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Yep, he was a bit. I didn't realise he was a Scot. Anyway, still love The Pogues. Fairytale of New York hits the spot. In the blood and also married to an English Irishman, so there you go.
I think stories about straight-up villains are not what Sean was going for, but we'll see...
Btw, there are a fair amount of scripts last round and this round that didn't FADE OUT. I get the page count restriction makes it difficult... but technically the actors are still there, waiting for the writer to drop the curtain, ala THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO...
To quote SeaN, he said... "have your protagonist be the villain."
I think that allows for straight up villains, anti-heroes, protags that appear to be good and then are revealed not to be, etc etc... I'll only think it's offside if the main character is not in some way the villain or villainous.
I think stories about straight-up villains are not what Sean was going for, but we'll see...
Btw, there are a fair amount of scripts last round and this round that didn't FADE OUT. I get the page count restriction makes it difficult... but technically the actors are still there, waiting for the writer to drop the curtain, ala THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO...
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AJR
Yeah I was a guilty party of that last round. I noticed others doing the same, no FADE OUT mostly due to the five page limit, and pushing it as far as it can go. I'm rather loose with it though in the challenge. If it's there it's there and that's good. If it isn't, it isn't and I'm okay with it given time and page limit.
Fade In and Fade Out are implied by the script starting after the Title page and finishing abruptly - imho
Obviously, I was making a joke about them being frozen in time...
In scripts we submit to prospective directors, producers, etc., it's necessary so that the reader doesn't think there are pages missing. In this contest we pretty much know the story ends at page 5.
On the other hand, it's a cheat for space, given that space is so precious with the page limit.
Obviously, I was making a joke about them being frozen in time...
In scripts we submit to prospective directors, producers, etc., it's necessary so that the reader doesn't think there are pages missing. In this contest we pretty much know the story ends at page 5.
On the other hand, it's a cheat for space, given that space is so precious with the page limit.
AJR
Hey, at least no one is using 9-point fonts or setting their paper to legal size.
The best one I ever heard of was a word-count limit, and since the staff were using software word counts, one guy got the idea to put in a page-sized image of about four paragraphs of text.
I actually asked Sean on p 2 of this thread This is quoted from me "I like moreof this type of stories, where the villain is not so obvious yet he's a villain"