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  1. sometimeaftertwoam

    ISO: Guardians of the Galaxy -- Can't believe there isn't already an ISO for this...

    1. Cdrzewie

      Cdrzewie

      Marvel scripts don't leak...

    2. Corsairs

      Corsairs

      It surely won't leak, but I wonder if the studio might include it as part of a home video/book release.

  2. sometimeaftertwoam

    Nice freelance piece about the brutal world of a struggling writer. Haven't seen any of his films but I do respect the man. http://badassdigest.com/2015/03/02/from-hollywood-to-homeless-the-writer-of-jason-x-and-drive-angry-on-screenw/

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    2. Escapist

      Escapist

      Brutally honest, which makes fellow writers not feel so alone in this...

    3. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      Dude should totally write it. The West Coast version of PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

    4. sankofa

      sankofa

      terrifying but ultimately so very powerful to read....

  3. sometimeaftertwoam

    Nobody knows of a single script written by a former prison inmate? Really?

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      I have a cousin who spent most of his adult life in prison ...

    3. cosmojones

      cosmojones

      Eddie Bunker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bunker

    4. typistolero

      typistolero

      What Doesn't Kill You: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133991/

       

  4. sometimeaftertwoam

    Question for the legal minded members: Why would Lauren Weisberger's (presumed) confidentiality agreement with Anna Wintour/Vogue not have prevented The Devil Wears Prada from being published? And if not, of what use was the agreement (or any other such executive/assistant/intern confidentiality agreement)?

    1. CookieMonster

      CookieMonster

      Depends on the agreement, basically.

       

      Most will not allow any memoir-type book, article, etc. be written. However, most don't specifically prohibit a fictionalized account. In fact, that language would be very unusual.

       

      Most standard employee confidentiality agreements address mostly maintaining the secrecy and confidentiality of any confidential business information, not how the boss treats the underlings.

    2. Jaco

      Jaco

      Maybe the publisher's lawyers felt confident classifying the book as satire and/or were comfortable believing the author's claims that the character(s) were based on an amalgamation of numerous real life characters.

  5. sometimeaftertwoam

    Question for those who read scripts on Kindle. Some scripts will hold my page on the Kindle, and some won't. I either download scripts directly from the tracking board on the device, I have them emailed to my email account by someone, or I email them directly to the Kindle using my @kindle.com email address. So why do some scripts save my place and others start back from page 1 every time I reload?

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    2. adlocke

      adlocke

      and i guess the logic behind this is that computers render pdf's in different ways. what one company does, doesn't necessarily work for another in the coding process, so it shows up how you're getting it. same same but different. you just gotta get used to it!

    3. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      There are non scanned one's that do this as well. I was actually looking for someone who could provide a specific, educated answer on why this does this. That doesn't appear to be you.

    4. joe_gillis

      joe_gillis

      Might not help you but I run all pdfs through Briss before e-mailing them to the Kindle and don't have your problem. http://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/

  6. sometimeaftertwoam

    So Blacklist has been running their "Featured Scripts" for a good many months now. Can anyone shed any light on any progress with any of these scripts be it development of the script or the launch of the writers career in another aspect?

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    2. Scott Crawford

      Scott Crawford

      Spec_Writer, no, I'd not heard of any success from Inktip. Do you have the names of any of the films (I'll accept that they might not be studio releases)?

    3. specwriter

      specwriter

      Sure, Scott. Here are pages on their site, not sure how up to date these credits are but they are numerous. Deals made: https://www.inktip.com/main_total_deals_closed.php Produced Films: http://www.inktip.com/main_films_produced.php?cat=&sub=credits

       

      Sites like The Blacklist and Stage 32 are getting all the coverage these days but Inktip is still chugging along, doing their thing and facilitating deals for screenwriters. :-)

    4. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      It is interesting that Blacklist gets so much exposure when, at first glance, it does appear that Intip far out distances them in actual success stories. The Stage 32 process for connecting writers to producers appears a little different than the aforementioned. Anyone have any experience there?

  7. sometimeaftertwoam

    The ONE biopic that's never been written or produced that should be. GO.

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    2. Nic.Lishko

      Nic.Lishko

      Truthfully? Mel Blanc. You do it or I will.

    3. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      This was more just a fun topic of discussion. Wasn't looking for script ideas.

    4. joe_gillis

      joe_gillis

      Paul Robeson but maybe it's going to happen now.

  8. sometimeaftertwoam

    There is a script floating around where a major traffic jam is caused by an alien attack. Anyone know the name?

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    2. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      Rob, thank you for ruining what might have been a good day with that response.

    3. Ashish

      Ashish

      Alien Prison Ship?

    4. Reader George

      Reader George

      Isn't gridlock part of every alien invasion story?

  9. sometimeaftertwoam

    There's a widely accepted structural perimeter, or axiom in screenwriting that generally insists on character arc. "In what ways is your character different in the end from in the beginning?" Consider Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. I see no arc in who they are as people/characters. Yes, the story itself has an arc, but how are either of these characters different in the end from the beginning? Other examples of such?

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    2. paleyellow

      paleyellow

      Yes, this is a pet peeve of mine. Character arc is a tool. It's a means to story, not the ends. Usually the protagonist changes. There are internal obstacles he faces and he must grow to overcome them. But the key is the OBSTACLE, not the change. In some stories, the obstacle the hero faces is tremendous pressure to change, and to succeed he must resist that pressure. Usually his resistance to change and his strength in this scenario causes OTHERS to change around him. Han Solo becomes mo...

    3. drb000

      drb000

      I think in any movie, either the character has to change, or their circumstances have to. Like in "The Pursuit of Happyness" - his character doesn't change much, but by the end he has a job at Dean Witter. In "There Will be Blood" Daniel Plainview is in a much different place at the end of the movie then he was at the beginning.

    4. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      But he's the exact same cunt in the end. If not bigger. That's my point.

  10. sometimeaftertwoam

    Well, thanks to the Oregon Ducks for telling us what we already know, which is that they had ZERO business ever being in the top 25.

    1. craktactor

      craktactor

      That's why I say GO IRISH!!! :)

    2. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      Go Baylor!

    3. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      Some serious upsets today

  11. sometimeaftertwoam

    What age did you start writing? I mean actually writing scripts, in screenplay format?

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    2. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      About 20 in college - a SEVEN ripoff :)

    3. benskelly2

      benskelly2

      Wrote short stories and "plays" as a kid, but first wrote a screenplay when I was 17, a senior in High School. My English teacher, a nun, hated it.

    4. David Fakrikian

      David Fakrikian

      Late comer, I started at around 29. I completed a full script and then it sold immediately.

  12. sometimeaftertwoam

    What is the best written feature length legal drama (produced or unproduced) in the last 5 years?

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    2. Reader George

      Reader George

      Seems to me there's a reason the best legal dramas are on TV.

       

    3. palostick

      palostick

      Michael Clayton

    4. DonKasparoza

      DonKasparoza

      Better Call Saul

  13. sometimeaftertwoam

    What is the most well written F. Scott Frazier script?

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    2. craktactor

      craktactor

      Berliner.

    3. admin

      admin

      Berliner. 3rded!

    4. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      So is this guy the king of the spec or what? She would all be envious? 4 or 5 spec sales in as many years? Is that correct?

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