zacksmith8
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Anyone interested in starting a script reading club? Trying to read more this coming year.
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Good Lord, I can't wait until the Black List comes out so I can read something interesting... It's dry as the Sahara out here...
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Haven't posted anything in a while -- wanted to share some links to articles I've done on SUICIDE SQUAD and other things. First off -- Oral history of the 1980s SUICIDE SQUAD comic, in two parts: 1) http://www.newsarama.com/30470-the-oral-history-of-dc-s-suicide-squad.html 2) http://www.newsarama.com/30494-the-oral-history-of-suicide-squad-part-two.html
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Haven't posted anything in a while -- wanted to share some links to articles I've done on SUICIDE SQUAD and other things. First off -- Oral history of the 1980s SUICIDE SQUAD comic, in two parts: 1) http://www.newsarama.com/30470-the-oral-history-of-dc-s-suicide-squad.html 2) http://www.newsarama.com/30494-the-oral-history-of-suicide-squad-part-two.html
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...crap, they did not say there was a cutoff limit. One more, then: Chuck Palanhiuk on FIGHT CLUB 2: http://www.newsarama.com/30402-chuck-palahniuk-on-fight-club-2-i-wanted-to-make-a-style-out-of-being-wrong.html
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Haven't posted anything in a while -- wanted to share some links to articles I've done on SUICIDE SQUAD and other things. First off -- Oral history of the 1980s SUICIDE SQUAD comic, in two parts: 1) http://www.newsarama.com/30470-the-oral-history-of-dc-s-suicide-squad.html 2) http://www.newsarama.com/30494-the-oral-history-of-suicide-squad-part-two.html
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Okay, can do multiple lines here (pressing return on first post just posted automatically):
Talked with Duffer Bros. on how their childhood in Durham, NC influenced STRANGER THINGS: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/two-brothers-funnel-their-nostalgia-for-eighties-era-durham-summers-into-new-netflix-series-stranger-things/Content?oid=5051936
Heather Havrilesky on her new book HOW TO BE A PERSON IN THE WORLD: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/heather-havrilesky-a-former-durhamite...
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Loving STRANGER THINGS on Netflix.
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Did an interview with the creators a few weeks back: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/two-brothers-funnel-their-nostalgia-for-eighties-era-durham-summers-into-new-netflix-series-stranger-things/Content?oid=5051936
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Just signed up for Sorkin's Master class. Why not?
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Announcing the TOP 75 Finalist - 2016 Launch Pad Pilots Competiton - http://bit.ly/1VNFctL
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Announcing the TOP 75 Finalist - 2016 Launch Pad Pilots Competiton - http://bit.ly/1VNFctL
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Question: What is the policy for posting spec scripts for existing shows in the WiP section? Applying for fellowship and looking for feedback, but not sure how this works.
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Super behind on TV pilots, but I've read a few and what the hell people? 69 pages for a network pilot with VERY TIGHT as your spacing settings? Who are you kidding?
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Presumably they intend to cut after the initial draft the network reads, as an excuse to include ideas they could repurpose for later episodes, or to test out characters/plotlines that might be iffy. A TV writer friend told me a good length for a spec pilot is 65 pages. I've seen shooting scripts for recent hour-long dramas (regular episodes, not pilots) that are as short as 42.
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Any good comic book scripts? By that I mean what the artist takes from the writer and interprets into the panels/pages? I'm surprised there are no books of side to side comparisons...
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In general I find the easiest thing to do is draw three horizontal lines on the page, creating three tiers, and split two of those tiers into two equally-sized panels. Bam -- five-panel page. And you can do some variety with it. It's a good "starter" for just figuring out how to pace a story and have a distinct visual element on each page.
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Any good comic book scripts? By that I mean what the artist takes from the writer and interprets into the panels/pages? I'm surprised there are no books of side to side comparisons...
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I wrote an article on sources for finding out about this and some script compilations: http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2012/11/28/comic-book/1732735/
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Out of graduate class, so going to spend the next few weeks breaking down some episodic scripts for TV shows using a spreadsheet -- figure out scene lengths, how much plot one can pack in. Then, it's spec-writin' time!
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Out of graduate class, so going to spend the next few weeks breaking down some episodic scripts for TV shows using a spreadsheet -- figure out scene lengths, how much plot one can pack in. Then, it's spec-writin' time!
