The good news: The script is done. The accursed, untenable, unsalable, hackneyed, nagging time travel screenplay has finally been completed. The entire plot outline was covered, the crises averted, the ending tied up in a neat bow. I’m done with the first draft. Done!
The bad news: It’s less than 16,000 words, around 85 pages. That’s [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wow. I just made it through one of those sections of the plot outline that was a single line, and even that line was hand-waving. (Seriously, it read “Block 5: montage of LURVE.”) It’s the part of most movies that doesn’t work at all if the actors don’t have chemistry and the director doesn’t have [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
I can’t embed the video - maybe Chris can - but here’s a link to the Fox17 newscast about the whole Jeopardy! thing.
Posted by Deana in Fun, News/Media, Plain foolishness, Television, Would you like to play a game?, You have got to be kidding on June 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
Now, here’s something you don’t see everyday: Flushed Bra Causes Sewer Collapse. This was just so rich I had to quote the article here:
The bra was recovered from the sewer by engineers
A bra and a pair of knickers have been blamed for a flood and road collapse in County Durham.
Northumbrian [...]
Posted by Deb in Crime, Humor, Kitchen Sink, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, You have got to be kidding on June 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Work on the Accursed Screenplay has been slow, but I’m plodding away. (”Plodding” isn’t exacly the word one wants associated with a film script, but whatever.) I’m actually kind of proud of the progress I’ve made so far. Dialogue isn’t my strongest suit, but I’ve been able to discover new things about my characters just [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Guess who’s going to be on Jeopardy! this week?
No, not me. I’d choke up like a vegan at a hot-dog eating contest. The Global Spin community is much better represented by Deana, if this 10-second teaser video is any indication.
Deana appears this Friday, June 22nd. Check your local listings, etc, and watch with us. (Seriously, [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Television on June 18th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Slate.com often features interesting historical “slide shows” that both entertain and educate. I really enjoyed today’s about What the First Moviegoers Saw”, especially the hand-tinted “Serpentine Dance”.
Posted by Deana in Culture, Film, History, Technology on June 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
Yes, it’s that’s time of year again, Flag Day (aka Karen’s little section of the solar system). We are once again in that little section of earth’s orbit where Karen was born. And to celebrate, I found This page, all about women who are always “Karen.” It’s sort of lame, but oddly appropriate…
Posted by Deana in Holiday! Celebrate! on June 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So ScriptFrenzy got off to a rocky start. We spent the first few days of June getting prepared for a trip, and another week or so on the trip itself. (With no laptop. And a three-year-old boy. ‘Nuff said.) As a result, the grand total after we got back was still 346 words.
Ah, but that’s [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
We wrote our first few words for Script Frenzy this evening. Yes, it has begun again with the oh-so-simple-sounding EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT.
Who knows where it will lead, though? Will our hero find a way to save his girl from certain doom? Will our heroine find a way to let this blockhead know that he’s [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, NaNoWriMo, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
