I would just like to state for the record

[rm]

That screenplay format may kill me.

This shit is hard.

Granted, I entered this contest to force myself to acquire this skill, and plan is working, but UGH.

Because you know what is not useful to Google? "How do I indicate a swoopy tracking shot?"


ETA: First draft is DONE. Too ambitious and too weird for five pages. Probably TOTALLY student work, and you know what, I don't even care. I'm trying to get used to thinking in a text-based way about what is a storyboarding exercise. Hence doing this competition. So, successful on that front if nothing else. Also, I suspect, like with fiction, "short" is not my form.

I'm really proud of myself for doing this, as it's actually pushing a lot of my buttons and is sort of confronting.

Comments

[bitsyrant.livejournal.com]

I have competed in NYC Midnight many times and came in first in the preliminary round on a few occasions. Let me know if you wind up beta-ing your draft and are looking for thoughts.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have a question for you.

Is it worth putting the thing up for feedback amongst the other competitors or are people just assholes about it?

[bitsyrant.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I stopped joining these competitions is because I found the peer to peer reviews to be unhelpful. Not only that, but the "professional critiques" were totally useless. I kept thinking they would improve but hey never did. That was my experience.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ah, good to know. I will continue to do this in the spirit of using my competitive nature to force me to learn the basics of this skill, which was the original point.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I actually had a job two years ago reading submissions and providing ratings and critiques for this place. Too weird.