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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board  /  October '07 One Week Challenge  /  OWC - Who Wrote What
Posted by: Don, October 21st, 2007, 1:13pm
Baxter's Wish by Mike Shelton  (Patrick Michael) - Short, Comedy - When two stoners discover a magical, talking pumpkin, they learn that the life of a pumpkin is never easy and the only way for one to achieve a proper death is to be baked into delicious pumpkin pies. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

An Original Idea by Anthony Hudson  (Dean) - Short, Comedy - Tommy and John have a meaningful discussion about horror films and...other things. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

A Slice of Pumpkin Life by Ian Warren  (Bill) - Short, Comedy - A Mockumentary following the bizarre contestants of a Halloween Fate Pumpkin Carving Competition. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Pumpkin Love by Tyler Higgins  (Karen) - Short, Comedy - Walter plans to ask the object of his hearts desire a very important question in a very elegant way. < 12 pages - doc, format 8)

Sucking Infinity by Daniel Kreiner  (Allison) - Short, Comedy - Weird things happen to Carlton.  His friend Toby’s a jerk.  So why does Karen stay with him? <12 pages - doc, format 8)

Everywhere You Look! by Seth Hamilton  (Janis) - Short, Comedy - Disappointed that uncle Jesse didn't bring home a pumpkin to carve, DJ decides to cut up her annoying neighbor, Kimmy. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Peter Pumpkinhead gets laid by Jordan Wiebe  (Smokes) - Short, Comedy - Peter has a pumpkin for a head.  Peter can't get a date.  Peter decides to make a girlfriend for himself. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Private Pleasures by Pia  (Leslie) - Short, Comedy - A young married couple finds out that even though they thought they had revealed everything to each other, there are still more secrets to be told. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Storyteller by Bryan Mora  (Phyllis) - Short, Comedy - Four teens attempt at a kid bedtime story. The result is three different, highly inventive variations of the "Cinderella" story, with some very unusual narrative choices. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Oh Lantern by Chris Reid  (Gary) - Short, Comedy - It's Halloween and middle aged shlub Mannie Ramone is looking for love.  < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Enough is Enough! by Elisabeth Dubois  (Bobby) - Short, Comedy - Three young children from a poor single parent country family, are heart broken when their mother uses the only pumpkin they have to make a meekly meal; they decide to steal one as not to miss out on Halloween. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

The Pumpkins Disappearance by Helio J Cordeiro  (Jack) - Short, Comedy - A kingdom far, far way has to live with the end of all pumpkins to carving the jack-o-lanterns and the possibility of hasn’t a real Halloween anymore! <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Halloween Incorporated by T. Joseph Fraser  (Alona) - Short, Comedy - Bobby Lofton unwittingly sells a portion of his eternity to the sexy, fast talking demoness, Delores. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Wish Pumpkins by Sandra E. Watson  (June) - Short, Comedy -  Wendel is determined to beat Nelson at Halloween this year, but after a lot of time in the bathroom and a big waste of toilet paper, he sees things differently.  Well, almost. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Night of the Living Pumpkin by Dale Z  (Huldah) - Short, Comedy - Despite losing his big brother the year before, Matt continues the sibling tradition of carving a Jack-O-Lantern. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

From Soviet Russia with Love by Zavier Alvarez  (Henry Gaskins) - Short, Comedy - Zombies, necrophilia, pumpkins, pregnant teenagers and crude sex acts. Your typical Halloween night.  < 12 pages NOTE: This is really obscene - pdf, format 8)

Goodnight Jack by Michel J. Duthin  (Patrick O'Treat) - Short, Comedy - Goodnight Jack or the inconvenience of being on the run on Halloween time. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Where Do Jack-'O-Lanterns Come From? by Daniel Silman  (Ty) - Short, Comedy - The horrible history of the jack-'o-lantern: truth at last! <12 pages - rtf, format 8)

The Strange Prophecies of the Green Pumpkin by T. J. Hundtofte  (Mary El) - Short, Comedy - On the night of Halloween, a precocious 8-year-old girl unwittingly precipitates what appears to be the end of times. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Gourdy by Antonio Gangemi & Aimee Parrott  (Ereckson) - Short, Comedy - A heartbroken farm girl dukes it out with kinfolk and yokels when she falls head over heels for her Halloween creation. < 12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Beacon Station by Tierney Gunter  (Greg) - Short, Comedy - An Icelandic woman facing deportation finds herself caught up with a group of people seeking the services of a master jack-o'-lantern carver in New York State. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Revenge of the Pumpkins by Michael Cornetto  (Erica) - Short, Comedy - You can eat them in pies, <br>they have candle-lit eyes
and they'll get their revenge
to the children's surprise.
<12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Not-a-problem by Ben Mitchell  (Dan) - Short, Comedy - I like your smile. <12 pages - doc, format 8)

Monster's Contest by Cindy L. Kellor  (Angel) - Short, Comedy - All the monsters want to do on this fine Saturday afternoon is have their pumpkin carving contest, but they are stopped by a corrupt politician. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

How To Carve A Pumpkin by Sean Elwood (thedeadwalk2nite)  (Tulip Twinkle) - Short, Comedy - A racist, degrading, over-the-top, 50s-style "How To" video on how to carve a jack-o-lantern. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Truth or Bear by Morgan Shrubb  (Dslah & Quinnbo) - Short, Comedy - Bandmates James & Oliver visit a Rock N' Roll History museum, with their pizza delivery guy/best friend/neighbour Eric. Hilarity ensues. <12 pages - pdf, format 8)

Posted by: Zombie Sean, October 21st, 2007, 1:55pm; Reply: 1
I had a feeling that Mike wrote Baxter's Wish...but I didn't want to say anything...


This was a fun one! Good job everyone!

Sean
Posted by: Takeshi (Guest), October 21st, 2007, 3:39pm; Reply: 2
I was right about TJ, but had no clue about the rest. Well done guys the standard was excellent.
Posted by: Shelton, October 22nd, 2007, 11:47am; Reply: 3

Quoted from Zombie Sean
I had a feeling that Mike wrote Baxter's Wish...but I didn't want to say anything...


Yep, it was me.  In response to your question about the time passage for Baxter to rot away, it was a year.  There's no ONE YEAR LATER flag in the slug, but in a piece of dialogue Baxter says there would be a full pumpkin patch in the back yard a year from then.
Posted by: Takeshi (Guest), October 23rd, 2007, 9:41pm; Reply: 4

Quoted from Higgonaitor
Soooooo.....
How are we deciding who gets the iScript?


Given the spate of reviews Phil has done in the last few days, it looks like he's in the process of deciding.



Posted by: tomson (Guest), October 23rd, 2007, 9:50pm; Reply: 5
I don't think it's up to Phil.

Everyone who entered was asked to give input and vote for scripts in order and the top three scripts were to be sent to iScript who would ultimately decide who would have their script recorded.

At least that's how I interpreted it.

Pia
Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), October 23rd, 2007, 10:09pm; Reply: 6
I don't decide.  I'm just one of many voices here.


Phil
Posted by: Death Monkey, October 24th, 2007, 2:11am; Reply: 7
Oh shit, we were supposed to vote, that's right. And we could only vote among the three scripts we were 'officially' given to review, right?
Posted by: mcornetto (Guest), October 24th, 2007, 3:03am; Reply: 8

Quoted from Death Monkey
Oh shit, we were supposed to vote, that's right. And we could only vote among the three scripts we were 'officially' given to review, right?


Right.
Posted by: elis, October 24th, 2007, 3:06am; Reply: 9

Quoted from tomson
I don't think it's up to Phil.

Everyone who entered was asked to give input and vote for scripts in order and the top three scripts were to be sent to iScript who would ultimately decide who would have their script recorded.

At least that's how I interpreted it.

Pia


You're absolutely right Pia
Hopefully most would have received that email :P
Posted by: Takeshi (Guest), October 24th, 2007, 4:31am; Reply: 10

Quoted from Death Monkey
Oh shit, we were supposed to vote, that's right. And we could only vote among the three scripts we were 'officially' given to review, right?


I checked my deleted messages and sure enough, we had to tell Don what our three favourites were, but we weren't given three official scripts to review.
Posted by: mcornetto (Guest), October 24th, 2007, 4:45am; Reply: 11
Look at the bottom of the email with the subject OWC dated Tue, 9 Oct 2007
Posted by: Takeshi (Guest), October 24th, 2007, 5:15am; Reply: 12
I don't think I received that email.

I doubled checked and sure enough we were going to be given three to review, but I never received any email telling me what my three were; if I did I can't find it.


Anyway, whatever. Whoever wins will be worthy I'm sure.
Posted by: Higgonaitor, October 24th, 2007, 10:06am; Reply: 13
I didn't get any e-mail either, at least I don't think so........
Posted by: tomson (Guest), October 24th, 2007, 10:37am; Reply: 14
Maybe I was the only dumbo that e-mailed Don and asked what my assigned scripts were? ;D

Maybe he just humored me by giving me those three...  :'(
Posted by: Shelton, October 24th, 2007, 10:45am; Reply: 15
I had three scripts in the email I received.
Posted by: Higgonaitor, October 24th, 2007, 2:15pm; Reply: 16
..........I feel bad.

I hope I didn't screw anything up, but I never got any e-mail at all...
Posted by: elis, October 24th, 2007, 4:04pm; Reply: 17

Quoted Text
Hi,  

Thanks for participating in the OWC.  Could you read the below three scripts and post your thoughts on the script in the script thread.  


Also, please let me know which of the three you enjoyed the most.

Thanks!

script  1. blah blah
script 2. blah blah
script 3. blah blah

Don

Webmaster

http://www.simplyscripts.com


this email dates the 8th october. if you all do an email search around that date, you should find one similar.
Posted by: Don, October 24th, 2007, 5:50pm; Reply: 18

Quoted from Higgonaitor
..........I feel bad.

I hope I didn't screw anything up, but I never got any e-mail at all...


Yes, Tyler, you completely screwed up the entire OWC this go round.  It is utterly ruined.  It is irredeemably ruined.  Because of your inaction, somewhere an angel is NOT going to get his wings.  

Don
Posted by: Higgonaitor, October 24th, 2007, 11:26pm; Reply: 19

Quoted from Don

Because of your inaction, somewhere an angel is NOT going to get his wings.  

Don


which means that somewhere, some kid has one less Substitute Angel to worry about.  So  I'm not that upset.

Still sorry though.  I'll get on those.
Posted by: Takeshi (Guest), October 28th, 2007, 6:30pm; Reply: 20
Have we got a winner yet?
Posted by: BryMo, October 28th, 2007, 7:43pm; Reply: 21
Yeah chris, you won. i thought you knew.
Posted by: Takeshi (Guest), October 28th, 2007, 8:16pm; Reply: 22

Quoted from BryMo
Yeah chris, you won. i thought you knew.


Yeah. I was just fishing for compliments.  ;)

But seriously...  

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