Script Frenzy Preparation
We are now only one week away from Script Frenzy. Every year in April, people from around the world attempt to compose 100 pages of script in just 30 days. In its inception, Script Frenzy was located in June and the goal was 20,000 words of script. Last year they moved it to April and converted it into the format that it currently holds.
I've participated in Script Frenzy twice before. My first script was a horror script, which drew some inspiration from a student film I had participated in when I was at Carleton University. The student film was entitled "Weekend After Thanksgiving." In the film, the neighbour had recently died under mysterious circumstances that were rumoured to have been caused by black magic. A group of students are spending their last few nights in their apartment and packing up. One student is interested in the occult, investigates, and goes mad. The student film was horribly written and poorly executed (but a lot of fun to make). I decided I would borrow a part of that premise and rewrite it, for fun, how I would like it to turn out. It was a good exercise and my movie script veered a long way from the student film that had inspired it. Unfortunately, I was unable to make the deadline.
Last year my attempt was in a different genre. I attempted to write a cyberpunk film, a la Shadowrun. I fell into the problem of too much description and too little speech. Although the ideas and story are strong, it did not turn out to be a good script, and I was unable to make the final deadline. I plan to rewrite my script at some point, but as a novel instead. It should work out quite well that way.
This year I dug through my file of old writings and scraps. I did not have any idea what I wanted to write. I came across a scrap that I had scribbled down in 2003. Think Pygmalion meets Saw. The logline: A dark priestess of torture and mercy corrupts an upstanding nobleman to the depths of depravity, while being snared by his charms. This will be fun to write. A touch of Dark Fantasy and Romance all in one. After Script Frenzy I hope to expand it and turn it into a proper novel.
Script Frenzy still doesn't have much of a following in the Sudbury area unfortunately. Only a handful of people have signed up so far. The event is very helpful for people struggling with dialogue, so I hope more budding authors decide to give it a go.
I've participated in Script Frenzy twice before. My first script was a horror script, which drew some inspiration from a student film I had participated in when I was at Carleton University. The student film was entitled "Weekend After Thanksgiving." In the film, the neighbour had recently died under mysterious circumstances that were rumoured to have been caused by black magic. A group of students are spending their last few nights in their apartment and packing up. One student is interested in the occult, investigates, and goes mad. The student film was horribly written and poorly executed (but a lot of fun to make). I decided I would borrow a part of that premise and rewrite it, for fun, how I would like it to turn out. It was a good exercise and my movie script veered a long way from the student film that had inspired it. Unfortunately, I was unable to make the deadline.
Last year my attempt was in a different genre. I attempted to write a cyberpunk film, a la Shadowrun. I fell into the problem of too much description and too little speech. Although the ideas and story are strong, it did not turn out to be a good script, and I was unable to make the final deadline. I plan to rewrite my script at some point, but as a novel instead. It should work out quite well that way.
This year I dug through my file of old writings and scraps. I did not have any idea what I wanted to write. I came across a scrap that I had scribbled down in 2003. Think Pygmalion meets Saw. The logline: A dark priestess of torture and mercy corrupts an upstanding nobleman to the depths of depravity, while being snared by his charms. This will be fun to write. A touch of Dark Fantasy and Romance all in one. After Script Frenzy I hope to expand it and turn it into a proper novel.
Script Frenzy still doesn't have much of a following in the Sudbury area unfortunately. Only a handful of people have signed up so far. The event is very helpful for people struggling with dialogue, so I hope more budding authors decide to give it a go.
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