StormFactory
11-04-2006, 12:26 PM
I posted this on another thread, but felt the info might be useful to others.
Watching some of the HorrorFest films that had bad, confusing, or no story was painful. But at least there was cool stuff to look at. But this is a drama competition. Nothing to fall back on like blood or scary elements or cool sci-fi stuff. You have to have a great story.
Why spend a ton of time and money with production to end up with a film that you think is "just okay" writing wise? Don't feel pressured into having to write it yourself, especially if writing is not your strong suite. A lot of your big directors don't write. They direct. They leave the writing to the writers. If you're not a writer, focus on the directing and leave all that fade in stuff for the people who want careers in screenwriting.
You can check out a great screenwriting site called DONE DEAL (http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/index.php?) and read through the Script Pages (http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=7) board and maybe the Loglines and Query Letters (http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=4) boad. See if you connect with any of the writing there and then send the writer a PM telling them about the DVXUser fest. See if you can get them to write you a six page or less script. The best part for the writer is that their script WILL be produced. There are a lot of great writers who would do it just to for the credit and to see their writing come to life, me included.
Good luck!
Watching some of the HorrorFest films that had bad, confusing, or no story was painful. But at least there was cool stuff to look at. But this is a drama competition. Nothing to fall back on like blood or scary elements or cool sci-fi stuff. You have to have a great story.
Why spend a ton of time and money with production to end up with a film that you think is "just okay" writing wise? Don't feel pressured into having to write it yourself, especially if writing is not your strong suite. A lot of your big directors don't write. They direct. They leave the writing to the writers. If you're not a writer, focus on the directing and leave all that fade in stuff for the people who want careers in screenwriting.
You can check out a great screenwriting site called DONE DEAL (http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/index.php?) and read through the Script Pages (http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=7) board and maybe the Loglines and Query Letters (http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=4) boad. See if you connect with any of the writing there and then send the writer a PM telling them about the DVXUser fest. See if you can get them to write you a six page or less script. The best part for the writer is that their script WILL be produced. There are a lot of great writers who would do it just to for the credit and to see their writing come to life, me included.
Good luck!