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How's your script going? You are working on your script, right?
My problem is is that the only stories I can get myself motivated into writing out fully are often larger than life sci fi fantasy epics that are probably a no go for a first time filmmaker.
How can I get myself motivated to write more down to earth and personal stories that would be easier to film?
>>69695468
Either take one or two important scenes from your epics and produce them
Or else watch some more 'indie' films that are highly-rated
(And by indie, I mean low-budget)
poopoo peepee
>>69695468
My script about a NEET who shitposts on an Indonesian Idiosyncratic Idiom Boards, gets catfished, and then kills himself is coming along nicely. You'll be seeing 'Tendies' in a theater near you.
>>69695693
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6tIEdgKGhKXa1R5YXBNdnU1Q0U/edit?pref=2&pli=1
You've already sorta been beaten to it
He doesn't get catfished, but he does learn the value of normie-dom
(this is essential reading for any wannabe writer on /tv/ btw)
poopoo peepee
>>69695468
i got offer for two project, but I cant get started. I just have ideas for random scenes, but no plot.
what do?
>>69695960
This is really good actually. I'd watch this
ive been here before
hit me up with your specific questions and ill try to help. film school was expensive, might as well share some knowledge.
>>69699647
>film school was expensive, might as well share some knowledge.
Why didn't you go straight to flicks?
>>69699647
Is going to film school worth it, or is just putting work out there the best way to go?
>>69699647
Im stuck with my work. I have characrtes some scenes and all that, but im still lacking coherent main story. any tips?
>>69699899
Vignettes my friend
>>69699924
so I should just start writing each sketch and wait if it turns into something more?
>>69700190
Yeah why not, Maybe you get a similar theme or something going and run with it
>>69697749
How did you get offered? What stuff have you done before?
>>69699831
folks had money; im not a footfag
>>69699849
at this point i'd say put in the work but don't get mired in just being a PA/set-monkey, try to keep an upward trajectory
>>69699899
elaborate, gimme some info >>69699924 means well but doesn't know what he's saying
>>69700190
what??
>>69700791
He is right, I have no idea what I mean by vignettes. I just like Clerks and Slacker
>>69700948
If you have a main character - find something that forces them to change.
Everyday joe finds out his wife is cheating on him. Boom, that's an inciting incident. Or he finds out he's about to get fired. Or new neighbours move in that are weird. Or he finds a magic fucking ring with a bunch of lame fuckign midgets.
The story kinda writes itself if you have an idea of how it starts. As a writer, the beginning is really important.
I'm trying to write my first script (it's not english) but i think i'm overdetailing the scenes and getting too much into descriptions. Is that a problem?
Also, any guides you guys would recommend?
>>69701172
Just finish the first draft, get it all on paper, don't worry if it's not perfect. Then you can start editing and revising
>>69701172
best advice: read a few scripts (let's say two from films you really like (from different writers), one from a film you haven't watched) and see how much description and action they put in
Medium advice: less is more, the writer's job in filmmaking is only a portion of the overall creative process. Let the director and casting director and art director, script coordinator and so on choose the colour of X, the hair colour of the protagonist, the size of the building, the amount of action, etc.
Your job is to get the plot from the beginning to the end and make sure the characters sound good and are interesting.
>>69701369
Do i need to make descriptions of the scenery and talk about the camera showing elements or that's redundant if i just wanna get the description of the scenery and i just leave that to the photography director to figure?
Like, describing the camera going through the scenery and that kind of shit. Lights blinking etc.
>>69701537
If it is absolutely vital for the scene, put it in as briefly as you can (think you're hemingway and find the least amount of words you could possibly use), otherwise NO do NOT put those elements in.
What I do if I want the camera to focus on (for example) a desk, a pen and a notepad would be this
INT. Office - Night
ANON (30, wizard) sits at his parents' DESK, he looks at his father's PEN for a moment before picking it up and scribbling on his NOTEPAD.
>>69701768
so i mark elements with caps?
>>69701813
Like I said, look up some scripts. You can't write without reading. Look up award winning screenplays (oscar, cannes, whatever) and see how they do it.
Try to find the original spec scripts and not shooting scripts (slight difference) and you'd learn all you need to learn.
You can't just write in a new paradigm without knowing anything
>>69701813
No you don't. If you're at the point that you don't even know if you have elements in caps or not you shouldn't be actively tackling a script. Read through everything on http://www.screenwriting.info/ which will teach you the raw technics of writing a script.
If your script isn't in precisely the correct format it won't be read by anyone. I know it's a snobby thing to say but I've just instantly closed scripts I've gotten that are written as word docs or in different fonts or whatever.
Might as well. I have an appointment pretty soon but I have a little time and I'll be back later.
This is part of a scriptX-Files spec script for movie or episode arc between S1 and S2I've been working on since maybe late March and I've shared my ideas before as well as some excerpts but here's just a whole scene.
>>69695960
That's actually really well-written what the hell
I finally got my first draft of my short script inspired in part by 80's movies like Escape From New York (inb4 Kung Fury and Turbo Kid)
Been shilling the fuck out of it in the /fmg/ threads, but here's my first full draft. Only 9 pages, quick read.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6uwaxNQt5HRRjFwOTVVYzROM1k
>>69701369
>read a few scripts (let's say two from films you really like (from different writers), one from a film you haven't watched) and see how much description and action they put in
Caveat: Don't use Tarantino or Shane Black scripts.
>>69703840
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how to do this
got a word file but idk how to make png>
>>69704368
oh god, good catch.
Fucking shane black
A project I really want to do now is a sort of semi-surreal supernatural story involving a gas station attendant and a delivery driver.
Told in sort of a Clerks style, though actually I think I'd like for it to be even less focused. Just a series of events happening to these guys that get progressively weirder, though it doesn't seem to change their perception any.
Listen to the first episode of Welcome To Night Vale and you'll get the vibe I'm going for here.
I know there should be a through-line, a loose thread tying the stories together, but this is just my initial pitch.
>>69704546
Screencap and Paint desu.
>>69704724
Good filmmaker, but he's writing scripts he's planning on directing.
Shit won't fly literally anywhere else.
>>69704871
Think you posted this in the wrong thread buddy
She is right tho
How do you focus, instead running away from the paper and binging on 4chan and porn?
>>69704963
Wait until the muse smacks you in the face
Listen to music. Watch movies. Read books. Develop the idea almost subconsciously.
Then, let loose.
>>69704963
>from the paper
from what paper?
surely you're not trying to start writing a screenplay by actually sitting down at a computer and opening a blank document and trying to write a screenplay?
>>69704802
ill just paste
----THIS WAY UP----
INT. HOUSE – OLD HOUSE - EARLY MORNING
NAN (Old women, early 90’s, delicate and quite slow in movement) is sitting in her house staring at the television. Wearing old women clothes and sitting in a large recliner chair. The room is quite dark as the sun is rising.
CUT TO:
TELEVISION (Flat screen) News is playing discussing war and other topics.
CUT TO:
Nan twitching her fingers and still staring at the TV picks up the house phone and dials a number.
CUT TO:
INT. HOUSE – SHOT OF DIFFERENT ROOMS
Shots of the house are shown while Nan speaks on the phone.
>>69705205 CONT'D
NAN
Hello
POST OFFCIE
Hello
NAN
Hello. Yes I have been waiting for a parcel to arrive.
POST OFFICE
Ok. What’s your name and address?
NAN
Pardon?
POST OFFICE
Your name and address please.
NAN
Yes. 7, Robert Street. Manselton
POST OFFICE
And your name.
NAN
Sarah Lewis.
NAN
Hello
POST OFFCIE
Hello
NAN
Hello. Yes I have been waiting for a parcel to arrive.
POST OFFICE
Ok. What’s your name and address?
NAN
Pardon?
POST OFFICE
Your name and address please.
NAN
Yes. 7, Robert Street. Manselton
POST OFFICE
And your name.
NAN
Sarah Lewis.
>>69705205
>>69705255
No, no.
Fuck off.
Do not post your script in a thread like this.
No.
>>69705255 CONT'd
POST OFFCIE
I have on parcel for this address with a delivery time for 9am.
NAN
Ok.
POST OFFICE
Is that alright?
NAN
Yes.
POST OFFICE
Great, thank you.
NAN
Yes, thank you. Bye
CUT TO:
INT. HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – MORNING
As the phone call ends Nan turns the channel over several times before turning it off.
Nan slowly gets up off her chair and begins to walk to the toilet.
CUT TO:
Nan sitting in kitchen chair next to table with medication and an empty plate with a glass of water in front of her.
INTERCUT:
Shot of the cutlery and medicine from eagle view (showing the empty plate)
CUT TO:
She sits there for a long period of time, looking up at the clock.
INTERCUT:
CLOCK (7 o’clock) shows the hands ticking for an overly long period of time.
CUT TO:
Nan (still sitting in the kitchen) gets off the chair and walks to the sink to put the plate in the sink.
CUT TO:
Nan washing the dishing for a few minutes. She then looks out to the window and sees a snail moving along the patio in the back garden.
CUT TO:
EXT. OUTSIDE GARDEN – MORNING (SUNNY)
Snail moving along the patio slowly (Nan in background of shot)
>>69705205
>>69705255
>>69705300
NO
GO FUCK YOURSELF
POST IT IN A DRIVE LINK OR A PASTEBIN OR ANYTHING BUT THIS
>>69704963
the only answer is establish a pattern (same time every day, that kinda thing) and turn off wifi and your phone and hammer through.
>sharing your scripts on an imageboard visited by capitalist americans who would kill their relatives for $1
Are you all retarded?
You're all getting your ideas stolen.
What do you do when you have a story, but you can't figure out the plot?
Like, I have exposition and background information, but I don't know what should actually happen in the movie.
I'm also having a really difficult time solidifying my characters, I can't get a good image of them.
>>69695468
Still working on that pilot and starting the outline of an indie coming of age film about a bunch of suicidal high school seniors.
Whether or not any of my shit sees the light of day, I really love coming up with ideas and outlining them and shit. Doing creative shit like this helps me not be depressed all the time
>>69705439
>being this paranoid
>>69705467
I've seen you posting this earlier.
If you have the world of your story built up, toss a wrench in there that sets your characters on a journey to correct it.
kill davis
him and father are plotting against and laughing at you
go to his room and stab him
>>69705538
>toss a wrench in there that sets your characters on a journey to correct it.
What?
I used to be on a skype group with some of you guys. You all chatted so much shit though, I had to leave.
>>69705498
I'm imagining Dazed and Confused with a suicide pact, which could be brilliant.
>>69705600
An inciting incident, like what >>69701039 said.
>>69695468
excellently. right now I am making my shots and then I will get back to my script. 74 to go.
What's nice about being a director is I don't have to worry about stupid shit like formatting. I write everything by hand, in pencil and pen, film, and as I film change anything that becomes unnatural that I've written. The screenplay in many ways is one of the least important elements of filmmaking I've found. What's important is the story.
>>69705671
Oh, I have the inciting incident already, but I don't know where to go after that.
I don't know how to explain my problems with explaining the story, but I don't want to post my ideas publicly.
>>69705347
>>69705284
kek i gave up lads
http://pastebin.com/pNC2d8U5
does this work?
>>69705807
What is the incident? It surely rocks the main character's world, and it surely sets him on a journey - whether he likes it or not, whether he knows it or not. Right?
>>69695468
I have a problem with length, where I'm writing way too much. I'm 40 pages in and still on the first "Act" (I mean in a 5 act structure, not 3). I write in a lot of description and action that can be cut in a second draft, but still. At this rate I'm looking at a 200 to 250 word script by the end, maybe more.
How do you fit it at all in 100 or 150?
>>69705439
>afraid that someone is going to produce his "failed barista comes to terms with life" semi-autobiographical indie drama screenplay without his permission
lmaooo
also
>what is copyright
>>69705439
spoken like a true rookie
>>69705849
The incident is the main character, a cop, being ordered to take down a highly dangerous criminal.
But then he finds out the "highly dangerous criminal" is ateenage girl.
I'm trying to figure out what stops him from just killing her.
I had this plot point about him having a little brother that died, but I scrapped it because it was convoluted.
Just hit 70 pages a couple of days ago. I'm feeling really good about this one, everything is flowing smoothly when I write and I'm hitting the plot beats and character developments that I wanted to.
I think I'm going to aim at a little under or around 120, but I don't mind going over and editing later anyways. Plus, now that I'm out of school, I can dedicate more time to writing and shootingwhen I get a camera.
The plan is have a rough, rough draft done by the end of the month, and start the editing process after letting it sit for a couple of days. I also came up with a new idea I'm dying to dive into, the usual high-concept, low-budget sci-fi. This is cheap enough that I think I can shoot a short based around the concept, and see how it goes from there.
>>69706032
>The incident is the main character, a cop, being ordered to take down a highly dangerous criminal.
ok, I've heard worse
>But then he finds out the "highly dangerous criminal" is ateenage girl.
Ok... and what's so crazy about this? It's not a good enough twist and it's not exactly an inciting incident.
IIs are something that you cannot turn back from.
In your case it would be something like "he gets his photo taken observing her criminal operation and has to make sure his family/cat/laptop stays away from danger and figures the only way to do so is to take her down"
>>69706257The teenage girl was being experimented on by the US government in hopes to create a super soldier/human atom bomb, she just escaped the lab and now has psychic powers.
call me retarded but I really need to know this
How do they add CGI to film?
>>69706443
CGI machines
im bored. im going to write something maybe. context is the star trek universe:
>scene begins with a crew hostage
>the captain, cornered by a team of romulans, is under interrogation and duress while one of the members is being picked apart
>the scene expands to the entire set, there are corpses of crew members off to the side.
>we see a ship approach
>its the enterprise D, heavily damaged on one side of the saucer section, decks are exposed
>one of the romulans walks towards the leader and whispers
>the leader speaks "now?!!!"
>he looks towards the rest of his party and signals his hand
>he commands "on screen".
>we see commander Data
>>69695468
A noir parody about a detective whose only job is to make chalk outlines around corpses, but takes it way too seriously. I don't know how else to further develop it.
>>69706443
Some niggas use After Effects
>>69704231
Pls Critique
Anbody know any good horror/psychological thriller/"serious" genre folklore? I prefer to either make a film based of any of those or write a short interpretation of any suggestions.
is there a recommended website on here to learn how to do screenwrite? i wanna get into it
>>69707708
do you want to learn the formatting, or do you mean, actually learn how to write a screenplay?
for the latter, you need books (and blogs, why not. not like there's only one correct way to do it)
>>69707708
http://screenwriting.io
>>69707795
the former, sorry i shouldve clarified
>>69705829
>pastebin plain text dump of a script with no formatting
Straight into the trash it goes.
>>69705758
Does no one else see your scripts once you've finished with them? Handing a pile of scribbled pages to actors or producers is insanely dumb.
>>69707839
chill man, we're all friendly here
I'd literally just suggest starting a dud screenplay and googling whatever detail you're confused about, though. You can't go too wrong.
If you use a program like final draft or celtx or writerduet or whatever, you don't really even need to concern yourself with the actual actual formatting itself (like, margins).
And for getting a general gist of what's acceptable, read some actual produced screenplays, but focus on the ones where the writer and the director were two separate people. Actual spec scripts by actual begginer spec writers are the safest bet, because those writers also had to conform rigidly to the Hollywood conventions.
>>69707829
>>69708485
Thanks!
>>69699647
How hard is it to transfer in? I was thinking about NYU and USC since their top-teir schools for film, any recommendations for portfolio for transfer?
How is my formatting?
I'm using Word but with a strict template for script writing.
>>69709555
It's fine. Honestly I'd change the dialogue a little bit feels weird. It's fine, but honestly im thinking of something just give me a few minutes.
It's a crime movie right?
Meeting a potential agent in 2 weeks
Stoked
>>69709769
Hour long spec pilot
>I will never be Shane Carruth
jdimsa
>>69709816
How did you go about getting an agent interested in you?
jj
>>69709555
Formatting's okay but you could work on your language a little.
>>69695468
Al Green Odyssey
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1vkAy-4qefobWJtM2VoTGNubHc/view
Wrote this at UCLA, gonna shot some test footage next month. Slay me.
Fuck you
>>69712494
Fuck YOU
>>69711539
>requires permission.
FTFY
>>69712494
fuck you
>>69712890
>>69713105
i was talkin about nyufilmfag
Im writing a script about an old creepy grandparents that start to make porn videos. Any ideas?
>>69713857
Then quote him.
>>69714435
That sounds like idea enough.
Also came up with an idea for a teen sex comedy back on /r9k/
>guy is a decent looker but kinda creepy and autistic
>creeps out this one Stacy
>Stacy sends Autist a snapchat of her with cum on her face saying "You still want to ask me out?"
>Chad ex-bf gets wind of it, hooks autist up with a close friend of Stacy
>autist sends a snap of his cock in the Stacy's friend's mouth: "Nah, I think I'm getting over it."
>becomes an endless snap war of them sending sex pictures to each other to try and get the other jealousAt the end they fuck.
>>69715696
fuck you too kid
>>69715789
Oh ok
Researching atm but not sure if to begin writing right on or write a treatment
>>69704231
LAST BUMP
pls
>>69695595
this usually sums up these threads
>>69715696
sounds shit
I came up with an idea for a horror slasher movie where about 10 minutes in, the killer loses his weapon and has to survive the teenagers trying to kill him, making them the villains we have to fear and the once scary killer a victim we (hopefully) root for.
>>69706903
It's clear that you need to give him a conflict which involves difficulty with chalk outlining. A corpse moves, and his outline no longer fits perfectly. His obsession leads him to find out that it was moved by the killer, and his chalk skills eventually lead to him cracking the case. Could be a fun short film.
>>69704231
Technically, not bad. But overall the dialogue and plot both seem artificial and forced, and it lost my interest quickly. Only remedy is to keep practicing.
>>69695468
I get anxiety when i think about writing..
>>69699647
sup NYUfag, I'm a USCfag myself
>>69708910
I can answer this for you. I transferred into the film school from a community college. Graduated in 2009. When I was going there, it was a 2% acceptance rate. Depending on the major, they usually only take 20 people from California and then 20 from out of state.
What they want to see is that you're committed to film itself. Where I was living, there wasn't really film productions I could jump on, so I worked as a wedding & corporate videographer.
You also have to analyze a film too. So I'd suggest picking your target. I'm convinced I got in more than anything because of my analysis of The Terminal. I went with that because USC is more Hollywood than anything so I wanted to go with something mainstream, but not to the point that they've seen the same paper a hundred times. So a lesser known Spielberg film seemed the way to go. NYU is more about the craft than the commercialism, so I'd suggest something known but artistic, perhaps Scorcese's Cape Feare given he's an alum.
And if you're going to send them actual productions you've been apart of, be very honest with yourself. Is this something that genuinely shows your potential as a filmmaker?
Let me know if you have any other questions about USC.
>>69699647
Would ya be willing to help me finish my cia-script?
>>69724510
Don't trust him.
>>69722316
Thanks anon this is helpful as fuck, so for the portfolio do you have any advice to make work stand out amongst the crowd?
>>69722316
Doing my film degree at community, along with animation since I wanna do kids films
been considering USC but too not poor for dem programs, not rich enough to pay out of pocket
I write on the side, and practice animation and film production more
am I fucking up? Should I add more formal screenwriting in the mix?
Oh hey /swg/. Trying to write a new one. Haven't written more than 15 pages, so it's not really anything yet.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6tIEdgKGhKXbWtZZ3VqVUkyTjQ
Honestly I spend more time on new projects than old ones, but the key to writing is to go back to your old ones and rewrite. It's much easier to see the stupid, amateurish mistakes a couple months after writing it.
I think I may have something cool
a new superhero called "the Cobra", he would be able to control snakes, he would also launch them like a wizard does with fireballs because they would wrap around his arms and he order them to jump over enemies.
I imagine him dressed in black leather and the buckle of his belt would be a silver cobra head.
he's not your typical good superhero, he could be defined an anarchist superhero, indeed even if he has a golden heart he's a rebel, a bit rude, a lone wolf let's say.
he lives in a dystopian city, very noir, where organized crime controls everything and corruption, violence, are normal things.. but soon (in the movie) things change, an organization restores order and safety in the city, everything seems to go fine, people is happy but they don't notice that they are giving away their freedom.. indeed this organization is made by catholic extremists who impose their sick morality and take away rights from people, the situation appears clear to the Cobra, they do more harm than good..
so he starts to fight them, he fights for freedom and for rights.. and he's not alone, a group of scientists who can't tolerate the new obscurantist anti-science bigot regime will help him providing mighty and surprising technological gadgets.
I won't tell you how the movie ends ;) .I plan a noir action thriller (but still with some place for comedy)
I would like to make something that inspires people, like matrix, something that could open people eyes, I want them to see the dangers of religion, and to appreciate the freedom to do what we want
what do you think?
>>69726387
3 words
>sounds
>hella
>fucking
>epic
You can upload your movies to Amazon now, and get royalties.
http://nofilmschool.com/2016/05/will-amazon-video-direct-change-streaming-game
4U
I don't know about the reputation of Celtx on here but that's what I've been using since I started writing, but as of late I'm going to try a change for once.
What software is better/worth a try?
>>69729686
Doesn't matter. You can write pen and paper. If you really want a change, WriterDuet is free and competent, but Celtx is more than capable.
I'm writing a mini-series (three episodes) and it's being an arsehole because it revolves very heavily around one character and it's really difficult to do.
There are lots of disjointed scenes in it that explain backstory, premonitions, ambiguous chronology and so on and it just doesn't flow well. I want it to feel disjointed but this really feels too much like a series of short films.
>>69730848
why not just write a feature
>>69695468
So I've never written a screenplay but I have a few ideas for television shows mainly. I've heard that if you want to write an original television series you write a 'bible' which details the characters and what will happen in the series and one pilot script. Is that how it is always done? Have people ever written full series of shows before going to a producer and got them made?
I have one of the most grounded scripts I've ever written but it's written so very poorly. I also want to direct my own script, I have storyboards of it but it's also done poorly. No experience, just my creative processes.
What are some tips if I want to fix above by myself (don't want to share ideas with friends families until it's polished)
>>69733593
The first thing you can fix is your secretiveness about it. Your idea is worthless, it's the creation of it that makes it valuable, by not opening yourself up and allowing us to know what you've made, how can you ever expect specific advice than will actually significantly help?
You just say it's written poorly, I don't know why. Post examples, at least tell us what it's about and what's causing you problems.
>>69733248
Why wait to write a full series? Write a pilot, outline and important information for the show and then sell it if you can. Writing everything out could take years
>>69695468
How would you go about writing a script that involves or exists in an already existing universe without it seeming fanfictiony?
>>69733593
>I also want to direct my own script...No experience
The arrogance.
>>69732967
Well, it would have to be 3-4 hours long if I did. It's in three very distinct phases.
I want the visuals to represent the mindset of the protagonist. Starts off lush, vibrant colours, chilled out music and descends in to chaos and near-incomprehensibility.
>>69735233you can't
>>69736370
Really, is it just a complete impossibility?
>>69736441
Not him, but it's not impossible. Unless you consider Marvel films fan-fiction. New Star Wars isn't "fan fiction".
It depends what you hope to achieve with it. If you're using the same characters then it basically is fan fiction, but if you can create a new character within that world it should be OK.
Personally I like the idea of a normal person living out their life in the world of super heroes. Some guy down on his luck has his car crushed by Thor's hammer. That's an expensive fix, he can't get to work, he might lose his job. Think Ken Loach in the Marvel universe.
>>69695468
I'm writing a trilogy. Some elements of class struggle here and there but then again, I'm French.
I completed the first screenplay. It's a crime drama about the crisis of masculinity in a proletarian environment.
I'm struggling with the second screenplay. Procrastination is killing me. This one will be about search for love in a materialistic bourgeois environment.
The third one will probably be about drug trafficking in an industry involving famous people.
>>69736441
You could do it, as in, write it without it seeming like pure fan-fiction. But the chances of you actually getting it sold will be very low.
For instance, say you want to write a feature for the Marvel universe. No matter how much finance you raise you can't monetize it yourself, as you will get legally slammed. And actually getting it sold is near impossible as there's plenty of already existing professional writers who have also worked with the origin of the characters, or have wrote them in a way that rings with the modern audience.
You writing Captain America could be completely different to how he's currently being written, and they won't like that. But, say you actually introduce your OWN characters, then you've the trouble of having no lore to build off, nobody will recognise who what when and why your characters feature within the universe and why they should be interacting with ones that have been established for decades.
Generally you will just come across a fan fiction writer hoping your literary masturbation gets picked up by Hollywood. It's a slippery slope to climb.
>>69736555
The idea I have is basically to take an animated family film and exaggerate the moral lessons presented in them and explore them from an adult perspective. The best way I can describe the idea is that it would be like a parody in the sense that it exaggerates certain themes but instead of exaggerating themes for comedic purpose it would be for dramatic purpose. The only way I can see this working though is if it actually existed within the already established universe.
>>69736835
>Generally you will just come across a fan fiction writer hoping your literary masturbation gets picked up by Hollywood. It's a slippery slope to climb.
Yeah the nice thing about it is this is only one of quite a few ideas I have and the others are all original so I will just focus on those I think.
>>69736717
Don't write a trilogy
Write a really good film
And if you love the character so much and think there are more stories to tell with them, then write another
But don't write a trilogy from the get-go or else you'll end up with one competent film hidden across 3 shit films
>>69695468
writing sci fi animated sitcom at the minute, I've been writing the pilot for about three months excited to get it out of the way so that I can start delving into actual episode stories. Also got a few side voice actors from rick and morty season 1 who said they might get involved.
