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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Generic Skinhead:
Out of interest then...who do you ask to evaluate your scripts and ideas? My friends are kinda biased and like all my stuff, which is nice, but does'nt help me unduly...My lecturers are quite honest though which is nice...so who do you guys ask?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That is the point! we are a community of filmmakers, and as such, should convey and exchange ideas to further each others knoweledge of the craft. The price of registering a script to protect the author is relativley inexpensive. In the U.S. one can copyright using the "poormans" copyright, as stated, simply mail yourself the manuscript, screenplay, etc. registered and you have a copy that is protected. One (the author) can actually benefit greatly if his or her script does get plagiarized. By simply filing suit......The sum a production company would settle out of court for, would in most instances be worth more than any script that could be produced by a lot of the people whose threads I have read on this forum. I am sure that that last statement will get me an earful, but just remember, we are all reading and/or writing to gain an insight each ones individual style and expertise........Keep it flowing!
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Maybe i'll just post a small bit and if someones pathetic enough to rip off 1 scene then so be it, eh?
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Good morning. I used to post here a while ago, but let me just re-introduce myself. My name is not the real slim shady and i wanna make a film soon.
I bought a camera year and a half ago (panasonic nv ds 33, anybody know if its good?) but I haven't even managed a short yet. Cause I am scared it might turn out shit which is really fucking stupid, but there you go.
I have the same problem with writing though, or more to the point, it is the root of my not being able to start filming problem. I don't wanna start filming unless I have a really good script, but whenever i start writing one, i stop after two pages cause it sounds like its been done before, and i don't want that.
So I can't write a script, and because I can't write a script i can't film and my camera is sitting in the corner getting dusty and old and my friends are starting to the take the piss out of me, cause I've been telling them about my "project" for like two years now. Believe me it's not laziness, there is nothing in the world I'd like more than to finally make my first little film (well maybe apart from becoming supreme ruler of the universe).
Has anybody had similar problems and if so, how did you overcome them?
Any help would be appreciated, because I am going mental.
The funny thing is, I write articles for newspapers and my bosses say that my writing is very good, but I just can't start from scratch and a blank page scares me to hell.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Nottherealslim,
See the post elsewhere on nuclear weapons. Once you can hold the world hostage, the universe is a fairly simple step. However, supreme ruler of the universe has its drawbacks, I can tell you. Constant lobbying from Equal Rights for Quasars, and the electric bill... http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/cool.gif
Most things HAVE been done before, don't let that stop you! This guy I know did a timetravel story, so out of interest I wrote a list of time travelling characters, and there were loads.(OK, OK, I'm sad. I know this. Just don't tell the wife http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif )
Last time I had writers block I wrote a story about someone with writers block and it did the trick!
If you work for a newspaper you should be great at making stuff up http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif so write an article about a fictitious event, and then write the background to it.
Another thing to try is writing the whole thing in one go. If you're editing as you go you'll disappear up your own arse. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/eek.gif
And don't think you need to do it in order, either. It took me ages to be able to start a story, I've got so much part-way-through stuff!
And don't worry if your film smells of poo. Think of it as hands-on training.
Good luck!
Paul
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I got tons of scripts-wanna buy some?
Seriously, you know what I find good-reading stories and making an effort to change your surroundings once in a while...there must be loads of good newspaper stories you could use as a basis...Or what issues are you interested in? My first film was made up of some of the most abstract thoughts I had in 1st year at college...Jaffa Cakes, Ninjas, Ulysses, Demon Plastic Surgery Advice etc...
Failing all this listen to some GOOD music...I always find other peoples creative talent an inspiration...
Wow-I can't help you at all can I?
