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or "Drop" by itself, to me that sounds more realistic as a rapper's name. I also don't understand how he's cheating. Are you saying that he is using a computer program to change his voice but passing it off as his own voice, lip syncing his performances and so forth? Right now it sounds like he...

I'm no expert but I do know that minor revisions do not hurt your copyright. You wouldn't have to register the revised script. Small changes would still hold up in a court of law. The other 2 questions, I'm sure someone with better insight will come along :)

How about he's getting rid of some of her old items and having a hard time with it emotionally. He finds one very sentimental object that he decides to hold onto. He pulls it to the side and places it in a box or just a very particular place along with her funeral program. Of course, this...

So the black character who you need to figure out slang for is the producer or friend? It's not a rapper. Does he have to use street slang? All black people don't speak like that. Some of us do. Some of us don't. I could see if it was the rapper because these days that's almost expected but for...

It shows up weird on here. It's actually four spaces before "DAY" not one. So it looks like INT. CLASSROOM____DAY if the underscores were spaces.

I'd like to piggyback on this question. I will be coming to the end of my latest revision of my feature screenplay. My slug lines are formatted as such: INT. CLASSROOM DAY instead of INT. CLASSROOM - DAY At first I didn't think it was that big of a deal but now it's starting to bug me...

In some aspects it is like a cooking recipe. Crew and cast making the film don't need to sit through too much literary fluff to get the idea of what needs to be created. Yeah it sucks at times but we have to balance clarity and style. When it comes to your voice as a writer a little goes a long...

The films that catch and keep my interest are those that tend to build up to the unexpected. Normally when it happens in a film once (even on a small level) you can expect it to happen again in that same film. I just love to be successfully set up to one expectation and instead a different (but...

A person beating their wife would likely (A) have the wife too afraid to confide in relatives & (B) isolated from family anyway in a real life situation.

What if someone willingly transcending only to find his/herself unfulfilled. It would be interesting if they were giving the impression that they could return to their previous reality if they chose but no one has ever wanted to return. Then of course things with the Angels are more...

I really like this. Thanks a lot.

Disclaimer: I am writing this screenplay to produce myself. That being said, I do consider myself a writer and therefore want to write in a similar fashion as I would a spec script to practice polished writing. Now the issue I'm having: I am currently in a scene where the protagonist (teen...

As far as the logline as written I think tokenwhiteboy gave great advice. As far as the concept I think you've got something nice going. It sounds like the base for a really fun film :)

As a big fan of horror, I would feel very cheated. I though it was funny you mentioned Michael Myers. He was my favorite slasher character as a child (forgive my mom - I was a latch key kid). Even he had a motive if you look at his unfair childhood (and yes I mean the 5 - 10 minute intro in the...

In general, I hate flashbacks of things that we've already seen. This is especially true when the flashback seem plays exactly the same as it did earlier in the film. Each progressive scene should come with new revelations and this includes flashbacks. It is definitely overused and poorly...

I've seen barbie doll storyboards before and they were very effective in getting the idea across. I'm considering trying this in the future as my past storyboards have not always been the most polished/clear thing to look at.

Hi Birdman, Very interesting thread you have started here. I am also currently working on my first feature length screenplay. I would like to pass on some advice from my experience and that is to read some successful screenplays, especially in your genre (screenplays that have been filmed). See...

In close quarters, I think subplots between different characters really adds to the tension and the interest level of the film. I think you gave a great example with The Midst. Seeing different characters interact in different pairs really gave an interesting play out of the various arcs. By...

My biggest lesson in location scouting is to visit the location at the same time of day you plan to shoot. If you don't do this at the time of scouting, at least do it before production. Friends and I visited a beautiful house at night for a short film. The movie was set at night but we were...

Hi all, I am in the revision process and thinking a lot about one particular scene that needs work. It's a church scene. It has some nice stuff in there as far as showing the relationships between characters. The scene is really not at the place where I want to share it with people: I'm not a...