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Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
Okay, I know a lot of people are going to be asking questions, so I'll try to think of all of them here and beat them to the punch.
1. Here in the U.S., we think of sewers as those big (or small) pipes running underground carrying all sorts of foul things, primarily human waste and other nasty things. I take it this is what you're shooting for, and not something in a sewage treatment plant or above ground drainage systems. The reason I ask is that each country has their own system, and some, none at all (or very primitive).
2. I take the majority of the action (comedy) needs to take place in the sewer or be integral to the story, much like the whistle has to be integral to the story. But other parts of the story can take place outside the sewer as well.
3. In all parts of the challenge, the page limit is still 5 pages.
4. Comedy has to be the primary driving force of the script, but other elements, like drama, can be a part of the script as well? Like a dramedy?
Anything else I'm missing?
Gary
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Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
Okay, I know a lot of people are going to be asking questions, so I'll try to think of all of them here and beat them to the punch.
1. Here in the U.S., we think of sewers as those big (or small) pipes running underground carrying all sorts of foul things, primarily human waste and other nasty things. I take it this is what you're shooting for, and not something in a sewage treatment plant or above ground drainage systems. The reason I ask is that each country has their own system, and some, none at all (or very primitive).
2. I take the majority of the action (comedy) needs to take place in the sewer or be integral to the story, much like the whistle has to be integral to the story. But other parts of the story can take place outside the sewer as well.
3. In all parts of the challenge, the page limit is still 5 pages.
4. Comedy has to be the primary driving force of the script, but other elements, like drama, can be a part of the script as well? Like a dramedy?
1. I'm willing to concede that certain countries have certain ways of doing things. As long as the location (or its equivalent) is met, or attempted, it is acceptable.
2. The entire script is not confined to the sewer if you don't want, but a good portion should be.
3. 5 pages in all rounds.
4. Of course. The script should have a comedic slant, but no comedy in history has ever been 100% comedy.
Lol it’s nearly 2pm Sat arve here the owc and this tourney are always announced at this time for me and most other Aussies I work tonight 5pm till 10 pm so I always think about possible shit to write lol and run ideas off my workmates I completely ignored their ideas for Rd 1 and I wrote a ripper script lol
This is tricky despite it being my natural comedy genre but it’s a good challenge!
A group of amateur writers get lost in a sewer Their only hope of survival is a whistle hidden in Jeff’s arse Who will risk all to retrieve it? Dustin? Wazza? Or willl Blondie himself save the day?