SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board / February, 2021 One Week Challenge / The February, 2021 OWC is coming...!!
Posted by: LC, February 12th, 2021, 6:07pm
And, you'll need to hang onto your hats, cause this one is going to get you all talking! :K)
Well I hope so, anyway...
Posted by: SAC, February 12th, 2021, 7:02pm; Reply: 1
Ooooooh! Gotta go get me a hat now.
Posted by: LC, February 12th, 2021, 8:06pm; Reply: 2
Haha! If you don't have a hat Steve, your socks will be blown off. How's that? It's Winter there so I'm pretty sure you wear socks.
I'll just say, this is not your typical February OWC fare.
Posted by: PKCardinal, February 12th, 2021, 8:18pm; Reply: 3
Oh, man, this is going to come about 3 weeks too soon! I've missed a few and I'm really pumped to jump back in. But, I've got to clean up a new script for the latest Imagine Impact challenge. Can I possibly do both?!
Considers stall tactics...
Posted by: LC, February 12th, 2021, 8:45pm; Reply: 4
Of course you can juggle both, PK!
This one will be right up your alley. Make of that what you will. ;)
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, February 13th, 2021, 2:56am; Reply: 5
Which means it's probably not Valentine's romance challenge... thank goodness
Oh c'mon, you know I love my RomComs.
Posted by: IamGlenn, February 13th, 2021, 1:28pm; Reply: 7
I'm in! Hopefully.
Need to get back writing. I hope this triggers something.
Hope everyone is well and safe.
Posted by: LC, February 13th, 2021, 5:05pm; Reply: 8
Hey, Glenn! Good to see you.
This should definitely trigger something. ;)
Posted by: Geezis, February 13th, 2021, 5:43pm; Reply: 9
I've been posted missing the past few months, work has been kicking my arse around one way and another but I'm on holiday now so it's me time for the next couple of weeks. Glad to be doing something that totally is not work related. Looking forward to writing again and to the February challenge. Hope everyone is staying safe in this crazy world.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, February 13th, 2021, 5:47pm; Reply: 10
A Podiatrist accidentally becomes the new designer for women's high end shoes?
Posted by: LC, February 13th, 2021, 6:13pm; Reply: 11
I don't think there'll be many podiatrists in these stories...
Then again, you never know... ;D
Posted by: LC, February 13th, 2021, 6:18pm; Reply: 12
I've been posted missing the past few months, work has been kicking my arse around one way and another but I'm on holiday now so it's me time for the next couple of weeks. Glad to be doing something that totally is not work related. Looking forward to writing again and to the February challenge. Hope everyone is staying safe in this crazy world.
Good to see you, mate!
Speaking of crazy, this challenge is sure to produce some.
More clues will follow in good time... I just have to make sure I'm not too obvious with them.
Posted by: LC, February 13th, 2021, 9:40pm; Reply: 13
Next clue...
Posted by: SAC, February 13th, 2021, 11:42pm; Reply: 14
A lure.
Posted by: Gary in Houston, February 14th, 2021, 12:07pm; Reply: 15
Could be a lure, or it could be a hook.
Libby's trying to lure us in so she can set the hook and reel us in and kill us. Sounds like something Libby would do.
Posted by: Gum, February 14th, 2021, 2:29pm; Reply: 16
"A femme fatale French: [fam fatal], literally "lethal woman"), sometimes called a maneater[1] or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant, entice and hypnotize her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as verging on supernatural; hence, the femme fatale today is still often described as having a power akin to an enchantress, seductress, witch, having power over men. "
Just a curious analysis of all the info. Unless I’m way off, lol.
bummer, image doesn't show in quotes...
Posted by: LC, February 14th, 2021, 5:29pm; Reply: 17
Could be a lure, or it could be a hook. Libby's trying to lure us in so she can set the hook and reel us in and kill us. Sounds like something Libby would do.
Yes, write five pages with the setting a glossy magazine publishing house with a tyrant at the helm. :)
Lol, might need 6 pages for that. Actually, now I’m thinking more along the lines of “a Suave Gumshoe Detective falls for an animated Femme Fatale” type thing.
Then (shameless plug) Johnny Nutso and I did a similar one for an OWC back in the day, called ‘Bangkok, U.S.A.’… for this OWC, I’ll do a ‘part deux’, cause Johnny is inconspicuously missing from the board.
Unless there’s no Gumshoe Detective, or Femme Fatale… then I’m still lost.
Posted by: eldave1, February 14th, 2021, 6:25pm; Reply: 20
Posted by: mmmarnie, February 14th, 2021, 7:11pm; Reply: 25
Hmmmmm....don't think the red stiletto hint would be sci fi.. .so YAY
Missed the second clue.
Main character is a hooker?
Posted by: LC, February 14th, 2021, 7:45pm; Reply: 26
No SciFi. No Valentine's.
Next clue below - P.S. I had a much prettier snow globe, but it was huge.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, February 14th, 2021, 7:53pm; Reply: 27
The podiatrist's designs get a frosty reception?
Posted by: LC, February 14th, 2021, 7:54pm; Reply: 28
Nearly spat out my morning tea. ;D Good one Pia! Works in nicely with Dave's 'heel thyself' too.
Posted by: SAC, February 14th, 2021, 8:54pm; Reply: 29
The allure of a snow globe. Or it could be the city written on the snow globe -- Chicago. Or, perhaps a reference to a type of blues named after the windy city.
I go with the Rolling Stones.
Posted by: Gum, February 14th, 2021, 9:14pm; Reply: 30
Hmm… curious you said that. The names Pink and Floyd, as in ‘Pink Floyd’ come from two of Syd Barrett’s favourite Carolina ‘bluesmen’, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Chorus from ‘Wish You Were Here’:
How I wish, how I wish you were here We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears, wish you were here…
Again, we have ‘fishbowl’ a ‘snow globe’ and a snow globe is also similar to purchasing a postcard, or memorabilia from a place you visit with the intent on giving it to someone as a basic greeting of; “Wish you were here”…
The OWC is about a …
Forgot about the red stiletto
I haven’t the foggiest. Coincidence… I think not.
Posted by: MarkRenshaw, February 15th, 2021, 7:02am; Reply: 31
Finally finished the TV pilot i've been working on for 6 months and a re-write of an optioned script. So I may be 'lured' into this - depending on what it is.
Posted by: Geezis, February 15th, 2021, 7:13am; Reply: 32
You’re not gonna ask us to rewrite Citizen Kane are you????? :-)
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, February 15th, 2021, 7:40am; Reply: 33
What do a Steve Madden stiletto, a fishing lure, and a Chicago snowglobe all have in common?...
... illusion. (I started that as a joke, but gave no satisfying punchline...my bad)
stilettos give the illusion of longer legs and taller height, the lure an illusion of an injured fish ready for the eating and the snowglobe the illusion of a scene in a snowstorm...
Soooo.... illusion theme?
Posted by: Gum, February 15th, 2021, 5:10pm; Reply: 34
All strange guessing aside, I’m thinking:
The globe suggests a contained environment, in an alley in a city (one way in, one way out), wherein a person is lured into said alley (the contained place) - as Matthew stated, under the context or illusion of another pretext, by a woman or femme fatale type stalker, in stilettos, and, via clever deductive reasoning, that trapped person must find a way out of the situation. Theme is contained crime drama.
However, the ‘red stiletto’ or simply ‘one red shoe’ has carried a deep archetypal meaning throughout the ages and is featured as the underlying or hidden (archetypal) message in many movies/stories, but I’m not sure what it could mean here, if any.
That’s what I got from the clues, unless the next clue throws a wrench into the mechanics of that analysis… if there’s another clue?
Posted by: LC, February 15th, 2021, 5:33pm; Reply: 35
Owen gets full marks for thinking outside the box. ;)
But not Citizen Kane. :)
Another clue coming in a few minutes.
Posted by: LC, February 15th, 2021, 6:11pm; Reply: 36
Posted by: LC, February 15th, 2021, 9:50pm; Reply: 37
Btw, the clues will get easier.
Like I said, I have a habit of unwittingly letting the cat out of the bag too soon sometimes. :)
Posted by: Geezis, February 16th, 2021, 4:28am; Reply: 38
I’m thinking the theme may be centred around temptation or some sort of enticement. In a snow capped castle in Nowherevania :-)
Posted by: JEStaats, February 16th, 2021, 9:41am; Reply: 39
Easy. Three candles = Three Wicks = John Wick 3 + One red shoe = John Wick 4: John goes in drag to sneak into the Corporation office on a snowy Chicago night because, dammit, they killed his dog!
Posted by: Gum, February 16th, 2021, 11:06am; Reply: 40
OK, I’m trying to think way outside of the box here. One last kick at the can before I admit defeat.
The lure (allure), or hooks have a three tier type structure, similar to a candelabra. Then a single shoe, the candles, the glass ball (ballroom).
Glass slipper, chandelier, ball…? A modern-day Cinderella story?
Posted by: LC, February 16th, 2021, 4:53pm; Reply: 41
Ah, you guys are funny. ;D
Thinking up the next clue...
Posted by: LC, February 16th, 2021, 5:17pm; Reply: 42
66.5
Posted by: khamanna, February 16th, 2021, 5:39pm; Reply: 43
Aa, clues.
so, 66.5 is .5 away from 666. The other clue has "DEVIL" in it. So we're talking about something related to Devil. And since you have a fish with hooks there, it's a Devil hooking up with someone and having a baby!
Posted by: LC, February 16th, 2021, 6:00pm; Reply: 44
Depends, Kham... It might be in the mix of what you write, but strictly speaking, no. The Devil Wears Prada was not a clue of mine (only the red stiletto) - that was Rick's deviation. :)
Posted by: Grandma Bear, February 16th, 2021, 6:38pm; Reply: 45
66.5
Numbers. Clearly a math problem...
The podiatrist who was accidentally put in charge of design of a high end shoe line and got a frosty reception at the fashion show is given 66.5 days to correct the design from a Birkenstock look-a-like to a Louboutin copycat.
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, February 17th, 2021, 4:52am; Reply: 46
It's obviously Elton John themed.
With hits such as...
"I'm Stilletto Standing" and "Three Candles in the Wind"
Not to mention the ultimate classics "Don't go breaking my Snowglobe" and "Saturday Night's alright for Fishing"
Posted by: Geezis, February 17th, 2021, 9:11am; Reply: 47
Thinking slightly differently 66.5 is the latitude of Artic and Antarctic circles.
Lure Heel Globe Candles Artic or Antarctic
Is it a remake of the Liberace story with penguins??
Posted by: Gum, February 17th, 2021, 10:40am; Reply: 48
Nice quote, Rick. Off base with the measurement though. ;D
Lol, the comic writer P.G. Wodehouse’s original quote is:
“She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when". ”
The modified version I honestly can’t remember where I heard it, but it’s always stuck with me. It’s either from Shane Black’s mystery/noir ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’, or from a gumshoe character called ‘Chick Hazard’ that Phil Hartman used to do on SNL back in the 80’s.
And yes… that ‘66.5’ clue has totally thrown a wrench into the machine… for me that is, others might already know what’s in store, but they’re "Mum's the word". Is this OWC reveal for this Friday? Typically it's a Friday... hopefully.
Posted by: LC, February 17th, 2021, 11:27pm; Reply: 55
I have it scheduled for Friday. I should say, yes, Friday, and stop being coy. ;D It's going to be a beaudy!
Two clues to come till then...
Posted by: LC, February 17th, 2021, 11:31pm; Reply: 56
That's the creepiest looking mailman I've ever seen.
He is a bit creepy looking. Maybe that's part of it. Or maybe not.
Posted by: khamanna, February 18th, 2021, 2:07pm; Reply: 57
Why does the postman always ring twice?
Is it that he delivers death and the second ring is a confirmation ring on a job well done or something?
Looking very stylish this one! The stitch on the sides... nice
Posted by: stevie, February 18th, 2021, 2:52pm; Reply: 58
Hmm both Poles are exactly a latitude of 66.5 degrees north and south from the Equator
Posted by: LC, February 18th, 2021, 6:54pm; Reply: 59
Two clues in one.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, February 18th, 2021, 8:15pm; Reply: 60
The podiatrist has to carpool to the fashion show?
Posted by: LC, February 18th, 2021, 8:20pm; Reply: 61
;D Pia
Posted by: Gum, February 18th, 2021, 10:02pm; Reply: 62
North (66.5) as Geezis and Stevie pointed out got me musing here a bit.
Saul Bass (lure), grandfather of motion graphics did some really cool title sequences back in the day for many film noir movies, and spawned an entire generation of copycat players, cause, well… it’s just cool looking. Here’s two of my favs:
Oh, Saul Bass also did the intro sequence for Hitchcock’s spy thriller ‘North by Northwest’ … just saying.
Close? Non… Oui? Think we’re out of clues, I’ll just have to wait n’ see :)
Posted by: LC, February 19th, 2021, 4:36pm; Reply: 63
Okay, writing it up, and the OWC announcement will be in a few hours.
Thanks to all you guys who kept the back and forth going with my quite obviously too out there clues.
If I have time I'll post a couple more obvious ones to get you in the mood - there's a blatant clue right there.
I need a lesson in finding images fast and resizing them so they're not gargantuan. ;D
Anyway, to the task at hand. Hold onto your hats, like I said, or as Joe Cocker once said: You Can Leave Your Hat On - clue right there too. ;D
Posted by: LC, February 19th, 2021, 8:39pm; Reply: 64
Is it hot in here, or is it just me?
Posted by: SAC, February 19th, 2021, 9:11pm; Reply: 65
