive passages you're going to have to communicate all the "thrills" with sound effects and dialogue.
Just an observation.


"It's just a rehash of something that wasn't very good to begin with.  I found it flat and trite..."  Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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Slugs and descriptive passages are read on the MP3.

The samples on Iscript.com verify this.


Shelton's IMDb Profile

"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper." - Steve Martin
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I'm super pumped for the contest, but this boat thing is throwing me a bit off, do we have to use the boat a lot or can a character just be standing there for a second or two? How does it work?


-Have you ever transcended space and time?

-Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about
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I think the Boat should be an important part of the script, that's part of the challenge.


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I'm sorry that my simple question caused a heated debate between you guys. That's not what I intended, but the set-up kind of confused me a bit. My bad.


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