Forum: TV Talk
17th January 2012, 11:12
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Replies: 1
Views: 484
Episodes
Episodes.
Ever seen a show that was a huge success in its home country, only to be recreated for a US audience and completely destroyed? (Kath & Kim comes to mind) This show follows two writers...
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Forum: Movie Chat
11th January 2012, 08:16
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Replies: 16
Views: 917
Re: Best/Worst Films of 2011
I missed a lot of movies this year unfortunately, but out of those I saw..
Best: Tyrannosaur. Directed by one of my favourite writers and actors, Paddy Considine, this is a very confronting movie,...
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Forum: Movie Chat
8th January 2012, 10:05
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Replies: 126
Views: 8,990
Re: The Worst Movies... Ever
Swept away (2002)
Ugh.. If it didn't win worst movie, it would definitely win worst actress - Madonna should have stuck to singing and dancing.
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Forum: Basics
5th January 2012, 13:50
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Replies: 2
Views: 399
Re: Graphic Novels and the truth.
That's a lot of money.
I was wondering, do you have any examples of comic scripts? I have various books, by DC and the likes, and they give great examples, but they all say that for comics, there...
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Forum: Screenwriting
21st September 2011, 11:54
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Replies: 14
Views: 682
Re: Black or White Scripts?
Interesting. I usually find that it's the opposite. A writer who can convey the scene (well - i might add) efficiently, is more effective than the writer who takes another page or two to convey the...
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Forum: Screenwriting
18th September 2011, 15:59
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,584
Re: Remakes
Writerguy & DavidArtiste
I'm probably the bottom of the food chain in here as far as experience goes, so I'm not offering any grand wisdom or handing out lectures of any kind, but I will say...
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Forum: Screenwriting
15th September 2011, 17:17
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Replies: 9
Views: 408
Re: Damn Catalyst
Thanks again guys.
Thanks for the beat sheet Ed. That will come in handy.
That would be an interesting take voodoo. I think I should definitely have her doubting the reality of the fantasy...
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Forum: Screenwriting
15th September 2011, 13:59
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Replies: 9
Views: 408
Re: Damn Catalyst
Thanks for the help guys!
Zelljr:
I've been tossing up whether to take it in the Alice direction and have the journey element in the fantasy world, or to take it another way and have her move...
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Forum: Screenwriting
15th September 2011, 10:23
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Replies: 9
Views: 408
Damn Catalyst
Hey guys and gals,
I'm writing my major screenplay for uni and it is likely that in the next month or two I'll post more than a few questions on this forum for help, so just an apology in advance...
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Forum: Screenwriting
12th September 2011, 14:39
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Replies: 9
Views: 565
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Forum: Screenwriting
8th September 2011, 05:22
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Replies: 3
Views: 206
Other Worlds
G'day all,
I'm currently writing a script where my protagonist ventures to a secret portal to another world - not unlike Alice in Wonderland, or Coraline.
My question is, how would you...
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Forum: Screenwriting
8th September 2011, 03:16
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Replies: 32
Views: 962
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Forum: Basics
23rd August 2011, 12:30
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,379
Re: Some Basic stuff
Not really qualified to weigh in on the history of this issue, but I can say that as a student, one of the first things I was taught at uni was not to end a page with unbroken dialogue that continues...
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Forum: Basics
10th August 2011, 02:06
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Replies: 15
Views: 840
Re: Darfur
I watched the first season of Life After People recently. Apparently there's a town called Gary in Indiana that is semi-abandoned. I'm not in the US so I've no idea how good it would be, but from...
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Forum: TV Talk
5th July 2011, 09:12
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Replies: 2
Views: 872
Re: Game of Thrones
I love this show! Can't wait for the second season. Only problem I have is that it doesn't clearly establish whether or not there are actually supernatural or mythical elements in play until the very...
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Forum: Basics
7th June 2011, 05:11
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Replies: 0
Views: 347
A Similar Art
Morning!
I was wondering if anyone has had any experience writing Graphic Novels? And how similar or dissimilar it is to the screen?
I have seen a few different formats for graphic novels,...
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Forum: Movie Chat
16th May 2011, 16:58
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,786
Re: Academic Movies?
Good Will Hunting - though fundamentally about relationships more than uni life.
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Forum: Screenwriting
16th May 2011, 10:40
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,027
Re: Improv in the Writing Process
If you're only improv'ing to brainstorm there's no real problem - it's a great way to come up with ideas. But if you're improvising on stage you need to be comfortable deviating away from the script,...
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Forum: Screenwriting
26th April 2011, 17:59
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Replies: 14
Views: 796
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Forum: Screenwriting
26th April 2011, 15:42
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Replies: 14
Views: 796
Re: Joe SplitPersonality
Thanks for all the help guys. This is great.
You might be right as well - it might just be something I have to work out for my own script.
I was thinking of completely changing the character...
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Forum: Screenwriting
24th April 2011, 12:47
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Replies: 14
Views: 796
Re: Joe SplitPersonality
Thanks for all the replies guys.
Writerguy:
That's exactly how I would write it a little later on in the script, but early on it's all internal, no one else sees what 'Egor' would say.
It's...
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Forum: Screenwriting
24th April 2011, 01:24
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Replies: 14
Views: 796
Re: Joe SplitPersonality
Thanks for the quick reply.
I thought about using voice over, but I really want to show the physical difference.
There's a scene in scrubs where Cox asks JD how it would look if he lost his...
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Forum: Screenwriting
23rd April 2011, 21:37
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Replies: 14
Views: 796
Joe SplitPersonality
Hi all,
I'm currently writing a script in which my protagonist has a split personality. Say his name is Joe, and his other personality is named Egor.
Say there's a scene in which Joe is...
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Forum: TV Talk
17th April 2011, 08:12
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,747
Re: Any new shows?
ukdvder:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Inbetweeners
Two of the funniest shows I've seen in ten years.
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Forum: TV Talk
17th February 2011, 05:30
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,747
Re: Any new shows?
Dramas:
OZ - From the 90's, but is SO good.
Mad Men.
Breaking Bad.
Dexter.
Californication
The Walking Dead
Comedies:
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