Who said they were asides?

Hi guys   sorry to pop in on the interesting discusssion. I just had a thought about a possible unfilmables.

You know how you intro the characters in a script with their names, age, etc. Ok, thisis all goood for a reader but when you'r viewing a film, should the writer take extra care to bring out a characters name? Does that make sense?

Cos when you think about it, you could watch a film and not know the name of a certain char, unless the writer specifically has dialogue or a sign or whatever to show the name.
I had this thought just now while mopping the floor...

Characters have to be properly intro'd, and that includes a name.  You're right, many times, you never know what a character's name actually is, but that's due to poor writing, or the fact that it doesn't matter.

Cheers buddy.  Yeah, I guess if the name matters, it'll be brought up quick smart.

You guys were talking about wrylies before? The advice you gave me, Jeff, was only to use them if if was to do with the manner of talking, eg - (whispers) (yells) etc. a
Anything else should be an action line.

The unfilmables discussion? Rambo in a suit is technically one, but it evokes the instant image in the readers's mind. Again, it depnds on whther the script is spec or not, I spose.

Yeah, "Rambo in a suit" is definitely a description.  I'm not saying it's not filmable or valid.  I'm just saying, to me, it's rather weak, as it invokes many different possibilities.

Is it referring to a short Italian guy, ranging in age from 36 (Stallone in First Blood - 1982) to 62 (Stallone in Rambo - 200?  Does it mean the guy is ripped the shreds, and has scars all over his back?  Long, haired, ex-military type?  Badass, gun wielding freak of nature?  What?

My script is all in flashbacks. It starts with the amnesiac and closes on him remembering the last clue. I don't know if it's right to have flashbacks throughout. Any thoughts? It doesn't read right - that's for sure.
In the second act he does something to remember - there's some non-flashback action but I don't know if it's enough. I want to change it but can't think of a way...

Khamanna, Flashbacks are fine.  Cool, even.  I've got a SHITLOAD of 'em.

BUT, I think you need to also have action taking place in the present time.  Without it, you're looking at action that already all took place.

Think about Benjamin Button.  That movie is basically all in Flashback, other than the hospital scenes with the mother and daughter.  Those scenes were also powerful and very important to the overall story.

Benjamin Button, right. I'll read this one. Thanks.

OK, peeps, kick-ass day of writing for this kid.

On page 50 now, and humming along.  Had to reread everything, as I hadn't touched it since Friday.  Edited out some mistakes, added a new character and tiny subplot, and wrote a ton of new scenes.

Really happy with the progress, but still behind where I'd like to be by now.  Oh well, I'll be fine.  If I can get to page 70 or so by Friday, I'll be golden, as I know everything that is still to come.  My big set piece is only a few scenes away now, and that will fill up a bunch of pages.

Assuming I get done, it will be down to the wire, though.  Thankfully, it's well edited already, and I've read the first 40 pages or so at least 5 times already (the first 25 pages have been read at least 10 times now).  That seems to be the way I roll.

How's everyone else coming along?  Am I in last place in terms of pages?  Probably am.  Oh well...I think it's going to ROCK!  Maybe I need to get Balt to give it a read...

Great Jeff! I'm excited for you!

I still haven't read my first draft. I will try tomorrow...I HATE rewriting!!!!

You are definitely not last, page 13 here.

Ah...cool!  I feel better, then.

Herman, I thought you were much further along.  Did you scrap earlier progress and start over?  We've still got 2 1/2 weeks, so we can all get there!

Keep the creativity flowing!!!!

Nah, I just write slow. I plan to write 5 pages per day (if possible), and that'll give me around 120 pages if I submit it on the last day.

Yeah, that's right. No time for rewrite at all. I feel very sorry for the people reading mine.

That's how I felt about the llast 7wc, but all the comments made me rewrite in a hurry! It's all good.  

Mine will be clocking in between 90 and 97 pages...most likely.  Lean, mean beast of a machine.