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The Frenzy '09 Support Thread
Hi, all.
I'm coming out of the closet. The Script Frenzy closet. I'm a 2009 participant. Initially, my plan was to write, and not to talk about it. Action, not words. And that worked for awhile. But now that I've gotten a big chunk of words down, I kind of feel like I'm in a bit of a vacuum. So I've decided to talk about it here, and I could really use your support. This year's goal, for me, was not actually to finish 100 pages, but to finish four short film screenplays. So far, I've finished one and I'm making progress on a second. Since this is the most I've written in... well, it's been awhile... I'm proud but apprehensive. I have an evil creativity censor in my mind - to use annoying verbology from our love-hated self-help creativity guru - that steps in to belittle whatever I'm doing whenever I'm making progress, but I've basically been able to shut her up enough to get through this. Anyway. I'm not ready to share any of the actual writing yet, but I'm going to share a quick logline of the four pieces I'm working on this month. At the end of the month, the goal is to have a trove of stuff for me to actually film. Short Film #1 - Cupcake noir, "Bringer of War." I'm pretty sure I talked about my concept for this film with some of you, perhaps as long ago as 2007. I'd been stewing on it all along, and finally made some breakthroughs, and finished it up last week. Basically, two roommates discuss dessert, and in an elaborate noir-style fantasy sequence set to Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War," one of them imagines a demonic cupcake has developed an evil plot to wage war. Short Film #2 - a musical with a twist, "Away From Me." This one is underway right now, inspired by a new interpretation of a lyric from Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away From Me." A woman remembers an ill-fated affair through song. Short Film #3 - coming-of-age documentary-style comedy, "My Bellagio." A teenage girl dreams of being able to choreograph a dancing fountain. Determined to fight the limitations of her empty pockets, she ropes her fledgling documentarian best friend and their quirky social circle into helping her achieve her goal whichever way they can - be it by spitting streams of water, an epic coke/mentos experiment, or something a little bigger (and less sticky.) Short Film #4 - short story adaptation, "The Littlest Hitler." I wanted to try my hand at adaptation, so I've selected a favorite modern short story by Ryan Boudinot, about a little boy seeking the scariest Halloween costume of all time, and his run-in with a girl dressed as Anne Frank. So, that's my April. It's busy, it's a little scary, but it's progress. |
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