MayMay 9 Friday Fri 08
Life gets in the way!
As usual, I want to start writing and my life becomes hectic, (as well as a drain on my creativity).
The good news is this script is taking the same format as the last. I think about the story alot and then BAM, out of nowhere the script gets written in one night.
Let's hope and pray that night is soon.
MarchMar 27 Thursday Thu 08
Going back to my roots for inspiration.
On the Easter weekend I watched "Halloween Resurrection". My wife was quick to point out the irony AFTER the event. What can I say, we live in a Buddhist country. I had forgotten about Easter completely.
Anyways, we watched it with the "Director's commentary" track on.
It was really inspiring and it reminded me of my childhood. I know that sounds wierd, but my Mum always let us watch horror movies with her. I saw "Evil Dead", "Cujo", most of the "Nightmare on Elm Streets" and "Friday the 13th"'s when I was just a kid.
My Mum always made sure she said two things.
1/ It's just a movie, noone is really getting hurt.
2/ Don't tell your father I let you watch this.
I think I need to pull out some of the old favourites to reignite the inspiration. Halloween Resurrection was just great to see. It hits all the beats. Keeps you entertained right through.
Time to go back to where it all began I think.
MarchMar 22 Saturday Sat 08
Setting a goal.
I rarely write if I am not feeling inspired. That has been alot lately.
I need to change this.
I really dig the "Creative Screenwriting Magazine" interviews with Jeff Goldsmith and while I am a bit behind in listening to the interviews, they remain quite useful. I save the ones I am prticularly impressed with.
I am currently about halfway through the Diablo Cody interview. Interesting that she doesn't write if she has writer's block. Her answer was something along the lines of "I only write when I feel like it".
My first thought was that that was kinda cool. I want to be in that position. Then I started to think I can't afford that position. I have to earn the right to get to do that. So I might actually need a goal.
The otehr thing I was thinking is "I need a pseudonym".
Anyways, what kind of goal would suit me?
I heard M.Night Shymalan say in an interview once he writes 6 pages a day. Good, bad or awful, he turns out 6 pages a day, once he knows the basic idea.
There is two trains of thought here. A/ I need to make my writing career take off twice as quick as does, so I should write 12 pages a day! and B/ I don't really have the time and alot of the time lack the inspiration to write that much, so I should maybe aim for 3 pages a day.
I really don't know what I will choose yet, but I think it is definitely time for me to choose a goal.
I think I might let my attention span drift off to my pseudonym first.
MarchMar 19 Wednesday Wed 08
Testing out Flock
Flock is actually a pretty useful browser once you get the hang of it. I am still working out some bugs, like where this entry will be posted to, but all in all, it's ok in my books.
MarchMar 17 Monday Mon 08
Writing a Comedy
I am finding it difficult to write a comedy. I feel like it goes on and on with no jokes. Then at other times, I feel like the jokes are overkill.
I think the best thing I can do is write the structure of the story, then collaborate with someone on getting the right amount of "funny", put in. It's just frustrating sometimes when you aren't putting out what you want.
New Link going up
Virb is a cool site that allows music, pictures, and widescreen video as well as a blog. Cool place to network other artists.
Virb.com now on the link list.
10,000 BC
I thought I would put down some of my thoughts about the movies I see.
For 10000BC, I was quite impressed with the effects, but like alot of movies lately, it was rather underwhelming. I felt like the story was quite limited. The script struggled and the half russian accents they tried on, (to sound 'primitive'), just didn't work.
So like my thoughts on "Jumper", (which I won't bother to post here), they had a great concept, and great filmmaking, but the story and characters suffered.
MarchMar 15 Saturday Sat 08
Pownce
Would love to see some filmmakers on Pownce.
It's micro-blogging with file sharing and event stuff.
I have some cool files I would love to share, and I think it would be great as a script sharing site as well. I cannot tell you the number of times I have tried to download a script and found that it wasn't the version I wanted.
POWNCE, I have added the badge on my site, so click it. JOINEY JOIN!
MarchMar 13 Thursday Thu 08
Comedy concept
I am working on a new script. Let's call it "Throwing Scissors", as a working title.
Being a comedy, I find it difficult to be in the right mood to write. So what I have decided to do is just write the story out as completely as possible, and go back and add the jokes in the second draft.
Maybe I won't even need to add jokes. Who knows.
MarchMar 12 Wednesday Wed 08
Probably my most used site!
I heard alot of people, (including someone I would call my mentor), say that writing is the loneliest job in the world.
I think to an extent it is true that you are usually not better off showing family/friends your unfinished work, but I certainly don't think writing is a lonely job.
Triggerstreet is a peer-review site for filmmakers and writers. I highly recommend it.
JanuaryJan 29 Tuesday Tue 08
Spoof Film
Ok, ok, ok. I know you are supposed to rewrite, and tweak and shit like that, but to be brutally honest, I just don't wanna.
So here's the deal. I am gunna write a spoof. A comedy. I have the storyline roughed out in my head. I may start the outline tomorrow.
I am going to work it around a film I absolutely love. It's so horrible you can't help but love it. I will give you a clue.
Sylvester Stallone.
No it is not "Get Carter", though you are on the right track, that was a crap movie.
It is "Over the Top".
Let's see how the treatment goes.
Triggerstreet
I really do love the site www.triggerstreet.com as far as screenwriting feedback goes. The problem is though, in order to get someone to slog through your crappy first feature, you have to earn credits by reading other crappy first features, and some of them make it really difficult.
I just read part of a script, ( that I am going to delete the assignment ), that is so freaking confusing that I just couldn't go on. It was only one paragraph too!!
DecemberDec 26 Wednesday Wed 07
sydthekyd: Is there any issues with excess watermelon consumption?
sydthekyd: Is there any issues with excess watermelon consumption?
sydthekyd: Dude, finally hit 3 stars in my Big Brother audition rating. Little sis is pimping on facebook, big sis pimping with all her friends at work
sydthekyd: Dude, finally hit 3 stars in my Big Brother audition rating. Little sis is pimping on facebook, big sis pimping with all her friends at work
sydthekyd: http://tinyurl.com/232ovf Big Bro Aus website, vote for me, </shameless plug>
sydthekyd: http://tinyurl.com/232ovf Big Bro Aus website, vote for me, </shameless plug>
sydthekyd: Gilmore Girls on mah anniversary
sydthekyd: Gilmore Girls on mah anniversary
sydthekyd: 287 views on my BB2008 audition. Chances of top 50 are looking slim, but hey at least I entered! Where the heck is Maab?
sydthekyd: 287 views on my BB2008 audition. Chances of top 50 are looking slim, but hey at least I entered! Where the heck is Maab?
sydthekyd: @Maab Nah, found a Royal Brunei flight that was either 31st Dec or 4th Jan, didnt want to spend NYE in Brunei so we leave 4th Jan
sydthekyd: @Maab Nah, found a Royal Brunei flight that was either 31st Dec or 4th Jan, didnt want to spend NYE in Brunei so we leave 4th Jan
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