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Please use this thread to post your guesses regarding who wrote which script in the June, 2011 OWC.
Consider this thread to be spoilers
Later in the week I'll post a list of the participants.
Don
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Participants were:
Darren J Seeley Janet Clarke (wonkavite) Chris Shalom (heretic) Ed Thames (godonthewire) Harley Wolfe Jr. (hugh hoyland) Jeff Bush (dreamscale) Ray (rayw) Greg Baldwin Jordan Wiebe (theboywhocouldfly) Ryan Lee (ryan1) Gary Rademan (grademan) Matthew Layden (theusualsuspect) Catherine M. Hall (cmhall)
Availability May Be Limited - Matt Dressel The Swordsmen - Andrew Allen or maybe Rick Her Cheating Husband - Jeff Broken Teeth - Bert Lumberjack and Gen - Grademan F*ck Donkey Kong - Greg? You Betcha - Sandra Denied - Wonkavite No One Lives Forver - Darren Seeley
This may help identify who wrote what. Still will not release the actual 'who wrote what' until this weekend.
Darren J Seeley Janet Clarke (wonkavite) Chris Shalom (heretic) Ed Thames (godonthewire) Harley Wolfe Jr. (hugh hoyland) Jeff Bush (dreamscale) Ray (rayw) Greg Baldwin Jordan Wiebe (theboywhocouldfly) Ryan Lee (ryan1) Gary Rademan (grademan) Matthew Layden (theusualsuspect) Catherine M. Hall (cmhall)
Huh! 4 out of the 12 other writers have not reviewed my script.
F*** Donkey Kong -- Greg Broken Teeth -- Janet A Thief Next Door -- Darren The Swordsmen -- Matthew Heartless -- There's only one man who would have written "old bat"...
I will stop guessing before I get many more guesses wrong.
Chuff, then you need to read and review every single OWC script immediately as a punishment for not entering and having that sexy young lady by your side in your avatar.
I guessed Gary wrote Gen and Lumberjack because I thought the asterisks denoted those two were written by the same guy submitting multiple entries. But looking back at don's original post of who wrote what, I must have read that wrong.
Anyway, I'd say it's time to pull back the curtain now.
I guessed Gary wrote Gen and Lumberjack because I thought the asterisks denoted those two were written by the same guy submitting multiple entries. But looking back at don's original post of who wrote what, I must have read that wrong.
I thought the same thing at first. I'm gonna say Lumberjack belongs to Ray and Gen belongs to I have no idea.
Id say Ryan wrote Broken Teeth, Janet wrote Availability May Be Limited and Jeff wrote Quarter - wild slightly educated guess after finishing them all today.
Ray, usually I find your posts utterly baffling, but that was a pretty damn awesome breakdown. Although I disagree with your final analysis, gotta admire the time you put into that.
Once again Ray not only pulls though...he's also overrating these just a tad bit in my view....but I do think Swordsman could be pulled off at that level!
How about we also add in the additional cost (subtract points) of fixing up fucked up scripts, as the cost to shoot will be dramatically increased with all the incorrect Slug locations, and gaps in logic, etc.
And, I think a special category with a +10 should go to greatest characters, and of course Kenny of Witch gets that award, hopefully sending the awesome Witch up to the head of its class.
How about we also add in the additional cost (subtract points) of fixing up fucked up scripts, as the cost to shoot will be dramatically increased with all the incorrect Slug locations, and gaps in logic, etc.
And, I think a special category with a +10 should go to greatest characters, and of course Kenny of Witch gets that award, hopefully sending the awesome Witch up to the head of its class.
Since it's all spec at the moment, the cost of fixing up OWC scripts costs nothing. But I agree on great characters...on second thought, no, I don't, because I'm sure you mean your own
I gotta hand it to Kenny...that dude had good timing showing up when he did, and asked all the right questions. Not to mention he also had beer. Those naked witches were just lucky Kenny didn't return to the pit in that thunderbird of his. That woulda been armageddon.
Right on, Kenny's definitely the man! maybe in a rewrite, the writer can expand on this tale, get Kenny into that pit with all 13 naked nubiles, and maybe,...maybe, even give the story an ending.
I'm still waiting for Godonthewire to break in here and let us all know why he didn't read or review a single script, after all the notoriety Kenny and Witch got for him.
Personally, I'd ban his as from all upcoming OWC's, but that's just me.
I'm still waiting for Godonthewire to break in here and let us all know why he didn't read or review a single script, after all the notoriety Kenny and Witch got for him.
Personally, I'd ban his as from all upcoming OWC's, but that's just me.
FWIW, I think the next challenge should either be a rework of one of these or to boil down to what makes a GOOD CHEAP ACTION short. Not a good short with no action. Not a bad short with lots of action. Not a perfectly written good short with no action. Not a perfectly written budget busting great action short.
A GOOD CHEAP ACTION short.
No one gives a sh!t about writing format nuances. Story is key. Write a good story. Everything changes when budget comes into play. Everything changes when the director who actually has tools to do this stuff - and - producers that have to pay for it get their little hands on your wonderful prose.
No One Lives Forever - Josh Randall & James Braddock - Darren J Seeley (darrenjamesseeley) Availability May Be Limited - Anonymous - Janet Clarke (wonkavite) Quarter - Cordell Walker - Chris Shalom (heretic) Witch - Joshua McCord - Ed Thames (godonthewire) May The Best Man Win - Jake Fallon - Harley Wolfe Jr. (hugh hoyland) Her Cheating Husband - Jake Wilder - Jeff Bush (dreamscale) Denied - Frank Shatter - Ray (rayw) Fuck Donkey Kong - Scott McCoy - Greg Baldwin (greg) Heartless - Danny O'Brien - Jordan Wiebe (theboywhocouldfly) Broken Teeth - Max Donigan - Ryan Lee (ryan1) A Thief Next Door - Eddie Cusack - Gary Rademan (grademan) The Swordsmen - J.J. McQuade - Matthew Layden (theusualsuspect) You Betcha - Diane Holechek - Catherine M. Hall (cmhall) Gen - Sean Kane - Ray (rayw) Lumberjack - John Shepherd - Ray (rayw)
Nice. Nice. Nice. Everyone did a very good job. Super duper congratulations.
DJS - I liked your story the most. That full out shoot 'em up action is right up my alley. Rockin'! Sorry about the budget.
Janet - I VERY much appreciate one non-violent action story. Very nice.
Chris - Get a feature written and start peddling your stuff to Warner Brothers.
Ed - Education and enlightenment can sometimes be a full contact sport.
Harley - I don't wanna see you at the other end of a girl. Deal?
Jeff - GD, Jeff! Excellent effin' story, man! Love the live lobsters (LOL!) and mistress masturbation in the sports car at the racetrack. Just give us more ACTION in your ACTION shorts! (Somehow, masturbating the mistress isn't quiiiiiite the action I had in mind).
Me - D@mn! This came out to be more expensive than I thought it would. Also, I apologize for that last second twist. I failed to sufficiently set it up. Gotcha. Looks like I shoulda stuck with the fun-kid thing. Effed it all up with the round-house heavy twist outta nowhere.
Greg - Funny (yet preposterous) story. Bubble gum? For really? LOL! I really enjoyed this and wouldda bet Jeff's d!ck that he wrote it.
Jordan - You and Chris need to get together to collaborate. Your approaches are very similar. Nice story.
Ryan - Slick, man. Real slick. You nailed this criteria bingo on the head. Only thing that I personally don't care for are hand-to-hand combat action sequences. They're kinda "Meh" to me. Nothing else. The story was fine and very personable.
Gary - Dude, I got your story A-OK 100%. Very nice. Next time put a pistol in the first homeowner's hands, thief takes it away, pops a cap in his @ss through a pillow, dusts off the wife brandishing a frying pan, then goes to house next door and starts chasing bad-step-dad around the house. Action, baby! Action!
Matthew - Dude! Nice work. Production company only has to lug equipment around to three sites in the forest and blow fake snow everywhere. Add a few cheap props, do a few cheap & simple SFX and wa-lah! Instant action short. Don't let anyone get anything important cut off, okay? I don't care for martial arts stuff, but it's still very nice work and I voted your submission as my imaginary production company's first pick.
Catherine - Whaaah... ? Where'd your action go? I swear, your writing is so mature. You're characters are deep and moving. Although inappropriate for the challenge as a cheap action short this is very good work for a drama. Love Otis. LOL! You're funny.
Me - LOL! You guys are funny. Also surprised at how many places I gotta lug camera cr@p around to different locations. And props! And SFX! WTH was I thinking? I though this was gonna be cheap! Pfft. Wrong. For the life in me I can't wrap my little brain around WHY ON EARTH you guys wanna get attached to clones with a story shelf life as short as their clone number. WHO GIVES A SH!T?! They're clones! THEY. ARE. GONNA. DIE! RAPIDLY! LOL! Freaks!
Me, again - Okay. Okay. Okay. You guys... go choreograph a music video. Seriously. Go. Go do it. Yeah, I know we're not supposed to either state a non-public domain or hard to get permission song - and - we're not supposed to put web links into our spec scripts. C'mon guys. Don't be wieners. It's obvious that I was screwing around with that kinda stuff. People can't be sued for defamation of character or libel when the deceit is BEYOND REASONABLE TO REASONABLE PEOPLE. You REASONABLE PEOPLE all saw that was inappropriate, therefore your SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT AS NOT SERIOUS. It's a joke. A treat. A tongue-in-cheek double meaning meant for you guys alone at SS that NO ONE ELSE IS EVER GOING TO SEE! Thanks for playing along.
It's been great. A very educational experience. See you guys in the funny pages.
Thanks to all who read "You Betcha", as disheartening as it is to have missed the mark on genre, character development and continuity... spelling, dramatic interest... geez there's really no bright side to this, after all. Anyway, I enjoyed reading all of the other entries and appreciate all of your time and effort.
Gen was just flat out runnin' N gunnin' with the story unfolding as it developed. You'll notice most of the other stories submitted had formula expository set up followed by action that didn't really communicate much and then often followed by another round of exposition. Here the story has puzzle pieces to be put together as it literally ran along.
The thing in the bag developed as they ran along and were pursued. What the thing in the bag was, a clone of the three siblings' mother, became apparent at the end - but the daughter was mature while the mother a juvenile. TWIST!
Sci-fi action short, opening sequence to a feature sort of stuff. Not a buttoned up tight story. Just a suggestive SFX bonanza, both practical in camera and post, with minimal cast and dialog.
Now, in my heart, I had names for every precious character that was about to be shot and killed. Clone One was Will. Clone Two was Tom Clone Three was Theo Clone Four was Phillip (He was the most special to me, too. When he got shot behind the driver's wheel I... I... just wept silent tears in my little itty bitty burnt-out heart of a dog turd). Clone Five was Fred
If you guys want, I'll go back and insert these five GENUINE names into the script and we'll see if their gut wrenching plight pulls a bitter tear from your callous eyes as they fight so hard to save their mother from the Little Sister clones.
Thanks to everyone that took the time to read May the best man win!
Lousy... yes.
spur of the moment...yes. (wrote the thing fast)
Took out the main theme of the whole story "Hot lady is really a dude" thinking it may be viewed as more comedy than action...yes.
Scaled back the "action"...yes
But I'm kinda proud because honesly I had nothing and I mean NOTHING going into this the day before they were due. And being new to this stuff and at least putting something out is a good thing IMO.
I know I have a lot to improve on indeed.
And NO Im not into this kind of thing in real life or looking at net porn when I wrote it! lol Its just a story!
But I really have enjoyed the other stripts I've read so far. Good stuff for sure. I will get to all of them asap but Ive had the stomach flu for a week now. :[
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