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FrankM
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Quoted from khamanna


This would be so OTN


IN the nose. Not on it.


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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Quoted from khamanna


This would be so OTN


Indeed


My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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jayrex
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Cut to three weeks earlier

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I’m just expecting shit jokes.


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khamanna
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Quoted from jayrex
I’m just expecting shit jokes.


Or people playing shitball. You know, like snowball
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INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Sean scans the first round of entries on a laptop.

SEAN
My God, all of their minds are in the gutter.

A little ANGEL poofs into existence over Sean's left shoulder. A little DEVIL over the right.

ANGEL
Tsk, tsk. What are you going to do about this?

Sean looks up in thought.

SEAN
If that's where they want to go... push them further! Gutter... to sewer!

Devil fist-pumps in triumph.


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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ReneC
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There was so much whining about comedy in the last round I also wonder if anyone will dare say a script doesn't meet the genre.

Comedy is specific. It's about tone, tropes, surprise, setups and payoffs, callbacks, repetition, and humour, be it jokes or physical. Jokes are the most difficult, they're often culturally relevant or taste specific.

I was very forgiving for the fusion round. I only gave 4 scripts a didn't meet. This round I'm going to be looking for something that specifically fits the genre. It should be easy.


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ReneC
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I'll laugh if the riffs coming up in this thread are the funnier than the entries.  


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khamanna
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So how many jokes per a 5-pager will make it a comedy?
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khamanna
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I just realized you can fart in a sewer and no one will notice
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JEStaats
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No sh*t, there I was....

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Quoted from khamanna
I just realized you can fart in a sewer and no one will notice


You forgot about the echo factor!
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I just realized you can fart in a sewer and no one will notice


It might smell better.


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Gary in Houston
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What would be original would be to set a comedy inside a sewer and not have one joke about the shit or the smell.

Like, I had an idea about a marching band rehearsing in a sewer for the acoustics, but realized I couldn’t go a full page without making some reference to the surroundings, so I just abandoned it.  Plus the idea was just ridiculous to begin with.


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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khamanna
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You forgot about the echo factor!


You can always say it's fireworks from the outside
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Quoted from Gary in Houston
What would be original would be to set a comedy inside a sewer and not have one joke about the shit or the smell.

Like, I had an idea about a marching band rehearsing in a sewer for the acoustics, but realized I couldn’t go a full page without making some reference to the surroundings, so I just abandoned it.  Plus the idea was just ridiculous to begin with.


You think it's ridiculous until someone like Wes Anderson films about it.
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You know, not every sewer is for waste matter...but who can resist?


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