megan
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Post by megan on May 11, 2007 20:43:05 GMT
Hi i'm meg i'm 19 and a media student and as my final project me and my mate are doing a Film trailer i also write my own scripts and would love some advise on how to beef them up from 10 minute dramas to full pieces
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Post by GADGE! on May 17, 2007 22:48:58 GMT
HEY MEG,
IF U CAN YOU SHOULD UPLOAD THEM ONTO HERE AND SHOW THEM TO THESE GUYS AND GALS.
GADGE!
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Post by Dave on May 18, 2007 1:33:54 GMT
HEY MEG, IF U CAN YOU SHOULD UPLOAD THEM ONTO HERE AND SHOW THEM TO THESE GUYS AND GALS. GADGE! Yay! Put up any links to any short films of yours so we can have a peek. Also... I'm not sure that beefing up ten minute dramas to full-length (feature length?) is a good idea. If an idea is good as a ten minute drama, then it should probably stay that way. You could just end up with a watered down and boringly long film when a nice and neat 10 minutes would have been great. |
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megan
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Post by megan on May 19, 2007 12:28:22 GMT
hey thanks for that i'll get my scripts up on here as soon as i can  |
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Post by b0ttr0p on Jun 11, 2007 23:40:54 GMT
I'm guessing you already know about this but if you haven't read it already I would strongly recommend you get a book called 'SCREENPLAY' by Syd Field. www.amazon.com/Screenplay-Foundations-Screenwriting-step-step/dp/0440576474It is a fantastic introduction to the structural rudiments of script writing. Unlike other screenwriting books like STORY by Robert McKee which contain lots of esoteric whimsy about 'how to create' (please read that phrase in a deep, slightly self satsified and very important sounding voice!) SCREENPLAY is a proper nuts-and-bolts blow-by-blow guide from developing a story from a three sentence idea into a finished feature length screenplay. Like Field says in the book - if you follow the exercises he sets out 'YOU WILL FINISH YOUR SCREENPLAY!' Wooooohooooo! Of course it doesn't mean it'll be any good - but damn, it makes the process so much easier and more manageable! |
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Jun 12, 2007 10:35:12 GMT
Also... I'm not sure that beefing up ten minute dramas to full-length (feature length?) is a good idea. If an idea is good as a ten minute drama, then it should probably stay that way. You could just end up with a watered down and boringly long film when a nice and neat 10 minutes would have been great. Agreed - but not always. There are 10 minute ideas which would be strong enough to sustain a feature when you add in a subplot or two and characters, motivations etc. I struggle coming up with decent short film ideas, and end up trying to get convoluted feature-length stories down to 20 minutes. |
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Post by fattaxi on Jun 12, 2007 12:24:46 GMT
I just finished writing a 90 page script for my final uni piece... It's not as easy as it may first seem ....ll give more advise later!
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Jun 12, 2007 12:54:00 GMT
Today? Weren't your deadlines in April/May?
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Post by fattaxi on Jun 12, 2007 12:58:38 GMT
i finished in May
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Jun 12, 2007 13:38:52 GMT
Ah. I don't know why I thought you said "today" in your post.
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Post by jtrodreigez on Jun 13, 2007 9:50:53 GMT
You wanna know some tips for writing a good screenplay and what books to read/avoid just watch Adaptation.
Everything you need to know is in that film.
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Post by Gareth on Jun 13, 2007 11:25:32 GMT
type creative screenwriting magazine into itunes store its free and brilliant, make sure to check out the siryana one!
the best advice I've ever heard was Tolstoys four most important things to write the perfect novel;
(in order of importance)
Transitions
Context
Character
story
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