All screenplays on the simplyscripts.com and simplyscripts.net domain are copyrighted to their respective authors. All rights reserved. This screenplaymay not be used or reproduced for any purpose including educational purposes without the expressed written permission of the author.
I've been loitering around here for a while but I don't think I ever properly introduced myself so here goes:
I'm 24 years old and from the U.K. I used to write a lot of stories as a kid but kind of gave up in my later teenage years while discovering girls and beer etc. When I was 18 I went to university to study Film and Literature. During the next three years I was drawn into screenwriting, not least because we had a great screenwriting tutor who really inspired me to write again. I wrote a few short scripts while at Uni (none of which I'm happy with) and continued to write upon leaving. I spent the next year or so gaining experience working on independant film productions and contributing articles and reviews to websites. I was starting to grow tired of making tea for snotty actors, working long hours and rarely being paid when, out of the blue, I was offered a job. I now work at a video games studio in Germany, where I'm primarily employed as a writer but also dabble in cinematics and other areas of game design. The last year has been a great experience for me and has really helped to develop my writing. Since I spend most days writing for my job, it's difficult to motivate myself to write in my spare time. So I decided that I'd write something just for fun- nothing too serious. It's a silly, whacked out idea I've been toying with for a while now and finally got around to writing. I'm almost finished with my first draft and once it's tidied up I'll post in on here and let you guys tear it apart It's about pigeons.... yes... killer pigeons!
I'm almost finished with my first draft and once it's tidied up I'll post in on here and let you guys tear it apart It's about pigeons.... yes... killer pigeons!
Hey there!! I love pigeons, LMAO ! Would like to check this out!!! You've got me intruigued.
Germany is beautiful, I've been there twice, once to Dachau and the other time to Berlin. It's so clean there, my God! Do you like it there or you prefer England?
Wow.. writing since 1992 - all I remember doing that year was listening to East 17 and NKOTB!!
That's quite a comprehensive background you got there, really interesting. Musicals seem to appear every now and then out of Hollywood, but don't in my opinion, fair as well to the oldies/classics - EG Sound of Music, Oklahoma, The King and I etc... etc... etc.. LOL.
Monette is my real name, and I'm no doubt the oldest person on the boards. I'm a teen at heart, still liking hard rock and most everything else I always did. I live in a suburb of the L.A. area.
Here's a little idea of what films and scripts I've enjoyed seeing/reading in the Thriller/Horror vein.
Two good horror scripts I suggest reading are "The Farm" and "Shimmer", both highly original stories.
Among films I enjoyed were "The Changeling" and "The Shining". A more recent one, "The Others" had elements I like.
Of least interest to me are slashers, where knocking off a group of generic teens takes 98% of screen time. I don't read scripts with excessive violence or loaded with gross language. Unnecessary, prolonged sex scenes annoy me. My thing is to be emotionally moved by characters, rather than plot. Formulaic plots are the most boring. Too many twists and turns can turn me off.
So...if your outlook is similar, I'd like viewing your script.
I'm Ashton, one of the founders of Cracked Cranium Productions. CCP was made for three reasons. 1) To help publish my plays and produce THG 2) To help people who want to do a play or make an independant but need scripts, equipment or expertise 3) to make enough money so that I don't have to get a real job. I have done many plays and am in the process of producing a Buzz (the THG I spoke of) type TV series (which will be exclusive to Canada). I have acted in a TV series and some of my plays, as well I am one of the THG crew.
Writing is a real job, it just takes longer to sometimes get paid for it!! As already stated on this board, non-writers don't really seem to get the fact the writer's are in fact working.... now whether they stand to make money or not really isn't the issue. It's what it means to you and you only.