About weekly screenwriting on assignment? R U in?

#1

Okay so I have pitched this idea in my screenwriting course thread… and think this will be a lot of fun and also a great learning opportunity!

The thing is to post a weekly or bi-weekly assignment for everyone to write his version of. The assignment including a set length (fairy short, so you can do it in two evenings), concept or theme or topic and a few characters with some details about them. These might change in time because of the next thing.

My basic idea was to model this after the MicroGameArtChallenge in which the winner of last challenge will start the next, including starting and moderating a thread, setting a assignment and judging the final entries and giving tips on how to improve.

So the idea is starting a MicroScreenWritingChallenge (MSWC) Only thing is I want to know if there are people interested in competing, or getting more experience writing using this method.

Every finished script you write makes you better so this will boost your learning quite a bit and besides you will learn how to write on assignment, which is tougher then it looks, and
keeping a deadline (which is very important, believe me)

Other features are, one or more lists actual studios have to see if scripts are basically worthy of reading, a quick tutorial on script layout (that way you know how it should look and everybody has the same layout, which makes reading and judging easier) and hopefully always different people who will comment on your work (the work which you don’t have to be afraid of being stolen, since it is short and the assignment stated most creative stuff)

Bottomline:
With enough interest (there are three of us at the present, which is not enough for me) I will hopefully post the first assignment one week from now (second week of april).

And if you have any ideas on how to make this better or better fit for screenwriting reply… then we will debate those ideas and probably try them out.

#2

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and

Chrchaves, an other member already interested in joining this already mentioned he wanted more time. Suggesting making it a biweekly event.

What are your ideas?

#3

well in my opinion, i find the one week deadline to be an integral part of the challenge as i am sure in the field, we dont really get to choose our deadlines. besides, considering the short length of the script, one week sounds rather reasonable.

i agree that some of us have other commitments, but i also agree that it aint hard to sit down for probably two evenings out of the entire week to brainstorm and come up with a quick short script. i find the smaller time frame to be a challenge too and as this whole lesson is to improve all aspects of our writing…why not try to improve our ability to meet required deadlines as well? one week is plenty of time in my opinion. but if the majority agrees with two weeks, im up for it as well.

#4

Hello People!

Hello Kadetkebab, thanks for joining in on the fun hope you had a good time while gone!

I completely forgot posting two of the concepts I had for the first challenge like I promised yesterday… spend a few hours modelling the music pavilion in bergen, norway, to try out some new techniques concerning building workflow. And completely forgot the time… But here I am and here are some concepts, two from me, two from AllWritey.
Please tell me what you think.

We tried for not too special situations with only limited room for freedom in storyline. To focus on writing dialogue and a logic conversation.

Concept 1:

Mr Remkin (late 40’s) has been a missing person for 96 hour after going out for a packet of sigarettes. Now he is back and gets interviewed by Jules (early 30’s) who is a journalist working for “Unexplained magazine”. Mr Remkin loves the attention he gets from Jules and tries to live up to Jules his feeling and love for mystery. However, Mr Remkin has had a very brief affair in those 96 hours so nothing “unexplained” really happened. In this scene Jules finds that out, even though he doesn’t really want to.

Concept 2:

The elevator always stops at the 17’th floor, Charles an enthusiastic writer who never got his break but makes a small living selling books, lives at the 19’th floor and feels lucky tonight. He sets aside all fantasies he had about why this happens and leaves the elevator at the 17’th to find out why this keeps happening. He does find out.

Concept 3:

The main character, you. Is at the local supermarket… doing some last minute shopping. however the stuff you need apears not to be in the correct place. You ask an attendee who doesn’t know anything (like it always appears) and fetches the manager. It is your archenemy! (come on everybody has one, please change names for your safety) It turns out this is a personal attack on you. How does it end?

Concept 4:

Anna is a genius, not fully grown but everybody knows she will be recognized for it later. She is smart and can see all angles of the subject almost immediately. However before that happens she needs to pass this course given by professor Din Yon. Who is a rather slow guy who likes to listen to himself and doesn’t like to see things changed. Anna wants to end this year with all A’s and for her latest test, needs to turn a A- into an A or higher. She knows she was right with her answers… she just has to convince the professor.

Okay so that is what we thought up for this first rendition of the Challenge. Mind you the second one will probably be a little more fleshed out if we choose that one. I think it is still too open… however that might be fun as well. Feel free to make any comments or post an idea yourself. This is about learning while having fun so it’s important you like the challenge assignment.

This is too long a post alreay so I’m going to work now. Hear from you later!

#5

Porting the discussion from the storywriting thread to this one

AllWritey said:

I am just think out loud here!

It would be difficult for me to write a script every week & look at all the others. But i think a 2 week stint would work out better.

How about we have the mirco screen writing contest over two weeks.
ONE WEEK to write the short script.
One WEEK to look at the other people’s scripts.

This would work for me what about everyone else?

Kev __________________
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Followed up by:

5 pages of script Here are the first 5 pages of my animation script. This is to show you how long it is. Not sure if this forum will mess the format up but here goes:
Kev.

[left]FADE IN:
[/left]
[left]INT. LIVING ROOM – EVENING
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[left]The humongous Christmas tree center of the warm cozy room
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[left]laden with Christmas decorations. Podgy Grandfather sat
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[left]attentively reads a newspaper.
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[left]Brad 10 robust and Kim 9 petite with freckles crash into the
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[left]room squabble over a doll.
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[left]KIM
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[left]Get off my doll Brad.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]I’m going to put it on top of the
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[left]Christmas tree. You’d like that
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[left]wouldn’t you?
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[left]Brad smirks as Kim screams her reply.
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[left]KIM
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[left]I WANT MY DOLL BACK.
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[left]Brad tugs the doll free and dances round the Christmas tree,
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[left]holds it aloft in victory.
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[left]KIM (CONT’D)
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[left]BRAD!
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[left]The newspaper rustles. The top of the paper drops.
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[left]Grandfather glances over at the kids.
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[left]GRANDFATHER
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[left]Knock it off, will ya.
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[left]Brad give it back to your sister.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]Nope! This is going to be the
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[left]Christmas angel.
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[left]Teary Kim shakes Grandfather’s hand. Brad hops, exerts
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[left]himself to reach the top of the tree.
[/left]
[left]KIM
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[left]I don’t want Queenie to be the
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[left]Christmas angel Grandpa.
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[left]GRANDPA
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[left]Brad! Give it back NOW!
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[left]Sullen Brad tosses the doll under the Christmas tree. Kim
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[left]rushes to scoop up the doll. Irked Brad arms folded drops
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[left]on to the sofa.
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[left]2.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]I hope I get the Wii with loads of
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[left]games for Christmas. All my friends
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[left]have it.
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[left]KIM
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[left]I want the new Barbie.
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[left]Kim doe eyed stares at Grandfather. He beckons her to sit
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[left]on his lap. She beams lighting up her whole face.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]Last year all my toys that were made
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[left]in China, broke. They were useless,
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[left]didn’t last. We never get what we
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[left]really want for Christmas.
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[left]Brad contorts his face into an ugly one at Kim. She
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[left]retaliates by sticking her tongue out.
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[left]GRANDPA
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[left]You should be thankful that you can
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[left]celebrate Christmas at all. It was
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[left]nearly destroyed.
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[left]Quizzically Brad looks at Grandfather.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]What do you mean Grandpa. How can
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[left]Christmas be destroyed?
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[left]GRANDPA
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[left]Well a number of years ago a bad
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[left]Santa was created.
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[left]KIM
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[left]A Bad Santa! How bad Grandpa?
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[left]GRANDPA
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[left]Bad! Veeeeeery bad.
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[left]Kim wide eyed. Brad disinterested.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]C’mon Grandpa is this another of
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[left]your tall stories.
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[left]GRANDPA
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[left]Yes it is a story but this one is
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[left]true. Instead of reindeers he had
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[left]wolves with blood red fangs to pull
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[left]his sleigh.
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[left]Brad straightens up and with rapt attention listens.
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[left]BRAD
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[left]Really!
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[left]3.
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[left]GRANDPA
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[left]I thought that would grab your
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[left]attention. It began one Christmas
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[left]Eve in a country far away.
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[left]EXT. CASTLE IN A FOREST. – NIGHT
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[left]Superimpose: Christmas Eve
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[left]The wind howls through the trees. Like a bombardment of
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[left]stones rain beats down. Sporadic lightning illuminates the
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[left]other wise black night. Thunder claps boom. A mountain
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[left]looms in the background.
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[left]High on the mountain a dark gloomy castle is silhouetted.
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[left]Light flickers from one window at the top of the tower.
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[left]INT. LABORATORY INSIDE THE CASTLE. – MOMENTS LATER
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[left]A crazed man with gray white hair, white lab coat frantically
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[left]zips around the lab. In the center of the lab is a metal
[/left]
[left]operating table. Hooked up to the table a mass of wires and
[/left]
[left]two electrical conductors. The wires go up to the ceiling.
[/left]
[left]Laying on the table is a huge lifeless body covered with a
[/left]
[left]sheet. Massive stonking black boots jut out from under the
[/left]
[left]sheet. The Dr. Franken checks the settings on the machines,
[/left]
[left]smiles a quirky smile.
[/left]
[left]Dr. Franken speaks with an Eastern European accent.
[/left]
[left]DR. FRANKEN
[/left]
[left]Igor! Igor where are you? It is
[/left]
[left]nearly time.
[/left]
[left]The only reply is the thunder. Dr Franken stomps to the
[/left]
[left]door in a huff and hollers into the dark.
[/left]
[left]DR. FRANKEN (CONT’D)
[/left]
[left]IGOR! IGOR! I NEED YOU NOW. IT IS
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[left]TIME.
[/left]
[left]After a few moments the door creaks open and in scurries
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[left]Igor a short ugly deformed humped back, groveling.
[/left]
[left]IGOR
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[left]Yes Master. Sorry master. I came
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[left]as quick as I could.
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[left]DR. FRANKEN
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[left]The time window is small so we have
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[left]to be ready. Go over to the lever.
[/left]
[left]Igor limps to the lever on the wall. Dr. Franken makes sure
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[left]the wires are fastened securely, checks his watch.
[/left]
[left]4.
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[left]DR. FRANKEN (CONT’D)
[/left]
[left]Wait.
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left
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[left]Wait.
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left
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[left]NOW! Throw the lever.
[/left]
[left]Igor grabs the lever and pulls it down.
[/left]
[left]EXT. THE CASTLE ROOF – CONTINUOUS
[/left]
[left]A trap door slides open. Slowly an electrical conductor
[/left]
[left]rises in the rain. The lightning strikes the conductor.
[/left]
[left]INT. LABORATORY INSIDE THE CASTLE. – MOMENTS LATER
[/left]
[left]An eerie blue electrical pulse rides up and down the body on
[/left]
[left]the table and the conductors. The charge crackles and fades.
[/left]
[left]Dr. Franken eagerly looks on. The body is still lifeless.
[/left]
[left]Dr.Franken snorts spins to face Igor. He begins to close in
[/left]
[left]on Igor.
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[left]DR. FRANKEN
[/left]
[left]IGOR! What did you do wrong?
[/left]
[left]Fear creeps onto Igor’s face. Another electrical pulse
[/left]
[left]envelopes the body. A twich. The sheet moves slightly.
[/left]
[left]IGOR
[/left]
[left]Look Master. Look!
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[left]Stopping dead in his tracks Dr. Franken turns his head to
[/left]
[left]see more movement from under the sheet. Creaks, groans
[/left]
[left]emanate from under the sheet. The body sits up.
[/left]
[left]DR. FRANKEN
[/left]
[left]Switch off the machine Igor.
[/left]
[left]Igor pushes the switch off. Dr. Franken agape in wonderment.
[/left]
[left]The sheet flaps then falls. A hulking ashen skinned, dull
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[left]empty eyes, white bearded creature gazes round the lab. It
[/left]
[left]is dressed in a black Santa suit with white fur at the cuffs.
[/left]
[left]DR. FRANKEN (CONT’D)
[/left]
[left]My son. My Son.
[/left]
[left]Dr.Franken claps with glee. With hollow eyes the creature
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[left]just stares him down.
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[left]BG - Window. The rain is replaced by a snow storm
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[left]INT. CASTLE ROOM
[/left]
[left]A fire dances and crackles in the fireplace. Precariously
[/left]
[left]the creature sits on soft chair that is dwarfed by his
[/left]
humongous frame. Dr Franken prances about the room.

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And finishing with:

Hey Matsman
Matsman

For the MSWC it would be best to put the entries in a new thread! BUT of course i am preaching to the choir. You knew that.
SOZ! getting a head of myself!

Catch ya later.

Kev
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#6

And then there came the reaction by kadetkebab:

better 2 weeks
actually, sitting down and reading that im kinda surprised that it took a bit of time to go over…

and considering that we might have four or five more of those to review (possibly more if more people decide to join later)maybe it might be a good idea to give ourselves that two week time frame.

#7

i like all the concepts…

i find the second one to be the most intriguing as im still trying to think about why he would be stopping on the 17th floor each time…hehe! kinda a mind buster…i’m up for the second concept…

#8

Do we have to choose which one we like. I didn’t realise!

I too will go for the 2nd one for the same reasons. What lurks on the 17th floor! eiree music plays in the background!

Tune in to find out.

Kev

#9

I think that when we do the MSWC that when you post your work that you put spaces between the action and the speaking before you submit the post, for easier reading. Sorry i didn’t do that with my sample.
I am off to bed now and will do it tomorrow!!

Good night all.
Kev

#10

Thanks Kadetkebab!

Noted your vote :slight_smile: the problem is that with that kind of thing it is verrrry hard to keep to the small size we wanted to begin with for writing and reading. I know that idea made my creativity jump too when I read it (all hail Allwritey for that) but I know I could probably make a movie script about it (Darkwater has something like that, great japanese horror if you haven’t seen it)
So that is why I am a bit taken aback to actually setting that as the first assignment. But I want to hear others too.

About the timeframe. AllWritey suggested starting in two weeks instead of one (thrid week in april)… I am game for that… the better we are prepared right?

And I modeled this Idea after the MGAC I am sure I made that clear. And actually the one week deadline, one week judging and thinking up a new assignment does happen there as well, only not as a set rule.
So I think it for the best to include that since you don’t want to wait endlessly before the judge has declared a winner, which might happen if (again like the MGAC) there are no rules for that (at least to my knowledge).

So to set some basic rules about the final entry:

You have to hold to everything said in the assignment, if not clear ask
Your script may not contain more pages then stated in the assignment
You have until the stated deadline
you are allowed more entries
you are allowed and even motivated to post basic layouts, outlines, wips and character info… since we help eachother by doing so.

And some rules for the judge/winner/moderator:

you have to include the basic screenwriting information and layout links (to be specified later)
you have to keep in mind that most people don’t want to spend more time on your
assignment then mostly three evenings, since everybody has a life
assigned pagecounts should be under 12? (that a good number?)
You have to state more then 1 subject that has to be included, taxi is wrong monkeys with money is good. ( I think that should make it more interesting)
You have to pick a winner within one week from the deadline.
You have to give reasons for choosing that winner, think about what you read folks
One of your judging points is to check for improvement. This will make sure that everyone has an equal chance and people will post before their final entry.

Okay so go crazy about this! think of some things that could be missed, or should be added.

Every MGAC has its own thread for example, should we consider that or just keep everything in one thread? both have its advantages. (like finding the latest assignment, first post versus somewhere on page 12)

Lets hear it! and thanks for your enthusiasm!

#11

AllWritey said:

Do we have to choose which one we like. I didn’t realise!

Actually… no, the winner of the last challenge gets to think up the new assignment, but since there is no winner yet…

And because it generates interest…

And because it strengthens the feeling of involvement…

I thought: why the Heck not. I should not be the one to choose, so why not make it a discussion.

Everything is discussable, even the format of the assignment. Is this enough info to write or do you want to know more about the character? or about the place? Do you want more or less freedom… less freedom means that you have to be more creative, more freedom makes it harder to judge… it all depends.

And since we get to make the rules. Why not open all the workings up and show what lies at the base, so everybody know how and why and why it is good and why not.

For my ranting I have the storywriting thread (well mostly). This is your world to create.
Make, bake and eat! :stuck_out_tongue:

(don’t know why I just typed that… sounded good)

Cheers! And everyone start flying! Your thoughts count!

#12

i agree matsman…it is so easy to expand on any idea esp one such as the second concept. but i like that. it’s quite a discipline to try to aim for a script that is relatively short. that in itself could be a challenge

i know in the past when i had the option to come up with a story for an animation, i would always go all out and make this long, drawn out story that in reality when animated, would take me months to complete…(which would be impossible in the time frame i was given)

i like the challenge of working with an idea that has the potential to be made into a full movie script. but i like even better the idea that we have a criteria to go by. so it will challenge us to keep it short yet very effective. i mean from what you mentioned about scripts so far, most production companies prefer you to keep it short and to the point, but also something original and marketable…

as for the criteria you mentioned earlier, i dont think i have anything else to add. i dont really so much care for the option of having more than one entries. i mean, the purpose of a good script is to get your best ideas intergrated with each other. so whatever we post, should be our finalized version (making a good script in my opinion is working out that self equation of what ideas work best for a story. i mean, ppl always have great ideas but some have to be sacrificed to make the story flow better).

so ONE script with all or some of your best ideas. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

#13

oops, i forgot…in regards to fleshing out the details of the character, places, etc. i think it would be best to stick to the ambigious concept that you gave us…

making a good script is all about making good characters and setting the right atmosphere, whether that be mood or small yet vivid discriptions of environment. i would leave that up to us when we finally get down to making our final script. i know it can lead to the wide open expansion of ideas and details but as i mentioned in my last post, that could be a challenge too.

i think that one simple paragraph concepts you gave us is more than enough to get our creative juices flowing…

#14

Wooow! So many entries I´ve missed! :eek:

Basically i´m writing this one to recieve from now on new mails from this post ;), and can´t tell (with reading all the entries at once ) if I agree in one subject or the other, but, I do have one suggestion: personally, while reading Allwritey´s script I realized that it´s a LOOOOOOOT more difficult for me (probably because of my lack of vision, but I don´t know) to read scripts written as an entry at the post, so I would like 2 know if there´s a possibility of making them instead attachments(?) (a .zip file maybe?) I´ve thought about it, also, because the scripts could downloaded and read at a computer w/o internet if that could be necessary for someone

btw, concept #2 seems interesting 4 me as well as #3

#15

Actually I thought about that… setting the final pieces as attachments…

Doing that has one thing that needs to be taken into consideration: only members can see attachments. So it is a relatively good protection from outside viewers, if you are concerned about that. On the other hand… only members can see attachments, so that means less interest from outside, you can’t tell your friends to check out your new script and any potential employers (don’t know if that is a big issue here, but stranger things have happened) will have to be members to see your work.

I think to me I rather have a pdf or txt file to read then a forum post, but I copy paste the text into a continues document anyway if it is a long read.

So it doesn’t matter that much. BTW I haven’t decided yet what I think best in terms of assignment. Indeed it is a good exercise to take something big and limit yourself, but on the other hand it is also a good exercise to write something that doesn’t leave a lot of room for interpretation. To me, as you said earlier, kadetkebab, my own ideas tend to be very large so I practice limiting myself almost on a weekly basis.
While actually putting the work in to make something ordinary special enough for a script and turning it into a story is something I don’t do that often.

As a quick last minute brainwave. It might be cool to do an assignment concerning writing a script for a commercial or trailer. Just for the record if anyone needs some ideas in a month time when we know who won. :slight_smile:

#16

i agree that attachments are better…not for the purpose of keeping our work from outsiders but it is much more convenient to have the option of downloading or printing off the scripts as maybe some of us wont have time to sit so long in front of the computer

i actually dont mind ppl being able to look at the work as well. it might intice others to join in the challenge and some to possibly put in their input as well. im sure we all might have our own personal work that we wouldn’t really want to expose to the public but this is different. these are only challenges.

hey maysman did u mention earlier that the scripts should be about 12 pages long? or was it like 5 or 6 like the sample Kev gave us?

#17

Well actually I was thinking up rules that will go a decade if need be… so I want to hold the option open if someone wants to post an assignment that is a bit bigger.

This first assignment is going to be about the size AllWritey posted up and then we see what happens. Basicly those rules are there to make it easier for the winner/moderator/judge to think up a new assignment and still make it doable. But all specifications you have to follow during an assignment will be for that assignment alone and are included with said assignment.

These rules I posted are included, so that everyone has fun and knows what he/she should expect when competing/winning and judging…

So these are the rules of the game… with every round having rules within the game rules.

For instance you could also set an assignment stating that we write about a glass jar, two marbles and a boy with his dog, first word the dog should say is: “besides” and in the end all these ingredients have to be explained.
Which is a perfectly good assignment and introduces more rules. Even deadlines could be extended for instance during the summer, however if you don’t include a maximum value, time is going to be an issue, people might not be sure what kind of length they should choose… not everyone works fast (its kinda double with the 3 nights a week rule, but that one is harder)

So that is why I posted a 12 pages max for this happening. I think that should be about doable if one includes two weekends and would be therefore the maximum amount one should be asking? What do you think? to short? to long? 12 was kinda a feeling for me.

#18

why not set it between 5 and 12 pages then. no less than five and no more than 12. i know i can get carried away when it comes to writing but i dont know about others. not wanting to make it seem like i dont have a life, but i LOVE writing and for me i have all the time in the world to focus on writing( well evenings after work and weekends)

i know others might have other commitments so let them have the option to choose how much they want to write.

and about rules, yeah you could come up with a lot but for the rules you provided so far, that should be enough for now. we will learn to set new rules as different challenges come along.

so please, im dying to get started…let’s start writing!

#19

Well… AllWritey wants to join too and he doesn’t have time until one week from now. But I do have some more information. Considering this Challenge Idea.

First the MGAC starts in a new thread created by the winner/judge/moderator for that assignment. I vote we keep that setup… that way it will be easy to go back to previous assignments and very easy to find the new one. Rule is that the one who makes the thread puts a link, to the new assignment, into the one he won. That way everyone that gets emails will get the link and can check everything out.

Then AllWritey has done some asking around and we are allowed to use the format rules from another screenwriting competition on the net namely Script Frenzy, where the assignment states you have to write a 100 pages script, as long as we make sure where the rules come from.

So this are our new formatting for script rules : http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/howtoformatascreenplay

with thanks to Script Frenzy

And then a last point about length I think it would be nice to do ultra short things like only 1 scene assignments… then you could write two different versions each only 1 page or maybe even shorter. I know from a fact that very short could be also very much fun since it is so non demanding and you have to do something very creative.

please think this over/check this out… and if chrchaves is up for it I am game for a small starting assignment for coming week (in that case sorry kev :sad: )

Greetings to all from planet Matsman :grin:

#20

Ok maybe i am a little tired but Matsman I can’t make sense of most of this post.
I will re-read it tomorrow with a fresh mind. :shrug:

2nd point. I NEVER said that i couldn’t do this until 2 weeks later. I said that each assignment should be over a 2 week period. So that every assignment lasts for 2 weeks NOT to start in 2 weeks. I think you missed my point on that. 1 Week to write and 1 week to read.

I am ready to start when everyone else is good to go.

So where are we with the page count. 1 page or 5 or 12 or 5 - 12?
I too like the 5 - 12 page set up personally!

My Q’s:
When do we begin?
What is the page count?
What is the topic?

Kev