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Why? Why was it necessary to spout such pompous and inaccurate nonsense? In case you hadn't noticed, this isn't Hollywood, so your badly articulated opinions are entirely inappropriate. I've had a couple of shorts made from screenplays I collaborated on with other IT members. The length was...

A festival is a different thing though, where you're spending several days in a certain location and a certain atmosphere, and the music is almost secondary to the experience. I can see why that would appeal to some (even though it really doesn't to me). But turning up to a sports stadium for...

Well, unlike the FG spec, you managed to get the mandatory interleaving stories done (well, almost - Alex and Mitch get next to nothing to do). Unlike FG, I've watched every single episode of MF, and read up on the writing process etc., so make of my comments what you will :) The stories all...

This is a question I've often pondered too. I'm a big fan of live music, and the bands I've seen have been in small venues - but I can't comprehend the attraction of giant stadium concerts, when you're so far away you're effectively looking at dots in the distance or watching on TV anyway. One...

I can't say I've watched them all, but we generally get two or three episodes a night over here, and it's often on just in the background while I work. I can't remember a single episode where the entire episode focused on one character. Not one plot, but one character. You're probably right...

My main criticism of it would be that spec scripts should follow the format of the show they're speccing, and Family Guy always uses A-story/B-story (and C-story?) structure. Part of the challenge and the art of half-hour sitcom writing is juggling two or three stories in that limited time -...

I read it all. I think it's an interesting starting point for a story, but not really a story in itself. Part of the problem is that everything moves too fast. The whole thing seems rushed and (perhaps because of that) the interactions seem forced and unrealistic. Also, is $85k considered...

I knew the word "brews" would cause this confusion as soon as I read it in the OP :lol:

In that situation a lot depends on the timescales and location involved.

The whole point of four and a half seasons (Walt knows Jesse, Hank doesn't know Walt is Heisenberg) is a huge coincidence? I'm trying to think of ways that example could be less coincidental.

This sounds like a movie in itself - cocky student filmmaker gets proposition from rich guy and ends up making powerful enemies after the film does not meet the exact ego-stroking requirements of the rich guy and his family...

Sure, although I'm probably the least qualified person on this forum to offer advice! You'll have to forgive me, I looked at your user name and assumed you were a female! You definitely need to emphasise the beer goggles angle more, as I didn't get that impression particularly. She...

Yes, I'm talking about the dialogue. It reads like it was written by someone who has heard of chavs, but never really interacted with people from that section of society. It does make sense, but in reality if other people have that power over him then he has deeper problems with himself that...

A chav is really a derogatory term for people with a particular crude, brash attitude, but it has become more generally a middle-class snobbish term to ridicule white, working class/unemployed people with those characteristics. I guess the closest US equivalent would be "white trash"? The...

It's not bad, although I think the chavs are written quite condescendingly and patronisingly. I also find your premise a bit confusing - as the character's main problem isn't so much other people's perception of him as his perception of himself. I quite like the idea of the ending (switching...

But surely 'family' sitcoms don't air on kiddy channels like Disney, as the market for those channels is not families? If a show is only funny to kids and tweens, or teens, then by definition it's not a family sitcom. The best true family sitcom ever, of course, is The Simpsons, and that's on...

Are you talking about kids' sitcoms, or family sitcoms? There are (and always have been) plenty of very good family sitcoms on both sides of the Atlantic...

It is a fascinating conversation, skirting around semantics as well as storytelling. Ultimately, though, I guess advice that a premise is outdated is based on market factors rather than storytelling or filmmaking realities. It's very possible that whoever is giving this advice is wrong, but if...

Obviously what I wrote was tongue-in-cheek, but anything to do with your characters is relevant to the story. Just because it doesn't make it onto the screen or even into the script, it's always useful to know your characters that well.

Why not? It would be useful to understand a character's attitude to risk/reward. There are those who treat a Z like a hot potato, and those who win by waiting for that triple-word opening... :) For a contemporary character under the age of 30 or so, it probably also marks him out as someone...