FuryFanatic
01-14-2005, 03:48 PM
(There's some stuff here that has nothing to do with LOST. Sorry, everybody!)
What makes it trickier is we have to write for a SIX ACT structure, as opposed to ME's TEASER PLUS FOUR ACT.
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Is this the personal preference of the Executive Producers or does the show just need more commercial breaks to offset it's higher budget?
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I have a request: Next time you sign a contract -- whether it's for LOST or some other show -- try to get some sort of non-exclusivity clause that allows you to work on another show (or a movie) during your hiatus -- even if the side project is for another network.
I have Buffy - Animated in mind.* Or even better, an animated adaptation of Joss Whedon's Fray: Future Slayer.* (Which might not even have been considered yet.)
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As far as screenplays go ...* The best lessons come from reading well-regarded screenplays.* As many as you can get your hands on.
Possible sources for scripts:
http://www.script-o-rama.com
(Loads titles beginning with A-Z by default.* Click a link for N-Z titles.)
http://www.movie-page.com/movie_scripts.htm
Use google.com or another search engine to find more sites.
Compare the scripts to the way they were shot.* See if the director captured the writer's intent.
Comparing the Buffy and Alien: Resurrection screenplays (by Joss Whedon) to the videotapes might be interesting.
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i didnt quite understand why a huge cliffhanger was set up..and we return 4 days later as if nothing has happened?
I think this comment by HieroHero refers to the discovery of the hatch by Locke and Boone, not to Claire's abduction.* I'm not sure.* Anyway, I wondered about it too. But the new episode answered the question: they simply hadn't figured out how to open the hatch.
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=2935
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I understand that there was a reason why no one used the polar bear for food, but I have to say that you writers missed a golden opportunity to put Kate into a bearskin outfit.* :)
(The dip with Sawyer in the pond made up for it, though.)
Reference:
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=3684
What makes it trickier is we have to write for a SIX ACT structure, as opposed to ME's TEASER PLUS FOUR ACT.
*
Is this the personal preference of the Executive Producers or does the show just need more commercial breaks to offset it's higher budget?
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I have a request: Next time you sign a contract -- whether it's for LOST or some other show -- try to get some sort of non-exclusivity clause that allows you to work on another show (or a movie) during your hiatus -- even if the side project is for another network.
I have Buffy - Animated in mind.* Or even better, an animated adaptation of Joss Whedon's Fray: Future Slayer.* (Which might not even have been considered yet.)
---------------------------------------------------------------
As far as screenplays go ...* The best lessons come from reading well-regarded screenplays.* As many as you can get your hands on.
Possible sources for scripts:
http://www.script-o-rama.com
(Loads titles beginning with A-Z by default.* Click a link for N-Z titles.)
http://www.movie-page.com/movie_scripts.htm
Use google.com or another search engine to find more sites.
Compare the scripts to the way they were shot.* See if the director captured the writer's intent.
Comparing the Buffy and Alien: Resurrection screenplays (by Joss Whedon) to the videotapes might be interesting.
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i didnt quite understand why a huge cliffhanger was set up..and we return 4 days later as if nothing has happened?
I think this comment by HieroHero refers to the discovery of the hatch by Locke and Boone, not to Claire's abduction.* I'm not sure.* Anyway, I wondered about it too. But the new episode answered the question: they simply hadn't figured out how to open the hatch.
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=2935
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I understand that there was a reason why no one used the polar bear for food, but I have to say that you writers missed a golden opportunity to put Kate into a bearskin outfit.* :)
(The dip with Sawyer in the pond made up for it, though.)
Reference:
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=3684