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Posted by: Ceciliastar1 16-Jun-2004, 02:23 PM
Hey all! I'm a comm. major. I love writing Movie Scripts and Tv Scripts. I don't know if anyone here is into any of that. But if there is this is the place to be! Let's talk about what you are writing or have written!

Sláinte!

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Posted by: greenldydragon 16-Jun-2004, 02:43 PM
Unfotunately, I am very bad when it comes to writing scripts and have never finished any that I have started.

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 16-Jun-2004, 03:03 PM
what type have you written? I'm in the middle of a script right now. It's based on the song "The Fields of Athenry". It's slow going though.

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Posted by: Lyra Luminara 16-Jun-2004, 05:41 PM
yea I'm into it and want to make films someday. One screenplay that I wrote last November I am particulary proud of, which I entered in a film festival in toronto. It's based on the Tuatha De Dannan ancient faery race of Ireland and I don't know if anyone knows anything about them, but it was said they came here from across the veil on ships. Well, I have a short of time change and there's this war with Rome and stuff. And all the Tuatha have long pointed ears and shades of green, aqua/blue, or even purple hair (though it's rare) but green is the most common. There is an Elemental Council...4 wise entitys which give guidence to the empire of Eire and The Marmaduke. (sort of like a king, marmaduke means leader of the seas) And then there's the warriors of Eire, which is sorta like their army, and then there's a High warrior which leads them--in my screenplay it's this girl called Aravan whom the whole story is basically about.
If anyone wants to read it, I'd be glad to e-mail to get some feedback, a little editing on things never hurts.
I've also started writing a collection of short stories based in the world of Eire.

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 17-Jun-2004, 12:48 PM
Wow, that's awesome! I hope to have my movie made, personally I would LOVE it if Mel Gibson would make it. hehe. I have a lot of other movie ideas, it's just a matter of sitting down and doing all the research and whatnot. I love fantasy. I think my next script is going to be some kind of love story. That's all I know right now. haha!

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Posted by: silverdragon 17-Jun-2004, 02:44 PM
I too have an entire fantasy universe going. I've got two (eventually many) scenarios I'm writing for it; and a third one that will most likely end up as a kids' animation. I plan on working on them over the summer, and then learning in my script writing class how to fix the problems.

Posted by: Lyra Luminara 17-Jun-2004, 10:08 PM
::grins:: Looks like we've got all female writer-film makers! woo

Posted by: silverdragon 19-Jun-2004, 05:51 PM
I was one of only two females out of 35 in my Intro to motion picture prod. class. We were the only ones who got all our work in on time, so we were the only ones who weren't grossly rushed in post-production.

Girls rule!

BTW, grades are out and I got an A!!! w00t1.gif

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 21-Jun-2004, 11:50 AM
Nice!!!! Grades are out for me too, and I made the Dean's List! Woo hoo! usaflag.gif

Posted by: peckery 23-Jun-2004, 10:28 PM
I am writing a screen play about a pickle named Bill. It is a period piece but deals with modern day issues. king.gif

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 28-Jun-2004, 01:03 PM
????
Haha!

Will it be anything like Veggie Tales?

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Posted by: stoirmeil 09-Aug-2005, 08:03 PM
Hey! this is great. I have what I believe is a great idea for a screenplay but I have never tried one, or even read one, and I have no idea what is involved, though I'm mulling over ideas for dividing it into scenes and stuff. What do you recommend? Are there good books or authors who have written on this?

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 11-Aug-2005, 10:23 PM
You can pretty much find all sorts of books about it. I learned about it in school. I have this nice program that I use. All scripts have very strict formats. if you check out scriptbuddy.com you can some ideas on the format.

I have all sorts of ideas for movies. I don't have a computer right now so I haven't been writing anything. I hope to start writing them soon though. I would love to write a movie on Grace O'Malley the Pirate Queen. But I need to do some massive research first!

Posted by: Aaediwen 12-Aug-2005, 05:03 PM
QUOTE (Ceciliastar1 @ 11-Aug-2005, 11:23 PM)
You can pretty much find all sorts of books about it. I learned about it in school. I have this nice program that I use. All scripts have very strict formats. if you check out scriptbuddy.com you can some ideas on the format.

I have all sorts of ideas for movies. I don't have a computer right now so I haven't been writing anything. I hope to start writing them soon though. I would love to write a movie on Grace O'Malley the Pirate Queen. But I need to do some massive research first!

Get a couple notebooks, a pen, and start writing wink.gif Don't let not having a confuser stop ya, you'll lose ideas that way! lamo.gif
Get crackin' on that research smile.gif book.gif

Use the word processor that won't crash on you, doesn't require electricity, is portable, and is a lot easier to use extended characters with smile.gif

Posted by: Haldur 23-Oct-2006, 01:54 AM
I've got upwards of 30+ screenplays and just as many short stories in the works, but nothing completed as yet aside from about 5 pieces in the 2nd draft stage (or at the start of, rather). I read a lot about screenwriting in books and on the web, but the greatest thing you can do is jump right in and peck out every word your own way.

Most of the ones I've scrapped are the "not so unique" pieces but I'm quite fond of one in particular (which has actually turned into a graphic novel/comic book script) about a post-apocalyptic survivor and his travels. And there's another one that also leans more toward a graphic novel about a sheriff in an Old West town that has its share of "strange bedfellows" to deal with.

I don't know. I just do it for fun.

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 24-Oct-2006, 08:55 AM
I hope to do it for a living some day but wording is not my strongpoint. Fortunately for screenwriting you're not supposed to paint a picture like you do with novel writing. You are just supposed to tell the story, the scene "painting" if you will is supposed to be very general so that the director of the movie has more of an artisitc hand in the scenes, hope that makes sense.

Another problem is that I am not very good with dialogue. It's supposed to be a natural conversation right? hahaha! My conversations are terrible! Thank goodness for rewrites!

I'm a kid at heart I guess you could say. I have a few ideas for stories. They are your basic family friendly movies...I love fantasy..not sci-fi...I mean fantasy. Pirates, romance, dragons, kings, queens, elves, dwarfs, horses, etc. Not all in the same story of course. I also like historical fiction as well. I love movies that tell good stories. I tend to hate movies that like to shove the writer's or director's beliefs and opinions on me. I hate preachy films. Just tell me a good story, don't shove your propaganda down my throat...that's what news is for..haha!

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