SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board / May 2010 One Week Challenge / A Few Moments of Your Time - Filmed
Posted by: Don, October 11th, 2011, 11:20am
A Few Moments of Your Time, one of the entries in the May, 2010 One Week Challenge where the theme was "a vegan and and a carnivore argue over their dietary philosophies."
Ryan's entry, A Few Moments of Your Time was filmed. The script was removed at the film maker's request.
A census taker knocks on a man's door. What follows is an unexpected battle of wits.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, October 11th, 2011, 11:37am; Reply: 1
Very cool! Congratulations!! :)
Posted by: leitskev, October 11th, 2011, 12:19pm; Reply: 2
Man, I'm hungry for spaghetti and meatballs now!
Nice job, Ryan.
Posted by: rc1107, October 11th, 2011, 12:35pm; Reply: 3
Lol. I was munchin' on some of my son's leftover Vienna sausages while watching this and I had one of those 'What the hell am I doing eating this?' moments.
Congrats, Ryan.
Have you had any of your other stories filmed? I came across a short film called 'Still Life' on YouTube, and I remembered you had a story called that, but I don't think they were the same.
Oh yeah, and just to be clear so you don't think I'm a sicko, I only had the Vienna sausages that he didn't spit back out his mouth or weren't that chewed up.
- Mark
Posted by: Electric Dreamer, October 11th, 2011, 1:12pm; Reply: 4
Nicely done! Congrats, Ryan!
I wonder if putting pork in the middle of the meatball actually works? The "cha-ching" noise at the sight of the money cracked me up. Was that bit actually in the script?
E.D.
Posted by: CindyLKeller, October 11th, 2011, 1:30pm; Reply: 5
Congrats, Ryan. ;D
Posted by: jwent6688, October 11th, 2011, 2:53pm; Reply: 6
Good stuff, Ryan. This was very well produced and the acting was top notch. Got annoyed as hell with all the door bell ringing in the beginning, but now I see why the census guy just didn't piss off.
Good work. Something to be proud of...
James
Posted by: Ryan1, October 11th, 2011, 2:56pm; Reply: 7
Thanks, I think it came out well.
The cha-ching cash sound wasn't in the script, but was a nice touch by the director.
Fun trivia: the guy who plays the boss at the end was in Machete and The Ringer. Also a bunch of Walker Texas Ranger episodes.
The director, Hugo Martinez also shot another one of my scripts called "Tough Room" which is also in post production.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, October 11th, 2011, 3:02pm; Reply: 8
Fun trivia: the guy who plays the boss at the end was in Machete and The Ringer. Also a bunch of Walker Texas Ranger episodes.
Funny you should say that. As I watched when he came on, the film felt better or richer. I can't say exactly why, but that's how I felt. Maybe it's like reading a pro script versus a non pro script. I can't tell you exactly how I know it's a level above. I just know. :)
Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), October 11th, 2011, 4:00pm; Reply: 9
This was very nicely done; I liked it a lot. Good acting and good production.
Phil
Posted by: Electric Dreamer, October 11th, 2011, 4:33pm; Reply: 10
Funny you should say that. As I watched when he came on, the film felt better or richer. I can't say exactly why, but that's how I felt. Maybe it's like reading a pro script versus a non pro script. I can't tell you exactly how I know it's a level above. I just know. :)
I had the very same feeling! Guy's got PRESENCE. Big time.
I felt the same thing meeting this chap recently. We chatted at a recent Sherwood Oaks event. Naturally, we had a lot to discuss, starting with our similar monikers. ;D He played President Kennedy in Watchmen and Transformers 3.
I had that same feeling when I saw the mob dude at the end here!
E.D.
Posted by: Ryan1, October 11th, 2011, 6:35pm; Reply: 11
Yeah, the actors's name is Al Dias and he was also in the latest Spy Kids movie(guess he's a friend of Robert Rodriguez) and had a role in a now-cancelled tv show called The Good Guys.
Posted by: stevie, October 11th, 2011, 7:10pm; Reply: 12
Hey, that was pretty cool, Ryan. congrats man!
I remember that script from the challenge but I couldn't recall what actually happened at the end of it; so I got a bit of a shock there near the end!!
Yeah, that food looked nice - I make a pretty decent meatball myself.
Posted by: wonkavite (Guest), October 12th, 2011, 7:56pm; Reply: 13
Congrats, Ryan! (Now, *there's* a OWC I should've entered...) :) High quality job!
Posted by: MS1, October 18th, 2011, 5:52pm; Reply: 14
Congrats Ryan! Really enjoyed it. Just out of curiosity - how did you get this produced? Did you approach the director? Did you know him already? I've never been involved in a short so how these projects come to fruition is all new to me...