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Pergo's Beast by Mitchell Gray (Mgray) writing as - Short, Drama - A lonely young woman escapes into the night as a shaggy beast, but the other costumed nightwalkers shun her when her head comes off. - pdf format
I didn't quite get the story. Vivid - yes. Different - yes. As I read it was a continuing "what's going on here." The problem is that I felt that same way at the end. Also, aside from the ice down the costume - I could not see how this related to heat. i.e., would have liked to seen more on how did this strange behavior and these strange people have their genesis in heat?
So this is a bit all over the place. Agree with Dave that the visuals are cool, and it's well written, but I just couldn't reign it in and find out what on earth was going on.
There's suspense and heat, so we'll done there. No issues with formatting (with exception to no fade out or end), typos, and pacing rose and fell in the right spots, good writing.
I'd say this is a pretty good one. No idea what the hell was going on but it was pretty good.
This is well written and visual, and there's definitely a story here. It's a shame we're never let in on what's really going on.
I thought Comic-con at first, all these creatures on their way to a convention, so the ritual was a strange and delightful surprise. We don't know the rules though, and you did a great job showing the consequences of breaking one of them when she takes her head off, but the ending hinges on us knowing what her fate is and we'll never know. This is where dialogue might have really helped shed a light on the happenings of the story.
Still, I enjoyed it, and it does have an ending of sorts, however frustrating it is. Good job.
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The build up was very intriguing. I loved your description of her putting on the costume and how she met the others. It really hooked me up but just finding love wasn't what I was expecting. I thought you would tell me more about this event or at least put her in graver danger than just tearing her costume head apart.
Other than that, your writing is great and I got nothing to complain about except your choice to reveal what the costume is depicting only in the end of the scene. I was confused and kept wondering what is it and it threw me off a bit.
I have to say the logline needs a little work here.
I feel like the writing is a little heavy … could trim down some to get to the ‘story’ faster.
This has a lot of mystery to it.. But I think the story needs more thinking out. Like I’m confused why she goes to the ritual. There is not any tension about going. She is shunned and then rescued sort of by another woman dressed like a creature but not sure anything much has happened. Like she did not change or have any character arc really. Were they going to kill her? If they were going to… may have made me root for her more and feel better when the other creature costume person saved her from the group… but wouldn’t they both have been shunned then?
I do love the visual of these creatures dancing ritualistic around a large fountain under the moon. That is a fantastic visual!
The logline made no sense to me. As I’m reading the script I’m thinking maybe the writer’s first language isn’t English so I took this into account.
Well written as a short story, and it does has some great visuals, but as a script it would need work to be more industry standard. The story was surreal and I wasn’t really sure what was going on or why but I was intrigued and read until the end. I think maybe this is some sort of myth of legend I’m unaware of, something that if you were you’d understand it completely.
This is different and it sticks with you. Good job writer, well done for entering a challenging OWC and trying something quite original.
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OK, here we go again - it's hot and the idiot character sits by an open window? WTF? I must be missing something...do normal peeps not have A/C? I have mine running 24/7, and cranked down under 70 degrees every single night.
"She hears..." - or is it that we hear this? You know when you write "he hears" or "He sees", you're showing more than what it is he sees and in the case of hearing, it's more than just the noise(s). You get me?
If there is banter or a conversation going on, this is already DQ'd.
She, She, She...over and over. Try and mix your sentences up a bit. I know, without dialogue, it's tough, as everything is action or description, but it reads poorly.
Uh...WTF is supposed to be going on here?
OK...so...hmmm...uh...WTF? Obviously, I don't get it, because there's nothing here to get. We don't know where we are, what's going on, or who anyone is, as there no character to these characters.
Wow, those furries are real a-holes, I think they're called furries anyways.
Writing was well done, everything flowed nicely and it was easy to visualize what was going on.
Like others though I don't really know what this was all about. She clearly shows dedication to this group being willing to throw on a costume on a sweltering morning. Was this an initiation to the group? I kind of get the feeling that this group is the only relationship she has with anyone. I may be way off on this, but I think this is about her realizing she doesn't have to put herself through hell just to fit in.
Your action and description were detailed, imaginative, and original. Excellent writing.
You pulled me into the story immediately, however...
Once I was in the story, I couldn't figure out where I was. I assumed I was in a foreign culture, because other than Halloween, Americans don't usually wear big animal costumes in excessive heat. Unless you work at Disney World. What I would have liked was some sort of a poster or sign on the street hinting to where this ritual was taking place and maybe the name of the holiday or occassion.
Once outside, the story just got more confusing to me. The actions of the other animals made no sense. I'm glad Pergo found a friend at the end, but the ending really didn't shed any more light onto the story.
FADE OUT or THE END please.
I think this woud make an excellent short story if you elaborate a little more and allow us to take part in the story. You expertly pulled me, but kept me at arm's length.