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  1. PhantomScreenwriter

    Evaluating concepts a.k.a. how to pick what to write next?

    One thing you could try is creating scene outlines for each one, and as soon as you get stuck or don't like what you've come up with then move onto the next one. Through that process you might end up gravitating towards a certain one which will hold your interest.
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    plot How do you write plot turns without coincidences?

    Perhaps an exercise you can try is working on a new draft of the screenplay incorporating new ideas you have and the suggestions you've been given on this forum, not worrying about length of the script for this new draft but just as a way to have two drafts to compare - the one you have now and...
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    plot How do you write plot turns without coincidences?

    Watch the Clint Eastwood directed Hereafter, it is a story about characters that end up meeting one another even though they're from different parts of the world.
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    Feedback on short script

    That was really good. I like the concept. I think this should definitely be made into a short film!
  5. PhantomScreenwriter

    I Need Your Input

    It sounds like an interesting idea! Well, as sfoster says it depends on the contest so what you need to figure out is what their requirements are. As for whether there's a market for it who knows but you won't find out unless you submit :)
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    Is there anyway to continue getting views for our new short film

    There's a few things you could do: Whenever you upload a new short film always provide a link in the description to a short film that is the most viewed. Provide a link to the new short film you upload in the description of a short film that is viewed the least. Remind people to subscribe to...
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    Why don't people understand my film?

    I think it's fine. I understood what was going on. Any issues you feel that were raised by those who didn't understand, and that you yourself agree with, you could incorporate resolutions to those issues in the next episode, and so on and so forth.
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    archived-videos Harryhausen inspired fx trailer

    Cool, great choices. The first Ray Harryhausen effects movie I ever saw was Golden Voyage of Sinbad (I personally think it's the best of the three Sinbad movies he worked on) as a kid, which led to my attraction to the video game Prince of Persia, specifically the Super Nintendo version which...
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    archived-videos Harryhausen inspired fx trailer

    Excellent! Nailed the feel and tone of those classic films. I liked the music cues you added from movies, I especially recognised Jerry Goldsmith's cues from The Mummy in there.
  10. PhantomScreenwriter

    Short Script

    That was an interesting read. The beginning felt a bit forced as in the reason why Rory and Mindy were left alone by Peter, and so if his (Peter's) dialogue was taken out completely until the point where he says, "Well I'll go get the drinks then." I feel it would make the opening scene before...
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    cinematography Emulating 80s Cinematography

    I'm not working on a project that is trying to emulate the 80s look and feel but out of curiosity I wonder how one would go about making a film that looks, sounds and feels in every way, like it was made in the 80s and not done now?
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    Need Help with location / idea for Short Film

    If you could manage to find a cave where you could at least film the outside of the cave and the inside of the cave looking out (of the same cave, with the character entering from both angles) then after getting those two shots you could change location to maybe an empty storage shed (of a...
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    Horror Films

    I also love Silent Hill music. I have all of the music from the first four games. There's some previously unreleased music from Silent Hill 3 that I also have, and there's a few extra tracks with the Silent Hill 4: The Room that essentially make up a story about a man being haunted by ghosts, it...
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    series How much to do a martial arts web series?

    Not sure to be honest unfortunately. All I know is they began a Kickstarter to raise funds but they cancelled very early in the campaign as they were able to finance the series with private investors. However I see that their funding goal for their Kickstarter page (which you can still view even...
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    Direct to DVD: A result of social media popularity too?

    Actors and Direct to DVD: A result of social media popularity too? In today's age where social media sites have become a tool used by celebrities for self promotion and to interact with their fans (either through themselves or an assistant), and you have things and people that are "trending"...
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    Horror Films

    @richy I have parents who would watch horror movies when they rented them on VHS, and I was a toddler at the time so I couldn't even comprehend what I was seeing to be scared or to feel any kind of negative emotion. When I was a bit older than that though if they ever watched a horror movie...
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    Horror Films

    @JHar888 I found the first Saw to be the best (out of the first two I've seen that is, I haven't seen the others) mainly because it was a unique style, a horrific set up with people being forced to make difficult choices or die (or die trying), and of course the twist at the end. But I think...
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    archived-videos Second short - Cuarto Blanco

    Well you definitely captured your desired effect, keep up the good work :)
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    archived-videos Second short - Cuarto Blanco

    This was an interesting short. Even though I don't understand what was being said I was still able to comprehend what was going on visually. The camera panning from the main character to the door was done well. I liked the shot where we see that the person coming out of the door after the first...
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    series How much to do a martial arts web series?

    Here's a web series to check out to see the production quality for research purposes. It's based on the Street Fighter games. It's independently produced, and endorsed and approved by Capcom, the owner of the Street Fighter IP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyVO0NLoLWE Machinima has a window...
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