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re: Anybody ever written a screenplay?
Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:04 am to Carson123987
Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:04 am to Carson123987
quote:you actually care about downvotes?
who keeps downvoting all my posts on this board and posts that mention me? quit being a fricking coward and talk shite to my face instead of clicking a little red arrow and giggling behind the computer, you fricking pussy
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:06 am to Kafka
no, i just don't see why they would go about trying to insult me that way instead of directly
Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:07 am to CtotheVrzrbck
i am
Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:09 am to Jazzbass13
FIGHT
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:11 am to Carson123987
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who keeps downvoting all my posts on this board and posts that mention me? quit being a fricking coward and talk shite to my face instead of clicking a little red arrow and giggling behind the computer, you fricking pussy
downvoted just for the frick of it.
I'd def. be interested in reading a draft. I love seeing people's creativity at work. You probably do have me mixed up w/ someone else when it comes to movies, I'm not a big movie buff, I get bored too easy by most of them. I'm also that guy that'll finally get around to seeing mainstream movies 5 yrs later, but I'll randomly find some little fanfare indie flick and fall in love with it.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:14 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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downvoted just for the frick of it
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I'd def. be interested in reading a draft. I love seeing people's creativity at work. You probably do have me mixed up w/ someone else when it comes to movies, I'm not a big movie buff, I get bored too easy by most of them. I'm also that guy that'll finally get around to seeing mainstream movies 5 yrs later, but I'll randomly find some little fanfare indie flick and fall in love with it.
Word. I like finding those little hidden gems as well.
I have 3 original ideas that I really want to put on paper, as well as 1 adaptation. Hopefully I can do all of them at some point.
When the Secretariat movie was filming in Lafayette, the set decorator bought a shitload of stuff from my mom's store that was used in the movie and she ended up living with us. she still buys stuff from my mom to use in movies that are shot nearby and we keep in touch. I'm gonna try and get her to give my finished products to someone she knows
Posted on 5/22/13 at 1:58 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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How'd you go about it? Where did you learn how to put in the right format?
I've written a couple. I went to film school and wrote 2 for my different screenwriting classes. I then worked in production for a few years. Final Draft is great, but here's a free program that will help you with the formatting:
Celtx Desktop
You want the desktop version.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:03 am to Carson123987
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I just read a ton of screenplays from good writers/directors and figured it out from there.
Good way to learn.
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apparently there is no established standard in hollywood, so you just have to have the basic sluglines/scene headings, capitalizations, and indentations, etc. you can really make it your own.
Yes and no. Some things have changed in regards to how you label Scene Headings, Dialogue, etc but you do have to be in line with what standard screenplays look like. Like what you've done by the ones you've read. I have seen multiple screenplays not even get read because 1 little thing is off. Too many to read so they look for a reason to ditch it. Pretty ridiculous.
This post was edited on 5/22/13 at 2:04 am
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:05 am to Sho Nuff
What do you do for a living? Are you in the industry?
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:28 am to Carson123987
Yeah, still do a little Producing sometimes. I was living in S.F. and L.A. and working full-time for about 6 years. I moved to Hawaii in 2005 though, so now it's smaller projects (indie film or music video) that I may get involved in. I have contemplated going back to L.A. and getting into it again.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:33 am to Sho Nuff
Go to LA and be my agent
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:39 am to Carson123987
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Go to LA and be my agent
If you have something that is really good, I don't have to be in L.A.
But I have considered going and being a manager or agent. I always seem to put people together. Even from here, I have helped a few of my friends into some very nice situations just by knowing a lot of different people.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:43 am to Sho Nuff
I seriously want to get in touch with you when the time comes
Posted on 5/22/13 at 2:52 am to Carson123987
I'll make you a deal; quit complaining about some good movies so much and I will help you out
Seriously though, I'll take a look at what you got when you get it.
Seriously though, I'll take a look at what you got when you get it.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 3:02 am to Sho Nuff
Yeah and I did it using my own imagination. Turned out pretty complex and long in the end.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 4:50 am to Kafka
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Read the book Adventures In The Screen Trade by William Goldman (author of Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid)
Then read Story by Robert McKee
Throw in Screenplay by Syd Field and and Aristotles Poetics. We just saved OP 100 grand on film school.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:22 am to Carson123987
Someone went "dislike button" crazy in this thread
Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:38 am to CtotheVrzrbck
The screenplay is the easy part, although you have to use the right format, including font, ect., or it will get tossed.
The hard part is finding a decent agent. You have to find an agent to get your script read. Same deal for writing novels. They get a percentage, but basically do all the work. You shouldn't have to pay anything up front, but you have to get one to even have a chance at getting it in the right hands.
The hard part is finding a decent agent. You have to find an agent to get your script read. Same deal for writing novels. They get a percentage, but basically do all the work. You shouldn't have to pay anything up front, but you have to get one to even have a chance at getting it in the right hands.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 11:45 am to Sho Nuff
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I'll make you a deal; quit complaining about some good movies so much and I will help you out
which ones?
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Seriously though, I'll take a look at what you got when you get it
Posted on 5/22/13 at 11:47 am to brewhan davey
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Someone went "dislike button" crazy in this thread
yeah, it's a useful tool for pussies
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