Play nice gentlemen.

The next script to go:

Very nicely written and eminently "produceable", but perhaps just slightly unbalanced in its present form:

Territory.

Ahh, one at a time. Your killing us.

Settle down folks. It takes all kinds of personalities to make a forum. Some hot bloodedness is part of it.

Keaton, thanks for the info. I will stick to this one for now. The problem with getting reads on my feature was due to my own formatting mistakes, writing errors. They are being fixed, lesson learned.

Two people I have the most to thank for that. Bert, who graciously took the time to read it. And believe it or not, Dream, who has not read it...thank God!

But I've read Dream's savaging criticisms around here on other scripts, and though they are harsh, I have learned a lot from them. The process works.

So I'll stick around here, keep directing others here. Hope you do to Keaton.

And the next to go...with a heavy heart....

The very inventive:

Bean Sidhe.

Writers tend to be insufferably arrogant -- given their belief that whatever they have to say is worthy and deserving of being read by others.

That is why disagreements arise so often, as strong personalities are bound to clash.

Perhaps we do not not delete as much as we should -- and these sorts of disagreements could be quickly squelched were we a bit more Draconian in our methods.

But we try not to do that, and again, we ask that members please do their best in refraining from personal attacks on the public boards.

That is why we've got PMs.

This thread is about the contest, not who rubs you the wrong way.  Stick to the topic at hand.

We will come in and start cleaning house if we must, but frankly, it is kind of a pain in the ass.

The next to go...

Superbly written, no doubt many people's favourite, the incredibly polished:

Them That's Dead.


I'm fairly sure I know who wrote this one. Sorry bud. Always an education.

Quoted from leitskev Settle down folks. It takes all kinds of personalities to make a forum. Some hot bloodedness is part of it. Keaton, thanks for the info. I will stick to this one for now. The problem with getting reads on my feature was due to my own formatting mistakes, writing errors. They are being fixed, lesson learned. Two people I have the most to thank for that. Bert, who graciously took the time to read it. And believe it or not, Dream, who has not read it...thank God! But I've read Dream's savaging criticisms around here on other scripts, and though they are harsh, I have learned a lot from them. The process works. So I'll stick around here, keep directing others here. Hope you do to Keaton.

I'm glad it's working for you, but I suggest spreading your wings. Or you'll end up writing to please SS and not a wider audience. I find this from time to time. We work so hard to play in one place we realize that it won't play any where else. My strategies for features was to work one until it did well on Zoetrope and then put it on Triggerstreet. If it got a screenplay of the month nod there it just needed a polish. Some scripts required a few rewrites to succeed on both sites.

Keep polishing, Buster!

Quoted from Dreamscale Keep polishing, Buster!

Will do. 80% of writing is rewriting.

Keaton, I am pretty early in the process, light years behind you and others. Once my scripts are polished, maybe I can post them other places as well. I am a loyal kind of guy, so I expect to stick around here regardless.

Quoted from bert Writers tend to be insufferably arrogant -- given their belief that whatever they have to say is worthy and deserving of being read by others. That is why disagreements arise so often, as strong personalities are bound to clash. Perhaps we do not not delete as much as we should -- and these sorts of disagreements could be quickly squelched were we a bit more Draconian in our methods. But we try not to do that, and again, we ask that members please do their best in refraining from personal attacks on the public boards. That is why we've got PMs. This thread is about the contest, not who rubs you the wrong way.  Stick to the topic at hand. We will come in and start cleaning house if we must, but frankly, it is kind of a pain in the ass.

I have a feeling Screenwriter's Showdown is really gonna pick up once the dust settles from this OWC.  Seems there's a few grudges to be settled around here.  Yippie-yiyo-kiyay.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films The next to go... Superbly written, no doubt many people's favourite, the incredibly polished: Them That's Dead.

Ouch!

So the absolute final is between Scottish Lullaby and Captive.

Both very different approaches:

Scottish Lullaby a classic, poetic tale mixing Industrial and Traditional landscapes and science with myth, Captive a more modern take on horror with a powerful ending.

One has perhaps a wider appeal, in that it could play in festivals other than just horror ones, whilst the other is more confined to its genre.

Both are superb scripts:










But my choice is....






Captive.





Congrats to everyone who entered and commiserations to those that didn't make it this time. Honestly the standard was incredibly high and I can't wait to see the scripts develop.

Been a brilliant experience for me and I hope everyone has taken something from it.

All the best,

Rick.

Captive - congrats that was in my top pick. Polish that baby to a shine!

Hey congrates to CAPTIVE! I have to admit, I dont think I read it yet, but will for sure if I didnt!

A question, should we proceed with rewites? I think my Wispy could use one for sure lol