david jerome
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Sometimes you should just go and get a beer.
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Ten Tumbles and a Boom
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DarkElastic
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Sounds like my kind of script!
MiataFilmSomething
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Nice kinetic title. Should be a neat read!
krestofre
Knight of the Holy Order
***Spoilers***
I like the setup and I like the characters. I do wish the ending had a bit more of a payoff. These characters seem very larger than life but they're both killed in an instant and it seems a little disappointing that there wasn't more conflict between them.
I like the setup and I like the characters. I do wish the ending had a bit more of a payoff. These characters seem very larger than life but they're both killed in an instant and it seems a little disappointing that there wasn't more conflict between them.
jamiejay
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*SPOILER ALERT*
slacks man and boots man... gotta love it! great character description. the little things they said and did were perfect... the action and the dialogue were dead on. loved the little rhyme the driver said. almost had a "no country for old men" or "fargo" feel... maybe you should send it to the coen brothers to direct.
good job!
slacks man and boots man... gotta love it! great character description. the little things they said and did were perfect... the action and the dialogue were dead on. loved the little rhyme the driver said. almost had a "no country for old men" or "fargo" feel... maybe you should send it to the coen brothers to direct.
good job!
DarkElastic
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Really enjoyed it mate - great names, good dialogue, good battle of wits, just a shame there wasn't more of a fight at the end. They both just seem to go up in flames. I am also the only person who doesn't get whats in his case?
lawriejaffa
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This is quite an entertaining script, but the first scene is utterly ridiculous lol. Honestly, tell me just honestly, how the heck is a director supposed to find a - oh wait...
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How the heck is a director to find a beautiful indian girl (unshaven of course...) to bend over at the start of the film?! I mean thats ridiculous lol at least put down something that a director can shoot. That put me off right away!
That said its a great and fun little grindhouse style script, what with fiery spectactular deaths and lizard peeing! Please consider still having the raunchy fantasy at the start but with les explicitness as it comes off as a little juvenile at the start - and i know its not the intention as its actually a clever and brilliant action/black comedy script.
//spoilers//
How the heck is a director to find a beautiful indian girl (unshaven of course...) to bend over at the start of the film?! I mean thats ridiculous lol at least put down something that a director can shoot. That put me off right away!
That said its a great and fun little grindhouse style script, what with fiery spectactular deaths and lizard peeing! Please consider still having the raunchy fantasy at the start but with les explicitness as it comes off as a little juvenile at the start - and i know its not the intention as its actually a clever and brilliant action/black comedy script.
david jerome
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Thanks for the comments Preston, Nektonic, Miata, krestofre, jamiejay.
The case is a customized flamethrower. Slacks Man likes to burn things, people. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks for the comments. I actually wrote the script without the beginning part. I then realized that I had forgotten the dream sequence. So I wrote that in. I might take it out if I didn't need the dream. I kind of like it though. A little corny but it is a daydream. That's what Boots Man likes.
The case is a customized flamethrower. Slacks Man likes to burn things, people. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks for the comments. I actually wrote the script without the beginning part. I then realized that I had forgotten the dream sequence. So I wrote that in. I might take it out if I didn't need the dream. I kind of like it though. A little corny but it is a daydream. That's what Boots Man likes.
lawriejaffa
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Yah lol but best to write something a producer/director would actually shoot - you want to show that you appreciate the boundaries that they have to work within! (Unless you seriously intend for a producer/director to actually film an explicit scene for the start of that short film?! Thats the difference between scripts and novels/short stories, is that your writing for a supposed production and in situations like that we can't necessarily be as self indulgent with our scenes just because our characters might 'think' that way if you get my point! I won't belabour the point.
I really liked your script but not after the first scene, my director spider senses were going 'is this a joke? i couldnt film that?!' then only as i read on did i think - crackin' little script! The character could see the girl flirtily bend over - but WHY oh WHY would the audience need to see an indian girls unshaven vagina? Hmm?
I really liked your script but not after the first scene, my director spider senses were going 'is this a joke? i couldnt film that?!' then only as i read on did i think - crackin' little script! The character could see the girl flirtily bend over - but WHY oh WHY would the audience need to see an indian girls unshaven vagina? Hmm?
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david jerome
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I would have no problem re-writing the scene or cutting it out if needed to be. But I still don't understand why it would be a big deal to shoot it. If it's about boundaries I don't get it. If it's about what's best for the story I'm all for that.
Chris_Keaton
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I think their issue is finding an Indian girl who shaves. :huh: Oh, man that was just creepy.
CallaghanFilms
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I got a mini-Stephen King short story vibe from Ten Tumbles and a Boom (which is high praise coming from me):beer:
Honestly, it is a captivating story & would make a great short...
but goddamn would the budget have to be high to do it justice!
Maybe someone could animate it...it would be off the chart as a graphic animated short.
***SPOILER ALERT***
I really dig the "purgatory" feel of the payoff.
It works well as icing for this sick twisted cake you baked up for us.
Favorite Line:
"I guess that depends on how much they like killing, and how much they like beer."
poo pooing classic.
Honestly, it is a captivating story & would make a great short...
but goddamn would the budget have to be high to do it justice!
Maybe someone could animate it...it would be off the chart as a graphic animated short.
***SPOILER ALERT***
I really dig the "purgatory" feel of the payoff.
It works well as icing for this sick twisted cake you baked up for us.
Favorite Line:
"I guess that depends on how much they like killing, and how much they like beer."
poo pooing classic.
david jerome
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Thanks for reading Callaghan. You know, I never thought of it being an animated short. But now that you've mentioned it, I can totally see it that way. I think it's almost begging for it.
MiataFilmSomething
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I liked the dialog with the people in the car. Had a cool tension and a Tarantino vibe to it.
The dream sequence felt a little out of place for me. I don't know what it really had to do with the story. I'd also like to see some motivation as to why the killers want to kill each other, unless the point is that just some people like to kill, and two happen to meet up with each other. Which is fine, but even then, you want some sort of motivation for the kill.
Neat read, though!
The dream sequence felt a little out of place for me. I don't know what it really had to do with the story. I'd also like to see some motivation as to why the killers want to kill each other, unless the point is that just some people like to kill, and two happen to meet up with each other. Which is fine, but even then, you want some sort of motivation for the kill.
Neat read, though!
david jerome
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Thanks for the comments Miata. The dream sequence was just what Boots Man was daydreaming about as he was driving. He bought some boots from the Indian girl earlier that day and the daydream was a wishful exaggeration of that. The motivation for the killers is below.
Slacks Man
"The problem is, killing is an addiction. The high is so great that it can't be ignored. And I imagne for one killer to kill another in a sort of old west duel, well, I don't think it would matter if you liked beer more than your favorite pussy."
preston
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hey David... great way to start a short script! that daydream scene had me hooked right off the bat, so it worked. your concept is so simple, it's perfectly suited for a short....
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....two killers, after spending a lifetime of killing, happen to end up riding in the same car down the same dusty road at the same time... while i didn't really see it coming, i wouldn't have expected anything less than a high-speed western-style shootout.
it was like Anton Chigurh (no country for old men) picked up his hitchhiking clone. beer or shootout, flip a coin...
great dialog from some interesting characters, brother.
p.s.- i answered your question in my thread; post #24.
[SPOILERS]
....two killers, after spending a lifetime of killing, happen to end up riding in the same car down the same dusty road at the same time... while i didn't really see it coming, i wouldn't have expected anything less than a high-speed western-style shootout.
it was like Anton Chigurh (no country for old men) picked up his hitchhiking clone. beer or shootout, flip a coin...
great dialog from some interesting characters, brother.
p.s.- i answered your question in my thread; post #24.
seansshack
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Would intro the characters differently with caps and descriptions. I would also avoid the use of bold for scene slugs.
The opening dream sequence threw me for six with that line... and the fact it read like it was tagged on and didn't add anything to the story. (even though the boots where in the scene) + the subject matter although a dream didn't fit with the rest of the story.
But overall. Entertaining and fun story. Liked the ending a lot. Formatting and structure were good. Dialog was also well suited to the genre.
Overall good story. Just lose the "am I watching a porno" opening scene...
The opening dream sequence threw me for six with that line... and the fact it read like it was tagged on and didn't add anything to the story. (even though the boots where in the scene) + the subject matter although a dream didn't fit with the rest of the story.
But overall. Entertaining and fun story. Liked the ending a lot. Formatting and structure were good. Dialog was also well suited to the genre.
Overall good story. Just lose the "am I watching a porno" opening scene...