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Posted by: Don, April 19th, 2014, 7:13am
Wake by Matthew Wake - Short, Fantasy, Romance - Wake has the perfect relationship, but the only place he can be with her, is in his dreams. 6 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: Andy JW, April 19th, 2014, 5:55pm; Reply: 1
Read your script and I have a couple of pointers, hope these help!

I think by 'brain detector' you mean some type of device monitoring his brain activity? I think you can come up with a better term for this. 'Brain detector' kind of made me laugh.

A few errors here and there, i.e.

scene 2: '...starring at the sealing...' should be '...staring at the ceiling...'
scene 3: '...Wake and the woman is now lying on their sides...' should be 'are'

There's a few more, have a gander and spruce it up.

Are you looking to direct this yourself? If not, there are a far too many cut directions. This is something that should really be kept to a minimum when writing a spec script. And the steady dolly shot is a definite no-no.
Posted by: MatthewWake, April 21st, 2014, 11:29am; Reply: 2
Hey guys! I'm new hear, and exited to find this place!

I would love to know what you think and "feel" about my script. :)

We are currently in the start of pre-production and plan to shoot in the begining of July, on 16mm and the dream sequences on 8mm.

I would love you read and discuss your scripts as well!

Thank you!
Posted by: MatthewWake, April 21st, 2014, 11:46am; Reply: 3

Quoted from Andy JW
Read your script and I have a couple of pointers, hope these help!

I think by 'brain detector' you mean some type of device monitoring his brain activity? I think you can come up with a better term for this. 'Brain detector' kind of made me laugh.

A few errors here and there, i.e.

scene 2: '...starring at the sealing...' should be '...staring at the ceiling...'
scene 3: '...Wake and the woman is now lying on their sides...' should be 'are'

There's a few more, have a gander and spruce it up.

Are you looking to direct this yourself? If not, there are a far too many cut directions. This is something that should really be kept to a minimum when writing a spec script. And the steady dolly shot is a definite no-no.


Thanks for reading!

I'll be sure to correct the english gramma. I'm from Denmark, so sometimes a few mistakes here and there!

The brain detector... I find it hard to define and describe. I imagined it something like this:
http://d.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/poster/2013/04/3008499-poster-1280-1-ways-brain-scanning-neuro-toys-will-change-everything.jpg
Havn't figured out how to discribe this :)

Yes, I'm going to direct it here in the summer. Also, was thinking about that last "DOLLY shot", I know it's a NO NO, but I want to emphasise the slow exposure of the ending.

Thanks again!
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