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I dunno, I'm not getting any antenna tingles with this one. I mean, you could have ANY type of action sequence going, and it won't mean anything.
Without whinging - - I sorta think the phrase should have to be used; or else what will it have to do with the challenge, if you don't even have to mention it?
please note Don, i'm not having a go at the theme and i understand I don't have to enter. But i can see there'll be 30 or 40 scripts with car chases, etc and they'll be jus that...
I have no clue what's going on, which is probably par for me.
In this case, I had no idea the OWC was on except for a few gestures from Michael in a different thread.
Nothing was announced formally. Whah? Maybe that's the was it was meant.
Anyways, I don't know anything about donkey kong or action films. I guess I could shove my head into some action films-- but then too, I just as well might shove my head in the toilet-- or up the Devil's ass. Been there, done that. Maybe I'll just read.
I'm in. I just don't know what to call it yet. The title The Super Rainbow Pony Princess and the Invasion of the Grumpy Rainbow Teddies was already taken.
I'm in. I just don't know what to call it yet. The title The Super Rainbow Pony Princess and the Invasion of the Grumpy Rainbow Teddies was already taken.
Stevie, you old Aussie goat...just because the genre is action doesn't mean there has to be car chases. Car chases are not low budget, either...unless you're on a lonely road in the middle of nowhere.
I'll be in for sure. No clue what my script will be about, but I'll be in.
Mine will be about a pair of overly competitive assisted living facility residents racing their electric scooters to the corner pharmacy and back.
Mayhem ensues when Oscar and Walter get more than they bargain for after Ethel puts up for auction her dead husband's pill bottle of Viagra sending the boys racing for the last shrink wrapped Depends package within half a battery charge radius before she douses their passions and her pants.
Just found out about this. I'm upstate right now for a memorial weekend/49th anniversary party, and won't be getting home until Monday night. Doubt I'm going to get have the time necessary to have the ideas percolate. Darn it...!!
I'm having a hard time with this one. But something just popped into my head.
A creative writer travels upstate for a holiday weekend when she discovers information about a writing challenge with a time limit. Angry she didn't find out sooner, (maybe she missed the PM from her boss), she sits down with a full head of steam and tackles the challenge head-on, repeating to herself over and over "Oh, it's on! It's on, Don! It's on like Donkey Kong!"
However, because this is loosely based on a true story, do I need to contact the person quickly to secure the rights for her story?
The only thing I'm worried about though is the lack of action in the piece. What do you think the odds are you can get into a boatchase at the anniversary party?
Keep it low-budget though. Try and make it a rowboatchase.
Stevie, you old Aussie goat...just because the genre is action doesn't mean there has to be car chases. Car chases are not low budget, either...unless you're on a lonely road in the middle of nowhere.
i've seen it done- there was a very impressive low budget short webseries about eight years ago called Lady X, directed by T.C. Lin. You can still see the series on Triggerstreet. There was a car chase in there- *not in the middle of nowhere* (or dressed up to make it look like it wasn't) .
Also, it depends on the car chase. What if you're smashing up junk cars with nobody in them? What if not one car gets smacked up?
I agree, Darren. I didn't mean to imply that a low budget production can't have a car chase.
I'm just saying if someone truly is looking at a low budget project, they probably want to stay away from car chases...you need to worry about other people and drivers (or close down roads), you need to worry about the cars involved as well, and you most likely need professional stunt drivers. All that stuff costs money, as opposed to having 2 A-Holes sitting in an abandoned warehouse, shooting fake guns at each other, while a bunch of other nimrods, dressed like giant rats, crawl around on the floor.
And let's be clear, I am not a low budget guy, when it comes to writing scripts, unless, of course, we're talking about No Meat.