INT. OFFICE CUBICLE - DAY
With the invention of the blog comes the concept of 'screen' writing to the power of 9 because what is blogging but writing on a computer screen. One person decides to change his name to WRITER, first name SCREEN and makes an impact in the industry when his agent succeeds in finding him work.
SCREEN WRITER
Is the search really over?
EDITOR
What writers don't see are
the spider bots which scan
and read entries weeding out
the bad stories from the good
A thought bubble appears above SCREEN displaying his surprise over being duped by his very own writing machine in his endeavor to break into the movie industry.
SCREEN WRITER
No wonder bloggers constantly see
their stories being used in films
and TV series which they were
never hired to write for.
All the creative blog writers in the office perk up, their ears focused on the conversation.
BLOGGER
Nothing beats the convenience of
being able to type directly onto
the computer and have entries
displayon the screen in colorful,
fancy fonts which can attract
readers from all walks of life.
Nobody considers the bots that hackers use to scour the web for unsuspecting writers leaving their intellectual property gullible to the vast amount of readers who have no morals over plagiarism. And so the spider bots rear their ugly head in the form a repressed subconscious suggestion.
BOTS
Just as soon as we perfect OCR
technology, we will rule the world.
CPU
Especially now that peeps like
Harvey Weinstein are being put
behind bars.
For a little piece of mind, what I do is I like to think, by updating my blog this way, I've stumped the spider bots from identifying the text in my prose. It would take OCR technology to decipher words from an image file.
WRITER
Oy, what about all the special
paranthetical abbreviations yo?
And this is something I have not seen much improvement in as I wait for news in development circles where new mobile phones will have the ability to scan a form and convert it into ascii text, or recognize my chicken scratch writing and convert my handwriting into text.
<-- Using <tt> tags at the start of your composition calls up the fixed width font so your text prints the way movie producers and movie directors know and love.
Screenwriting is all about community. The misleading google results that pop up when beginning screenwriters search online for tips and guidance is how-to instructions for everything under the sun, from pitching loglines to joining competitions, but never seems to encourage hands-on practice and sharing with fellow strugglers in an environment that protects and supports intellectual property
Perhaps the billions of blog accounts don't format their blog entries in movie/TV script format because coding indentions and abbreviations in css/html is so darn hard. I scan my scenes into my blog in jpeg format. Gif and png formats work just as well for stumping bots from reading your entries. But formatting movie script entries has never been easier at the tmtwngm community. I still prefer scanning my entries, and as long as the resolution is high enough for human readers to see without squinting, and 800 pixel width is what I set my scanner to scan my manuscripts.
<-- Using <center> tags for CHARACTER names indents and capitalizes automatically.<blockquote> tags formats DIALOG with the one inch abbreviation needed to distinguish it from ACTION/DESCRIPTION text. I usually code my dialog this way
<BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER>Character name goes here</CENTER> Dialog text goes here. </BLOCKQUOTE>
I don't mean harm by plugging my comm and I will happily remove my post if I've broken any rules. I hope to see you soon at tmtwngm!
— Bierde Stone
<-- Don't forget to close your </tt> tags as xml can be tricky that way.
I know, I know. This community hasn't been updated in years, but I've been looking for a way to gather like-minded scene writers in a different way. For starters, entries to the community would be required to be in the following format:
Why so stringent, you ask? Simply because I feel that grassroots screenwriting is crucial. I was not around to partake in this scenebyscene contest when it was active, but there is something about it that I know would have addictive undertones amidst the various how-to screenwriting sites around today.
Since I am not the owner/moderator of scenebyscene, and most of the ljers linked to the success of it are either inactive or moved-on, there isn't much I can do to revive it (or start a new one). I realize how difficult running a community can be and it isn't something I can do alone. I'm going to post my own scenes, toward my own full length feature film, here in the hopes that somebody in this community sees the potential of having a revival of scenebyscene. Let me know where you stand in all this. You can take a look at what I've tried to do independently with my own attempt at tmtwngm.
I hope to see your support by signing up to tmtwngm and posting your scene entries there without prompts or motivational contest offerings, until the time that some semblance of organization will spark an objective for members. I hope to achieve two things, neither of which involve the self interest of finally finishing my own screenplay, and they are:
i. establishing a feel for the production of hard copy scenes to be scanned and uploaded, and
ii. the protection of creative property ownership for individual ljers who contribute to this new scenebyscene idea.
Casting for Zombie/ Friends themed Web Series Posted: May 10, 2010, 12:24 PM
Reply: delilah@disposable.com My Zombie is a new Web series based on, well Zombies.
Synopsis: "Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl. Girl meets zombie, girl falls in love with Zombie."
This is an UNPAID [ as of now until more funding comes in] gig.
It is possible to audition and still be hired on as crew.
1] Casting will be for various roles. Prepare a SHORT 2- 3 min monologue. Possible cold readings from script.
2] You must set up an audition time, which means if you just show up YOU WILL NOT BE SEEN.
3] Headshot and ACTING Resume must be provided. [ Ok if no prior acting exp.]
4] If makeup artist, bring portfolio.
To set up audition time, EMAIL:
delilah@disposable.com
SUBJECT LINE: "My Zombie Auditions"
Characters:
[F]Ginny:[Cast] Best friend to Audrea. Hopelessly in love with Trevor, a little crazy, delusional, nursing student who decided to become an artist.
[F]Audrea:Best Friend to Ginny. Very blunt but loving. May come off bitchy but means well. Constantly saves the day.
[F]Allie: Teen receptionist at Mr. Desructo's Dental office. Loves her cell phone more than any other human being. Is bored by everything. Valley girl.
[M]Mr Desructo:[Cast] Once upon a time was Ginny's Dentist, now after zombie outbreak adopts his new persona as a survivalist hero of sorts. Delusional.
[M]Jeff:Best friend to Jake. Hopelessly in love with Ginny. Since he cannot have her, he became a womanizer to fill the void in his life. Cocky, rude, outspoken.
[M]Jake:Brother to Ginny, best friend to Jeff, hopelessly in love with Audrea. Middleman, mediator, avoids conflict, indecisive.
[M]Trevor: Beefcake Barista guy Ginny is in love with. Unfortunately becomes a zombie. Salary/Wage: Unpaid Status: Part-time Shift: Days, Nights and Weekends
I was just wondering if any of you could give me a little advice on my script. how to maybe make the lead guy have more motivation and why we should care about him. Also just ideas that would maybe make this better. We basically have to write a set up for a full length movie. I feel I ended it at a very tense moment, It's not the end of the movie obviously. The question is should I maybe write more or is ending it like that leave people wanting more? thanks so much in advance
I've been trying to get in contact with the mod, kithlyara, but she hasn't gotten back to me about getting this thing started again.
I was wondering how many people would be interesting in continuing? Do any adjustments need to be made? Comments? Concerns? Questions? Ask them here.
Also... is everyone aware that ScriptFrenzy has started. (just started. April 1st) http://www.scriptfrenzy.org It's like NaNoWriMo, but with a script and in April.
100 script pages by the end of April. Exciting.
Might be fun for people here to try. There is also a lj comm dedicated exclusivly to scriptfrenzy 09. scriptfrenzy09
Okay folks, This looked like one of the most updated sites, and it would be good to talk to people with similar interests. And my question is: Do people register their Treatments? How do you discuss your ideas with fear of theft?
I'm going to present a premise and a few main characters here. Then you as readers will add the scene descriptions as replies.
THE RULES ( Collapse ) If it turns out I need to add more rules I will.
WORKING TITLE: DASHBOARD GENRE: Science-Fiction/Thriller/Voyeurism STORY PREMISE: A woman's new car records part of her life in more intimate detail than anyone expects...but it also may turn out to save her life. MAIN CHARACTERS: KRISTI, a young mother who has just won a new car in a sweepstakes, JAIMIE, her preschool-age daughter. THE CAR is a high-tech top-of-the-line sports sedan, with all the latest features. An advanced computer, the Vehicle Management System (VMS), ties in all the usual automotive electronics with a bank of video cameras that look all around the car, a GPS that perpetually determines the car's position, and a mobile phone system that can be either turned on by the driver with a pushbutton or voice-activated by anybody in the car. The phone's microphones have filters so when the stereo system is playing the music/broadcast is toned down so anything said in the car can be heard clearly. Everything from the time the ignition key is put in the steering console lock till it is pulled out is sensed and recorded by the VMS and placed in a databank chip near the car's fusebox. The instrumentation data (speed, fuel, temperature, tire pressure, and so on) are also duplicated and recorded by the VMS. In short, the VMS witnesses all that happens in or around this car, and can provide this information to those who know how to access it.
