I guess my thoughts on this are 'write what you feel strongly about at that time'. I've written a couple of shorts, some features (one in production) and the...
Jack, Joe et al I have also had genres in my mind recently - but for a different reason. I do attempt to 'write from the heart' - but since I can't make myself...
Alinwo67@...
Feb 1, 2002 8:23 am
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Joe: From where I'm standing it seems like the genres you're writing in are all in the same ballpark (man, do I sound American). I don't think an agent would...
Alice: A couple things. First, what are you using as a benchmark for "a fast enough pace"? What is fast enough? Unless you're a hired gun with a deadline,...
Joe, Thanks, I shall certainly look out for Stephen Berger's seminar if he comes over to the UK. Sounds both well-balanced and inspiring. The screenplay I am...
Alinwo67@...
Feb 1, 2002 5:41 pm
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Hood and trunk are fine. Also, we take the car to a "mechanic" or "garage". Hope that helps. Alinwo67@... wrote: Joe, Thanks, I shall certainly look out...
Kevin P.
rockbehemoth@...
Feb 1, 2002 5:55 pm
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Kevin, Having been in the car business for 25 years maybe I can help. Depending on the slant of your screenplay, mechanic and garage may be acceptable but...
The front can either be the hood or the front bumper, depending how far out front you're talking about. Trunk or rear bumper for the back of the car. I take my...
Even when I take my car to the dealership to get repaired, I say garage, mechanic or sometimes I'll say "my car guy" or "my mechanic." Much like you'd say, my...
I personally would recommend doing less of this and more research from actual sources. The danger being that you may end up writing dialogue that is derivative...
Thanks for all your help, folks! I'm off to get those vidoes to re-watch, too Alice ps We don't say 'folks' often - I got that from your President! [Non-text...
Alinwo67@...
Feb 1, 2002 6:26 pm
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I would highly recommend steering clear of President Bush as a source for any kind of dialogue. From: Alinwo67@... Reply-To: screentalk@yahoogroups.com ...
February 1, 2002 Some months ago a loser unemployed musician was convicted for the murder of television personality, Jill Dando. At the time there was...
Gerald Hansen
ghansen@...
Feb 1, 2002 7:53 pm
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As far as I can remember, after he was convicted, there was a possibility of an appeal. But I may be wrong. You can check in the archive articles of the Times...
Alinwo67@...
Feb 1, 2002 8:05 pm
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Thank you, Alice -- I'll check it out. Gerald...
Gerald Hansen
ghansen@...
Feb 1, 2002 8:14 pm
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Greetings fellow screentalkers.
As I am sure all of you are movie hounds, watching and deconstructing the
classics and the latest releases is part of your...
Hiya, I think you're probably right. And it's OK with baseball analogies....it and cricket are my favourite spectator sports....:-) I've had one of y thriller...
Hi Alice, Well...think about it. William Goldman never fled the superposse with Butch and Sundance, but managed to do a good job with the script of 'Butch...
I know this is about a day too late, but I found and downloaded this webpage a couple of months ago and it has been invaluable. You'll find it as an ...
All: I found a great book titled, "Screenwriting on the Internet," by Christopher Wehner. It has almost three pages of web sites that you can get bad guy...
Hal Badt
battybadt@...
Feb 2, 2002 4:42 pm
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... I agree. Don't limit yourself to what you're personally familiar with. But if you want to take on something unfamiliar, just make sure you research, ...
That is a most interesting web page. I do feel it only fair to point out that in quite a few cases the british spelling is also quite common in America. For...
Good morning (well it is morning here!) Thanks again for all the help with US-speak. A short anecdote: last July 4th, in Central London, two men walking baby ...
Alinwo67@...
Feb 3, 2002 8:31 am
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Swimsuit, swimming suit, or some description of the type of suit, eg. 'tank suit', or of the fashion type, eg. 'bikini' or 'one-piece' is usually what I hear....
I recently came across some information that I found interesting. It seems that early in the previous century there were introduced to the public "Hydrox...
Hiya, I have several SPs ready for quires to agents/prodcos. Question: Do I list loglines for each in the same query letter or do I send out a different letter...
Hiya I have an unopened copy of FINAL DRAFT V5 (worth 159.95UKP) and Syd Fields Screenwriting Workshop for sale. I'll sell my FD V5 with Syd for 60UKP that ...
