archived-videos The Dumpster - A Short Comedy

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Skreamings

There are few things more tempting in life than the lure of an empty dumpster in your neighbor's driveway. But when that neighbor is a jerk, things can get a bit tricky.

This short film screened at 11 film festivals across the US and Canada last year.

http://vimeo.com/27754937

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So the idea that writing for TV and writing for cinema are almost as different as writing for stage and writing for cinema hasn't sunk in with you yet?

The short film format is a little closer to writing for TV, but it's still different because it's a unique visual medium. Your TV, no matter how big it is, isn't a 30' or 40' wide movie screen where the raising of an eyebrow can sometimes substitute for multiple lines of dialogue.

Film has a box full of tools at your disposal, but you are trying to do everything with a screw driver.
 
Dreadylocks said:
I'm confused. Do you want people to not 're-invent the wheel,' or should they be original? You're sending mixed signals...
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You're not mastering the fundamentals.

You don't know how to write a gag.

You shy away from dialog.

But dialog is your friend.

Put your toys away and spend a month writing a freakin' funny short.

My DIVA short is a quintessential sitcom. It's mechanical, formulaic, bread and butter.

Were I on a sitcom comedy writing team, I'd walk in the room, put it on the table and leave. I'd do that once a week and earn $5000 a week for it.

Anyone who can't see that is hopeless and needs to get a job selling insurance.
 
Then say something original -- you're supposed to be a writer, remember?
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So, either I'm plagiarizing my posts, or you just seem to keep hearing over and over that you can dish it out, but you can't it...

Hmm... I think I'll go with the second choice.

You remind me of a kid I knew in grade school. All the kids would play tackle football (which we weren't supposed to do) and this kid would hit every other kid as hard as he could when he'd tackle them. But if you tackled him just once, he'd go cry to the teacher that we were playing tackle football...

Sorry you keep getting tackled, Gary... Perhaps you should switch to a different sport. One that doesn't sting your delicate sensibilities quite so badly...
 
It's mechanical, formulaic, bread and butter.
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The first two are the things I strive to stay away from in my screenplays. Many people would say that they're the two things that are wrong with Hollywood films today...
 
Were I on a sitcom comedy writing team, I'd walk in the room, put it on the table and leave. I'd do that once a week and earn $5000 a week for it.
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Were you on a sitcom, you wouldn't be wasting time on these forums.

But you're NOT on a sitcom, so how are we supposed to believe that what you say has any relevance? You're just some guy on a message board typing like I am. Why should I believe that YOU have all the answers when you've never done anything?
 
garylloyd said:
My DIVA short is a quintessential sitcom. It's mechanical, formulaic, bread and butter.

Were I on a sitcom comedy writing team, I'd walk in the room, put it on the table and leave. I'd do that once a week and earn $5000 a week for it.
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Then make it. Tell us you are going to shut up and actually make a film.

And the stupidity of your second statement is beyond overwhelming. It reminds me of Werner Herzog talking about chickens, only I think he was talking about you. Look it up. It's on Vimeo. Herzog and chickens. And it's only 40 seconds long. And it's a lot funnier than Diva.
 
Gonzo_Entertainment said:
So the idea that writing for TV and writing for cinema are almost as different as writing for stage and writing for cinema hasn't sunk in with you yet?

The short film format is a little closer to writing for TV, but it's still different because it's a unique visual medium. Your TV, no matter how big it is, isn't a 30' or 40' wide movie screen where the raising of an eyebrow can sometimes substitute for multiple lines of dialogue.

Film has a box full of tools at your disposal, but you are trying to do everything with a screw driver.
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It's all about coming up with laughs.

All that stuff you're talking about can be fixed in the second draft.

Stop putting the cart in front of the horse.
 
Skreamings said:
Then make it. Tell us you are going to shut up and actually make a film.

And the stupidity of your second statement is beyond overwhelming. It reminds me of Werner Herzog talking about chickens, only I think he was talking about you. Look it up. It's on Vimeo. Herzog and chickens. And it's only 40 seconds long. And it's a lot funnier than Diva.
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Let it go, dude.
 
LasVegasIRA said:
So, either I'm plagiarizing my posts, or you just seem to keep hearing over and over that you can dish it out, but you can't it...

Hmm... I think I'll go with the second choice.

You remind me of a kid I knew in grade school. All the kids would play tackle football (which we weren't supposed to do) and this kid would hit every other kid as hard as he could when he'd tackle them. But if you tackled him just once, he'd go cry to the teacher that we were playing tackle football...

Sorry you keep getting tackled, Gary... Perhaps you should switch to a different sport. One that doesn't sting your delicate sensibilities quite so badly...
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You're a walking encyclopedia of B-movie put downs, aren't fellow?

Too bad they're all older than Bette Davis ... who's still dead, incidentally.
 
The only thing that would impress me would be a completed film. Your scripts are just blue prints for a film. And since I'm such a shitty writer I don't understand them. So please make it easier for me and make the film so I can see it.
 
BTW, it's funny that you would bag on me for not being original in a MESSAGE BOARD POST, yet the script you wrote is, by your own admission, mechanical and formulaic.

You're a hypocrite...
 
Hey LasVegasIRA,

I see you are in Henderson. You should come out to the Dam Short Film Fest and hang out with Gonzo and me. He has a film screening there that I edited for him. It's a fun little festival.

We can compliment each other on how great our work is.
 
Sorry, Skreamings.

According to Gary, if I come to the festival, I'll be required to bash any and all short films that weren't made in this century, weren't made by Chaplin, or weren't featured on the NBC Thrusday night line-up...
 
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