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Anyone going to the Mondo Mystery Movies at the New Bev this weekend??
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Anyone hear from Austin FF yet?
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Anyone read a good horror script lately?
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Can anyone recommend a good mockumentary script? I know alot of these are improv but I still want to read a few... Thanks
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"Fig Hunt" was one of the Nicholl Finalists -> http://forum.tracking-board.com/index.php?/topic/5308-fig-hunt/
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Having a hard time coming up with a Sea-Captain character, whenever I hear his voices in my head its just lines from Jaws...
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Make him autistic, but a savant with the ways of currents and fluid dynamics as his thing. And absolutely no fear of large fish. Then give him a fear of wind. Imagine a sailor afraid of wind. Put Freud on the boat and you're talking 7 figures. Assuming Godyssey doesn't suck all the air out of the room. Hey, it's the holidays.
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I was expecting more specs to come out this week with the apparent "carmageddon" upon us. Execs at home, on the couch...
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It may not be Austin, but I'm pretty psyched to be nominated for best screenplay at Screamfest LA
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Just had a twenty minute convo with Robert Kamen about Taken, he said the main reason he thought it worked so well is because there is no b-story...
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B Story is usually the love interest anymore, or the overall bad guy story; i.e. BOURNE. The A story is Jason Bourne trying to solve the mystery of who he is and what he is and all the action that comes with. The B story is the soap opera within the intelligence agency - house oversight committee, secret ops without approval, etc. The love interest with Franke Potente is just window dressing for the A story. But I think that's a good example of an A/B story that works.
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So my friend at work is a good buddy of a producer of one of the animation domination toons. He asked him if I could submit a spec for the show, the reply was that they dont read specs of their shows, only original pilots...
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Reason 1: It's hard for the writer. You submit a spec CSI to the Bones people, they might know the show, but they're judging you on concept, pacing, dialogue, general writing skill,etc... But you submit a CSI spec to CSI producers who know every tiny bit of that show inside and out... You're opening yourself up to a whooping. They'll pounce on even the tiniest mistakes. It's like copying a painting, then asking the original artist to judge you. Never gonna win.
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Reason 2: Legal... You submit a spec to a show. Now whatever's in your script, they can never do an episode or character beat like that for fear of being sued for theft. And let's face it, there's only so many stories. You send a spec about a dead hooker at the MGM... And they've already got one about a dead hooker at Mandalay ready to shoot -- oops. Now they have to dump the ep they already wrote. It's easier just to have a blanket policy of not reading their own.
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Started off my monday having someone from Germany call and pitch a treatment apparently written by a "prophet" who foretold her childrens movie would be bigger than Harry Potter... gonna be a long week
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stupid, question Im new... how do u post a script pdf in the forums
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Script uploads are put in The File Exchange thread.
Head into that thread, start a new topic, list the script title , etc. and then if you scroll down a little bit beyond the box where you write your post you'll see the "attachments" section. Just choose the file from your harddrive and select "attach this file.
Some people have been having issues uploading lately, but I think it's fixed now.
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What'd you guys think of Django Unchained... QT is by far my favorite filmmaker in the world, but this one didn't do it for me...
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What's no longer funny-> Splicing the word "man" into your title...