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Originally posted by Josh Flanary:
heres an idea for a script i've been thinkin anout writing

the story starts in a restaurant where 5 men, all in late 30's-early 40's, reunite for a dinner. all of them have been involved with the mob in their area, which is how they know each other, and they're all good friends. as they sit down and eat and wutever friends do when they talk about the past and how each one is doin, each person tells a story about them in the past, and we would go back in that story to get a lil background on each character. but the main story would be between only 2 of the friends and their backgrounds. one friend tells about the mob boss giving him a hit list on people that know too much, and cant be trusted. the list is like 4 people long. the friend tells about how he managed to kill them, but he only tells how he killed three of them, not four. the other friend tells about how after his last job caused him to think twice about his life, he tells the mob boss he wants to quit and think about his family's well being. after the dinner, the 5 friends all walk outside and each one goes to their car or a taxi. the friend who told the story about the hit list and the one who wanted out of the mob are left. the friend who wanted out of the mob tells the other guy he will give him a ride, so he doesnt have to take a taxi. as they get to the car, friend wit the hit list pulls out a gun and shows the friend who wanted out in the back. friend wit the list pulls out the list and scratches off the last name and we learn that the friend who wanted out was the last hit.

kinda rough idea, but im thinkin bout writin this, whether u want to film it or not

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Originally posted by A_Film_by_Ryan_Cole:
In addition to my last post, I can post the horindously rough draft of the script...but it's bad. I'd get you the good one sooner its just its on a different computer.

And I was going to tell you I have a different script. It's kinda in the dark comedy/experimental. I mean, you could take this script and go anywhere you wanted with it. But Godfather, tell me what you think about this. And I can get you the script for this.

Here's my idea, you have this kid named Alex, and he's pulling an Ed Norton in Fight Club, he's just the cliche depressed little boy. Then he starts to learn how to manipulate his dreams. And after many nights of manipulating, he finally starts seeing things in reality he likes and adapting them into his dream. He see's a girl friend and her boyfriend under a tree in a park and in his dreams, he's takes the place of the boyfreind. He does this numerous times, seeing things he likes, yada yada, and finally it's like omigod he's done it a lot. He starts to have an intresting relationship with the people in his dreams and they start to hold him captive - or they're like, 'you don't even like reality, stay here with us.' Finally he see's some friends talking about dreams and so he goes home, goes to sleep, and in his dream he's takes the place of the friend talking about dream's. And he has the dream that person was talking about. So now, it's almost like he's locked in another person's dream. He spends the rest of the film hopping from dream to dream and this can be visually stunning, until he A.) finds his girlfriend, or B.) wakes up.

I know it's cliche to have dreams and all that B.S. and you've heard these stories numerous times. I offer something different, I present it in a hole new way.

ill post the script in a while, i have to find it.

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Originally posted by holdemmrpink:
ok i have a few shortfilm scripts that I'd like to let you read but first I've got a few more questions for you.
-Where will you be filming this?
-Is there any sort of compensation for the script?
-If I show you my scripts and you decide to shoot one of them would you be opposed to me acting in it?

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Originally posted by Tanner Shay:
ok speaking of orignal.
godfather, can you not write? or imagine? or see scenes in your head?
you do not have friends that write? that you can collabarate with?
i just think these posts are so retarded. and when i say retarded, i mean, you PUT no thought into anything other than beggin for other peoples scripts and ideas...
its about as orignal as your user name.
go be creative.

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Originally posted by Tanner Shay:
if anyone anyone has a script that they want to get filmed and they just want to write it...


ok speaking of orignal.
godfather, can you not write? or imagine? or see scenes in your head?

you do not have friends that write? that you can collabarate with?

i just think these posts are so retarded. and when i say retarded, i mean, you PUT no thought into anything other than beggin for other peoples scripts and ideas...

its about as orignal as your user name.

go be creative.

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Originally posted by braininabox:

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Originally posted by Tanner Shay:
ok speaking of orignal.
godfather, can you not write? or imagine? or see scenes in your head?
you do not have friends that write? that you can collabarate with?
i just think these posts are so retarded. and when i say retarded, i mean, you PUT no thought into anything other than beggin for other peoples scripts and ideas...
its about as orignal as your user name.
go be creative.

It makes perfect sense to me... Godfather is not interested in being a writer, he is interested in making films. So why would he spend countless hours trying to create the perfect andflawless plot? Why should an aspiring writer spend his time trying to convert his works into film? The two can collaborate and create something much better than they could create individually, and they do not have to go through the steps of filmmaking that they do not particularly have interest in. Would you call Martin Scorcese "unoriginal" because he did not write "GoodFellas"? Or would you call David Fincher "retarded" because he did not write the script for Fight Club or Seven? For example,If I am interested in the Sound Editing aspect of Filmmaking, why should I spend my time writing the script, learning cinematography techniques, and various other things that do not help me develop my skill and interest in Sound Editing.

This is just another reason why I think a lot of us should evaluate our areas of strength and work together on a film. One person interested and skilled in editing, one person interested and skilled in writing, one person skilled and interested in composing music, etc. We could make something huge, and everyone could get practice exclusively on the area of filmmaking they are interested in. The person interested in editing, no longer has to learn about costume design and makeup. The person interested in SFX no longer has to play the role of director. The person interested in Cinematography no longer has to learn all the details that are involved in recording music.

That sort of turned out into a ramble, its just a subject that I am passionate about and talk about frequently. I think its time I stop talking about it, and start making it happen...

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FLAMING!
im speaking my opinon.
i cannot flame, but your group of thugs here can attack me afterwards right.

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i just think these posts are so retarded. and when i say retarded, i mean, you PUT no thought into anything other than beggin for other peoples scripts and ideas...

its about as orignal as your user name.

go be creative.

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