I'm a mature postgraduate student. I was really enjoying the module on screenwriting and thinking I wouldn't mind working in this industry. It suits me I have an acute visual sense and strong visual imagination. "Enjoying it", that was until a panel of agents showed up. They told us that we couldn't...
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Watched another one that made me wonder what the hell am I doing.
The type of movie that makes you ashamed you dare to even dream about this...:(
And it's making me sad sometimes, because I'm just not that good, and watching them just makes you feel "small"..:(
So, just for "entertainment" and imagina...
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These weren't the works of ones with literary superpowers. Those were team projects built around solid principles of writing, drama, lighting, sound, film making, etc. They were well crafted from thou...
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Learn from the movies, the television series, and the people that inspire you and intimidate you. This gives you a sense of direction. But don't compare yourself to them. That's just a recipe for proc...
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Go watch a couple of made-for-Syfy flicks (Sharktopus, Arachnoquake, Raptor Island-sheesh!). That will cure any feelings about "what the hell am I doing?" For every masterpiece, there's a dozen shitbombs. Write the stories you want to, the best that you can, and be content within yourself. :)
(Sharing again) Just so you guys know: I stumbled across a script request from a producer in my spam folder. Thank God I caught it before the 72 hr deadline. So, if you have pitched and not heard anything back, be sure to check your SPAM folder!
Some of my screenplays are Sci-Fis and Horrors and some of their characters have telekinetic abilities. How can you write the action describing them? Is it ok to write:" He uses his mind power to open the door"? Or "He telekinetically makes the glass smash into the wall" or "With mind power, the wit...
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If it were me, I'd use some kind of unique action or gesture to link to the ability. Think about how Samantha (Bewitched) used a nose twitch to invoke her ability.
You're telling the reader too much. Just put something like 'his eyes go rigid. The door slams' or something along those lines of action
Have you read scripts where the characters use esp and telekenesis? That's a good starting point.
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haha-no broblem D.
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Hey there. I'm Stephanie Acon, an emerging screenwriter of underrepresented stories. Seeking to link with others in the film industry, particularly those courageous, sensitive, and open to the need for more diverse screenplays/movies. Looking for any persons or groups or leads of a similar criteria that can be of help to a writer such as myself.
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I don't mind the pitching and stuff so long as it can be done in virtual reality. I mean, I get that you have to sit down and talk story with people sometime, it's just I don't get why it all has to b...
Expand commentI don't mind the pitching and stuff so long as it can be done in virtual reality. I mean, I get that you have to sit down and talk story with people sometime, it's just I don't get why it all has to be face to face.
I'm an author too so I'd like to know where my fistfuls of guaranteed money ran off to... lol. ;)
-G.R.B.
Dan, I'm asking these questions because I have to write a screenplay for a university assignment. It's has to be to a high standard. Sometimes, it helps to write the creative part of an assignment wit...
Expand commentDan, I'm asking these questions because I have to write a screenplay for a university assignment. It's has to be to a high standard. Sometimes, it helps to write the creative part of an assignment with the intention of publishing, like my short stories and poems and explain about the successful submission and editing processes. I can't see this happening for me with screenwriting because it's a totally different industry . The moment those agents said, "you have to work with us and a team of other screenwriters, travel, and act like an employee", I flipped out of any connection with idea. Simple as that. Who knows if I could write and sell a screenplay? If those are attached conditions , I'm not interested. So the assignment is going to be a technical exercise. I enjoy screenwriting but I wouldn't enjoy the rest of it.
GRB, "fistfuls of money"; don't ask me. I was paid $20.00 for a short story that took weeks of spare-time editing and much worrying. I decided I wanted write because I love writing and it seemed a rea...
Expand commentGRB, "fistfuls of money"; don't ask me. I was paid $20.00 for a short story that took weeks of spare-time editing and much worrying. I decided I wanted write because I love writing and it seemed a reasonably asocial occupation. Screenwriting means you have work with groups of other people in face-to-face conditions, which one reason I took up writing-- to avoid. I enjoy working 1-1 and online but not in RL groups.