DVXUser Scripwriting Challenge

I lost my seed number, but I'll wait till second week, I'm on a deadline now as it is.

Charli
 
Sorry guys, I didn't understand correctly. I'll repost using the correct seed that 500lb gave me.


Scenario Generator (Seed = 651340)

5 Title: Last Bus
60 Age of POV Character: 60
2 POV Character Gender Is Female
7 Genre: Detective
2 Sound and Music, but no more than 5 Lines of dialog.
4 Running Time: 4 Minutes
2 Setting: EXT.
2 Crisis Timing: One Third In
2 2 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)5Crowd
9 Time of Day: Discontinuous Short Overall Time
2 Conflict Between POV Character and Self

Age 20
Gender Male

*I think i did it right this time :)
 
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female
26


Scene Setup: Scenario Generator (Seed = 651394)

28 Title: Bliss
26 Age of POV Character: 26
2 POV Character Gender Is Female
3 Genre: Mystery
1 Sound and Music, but No dialog.
4 Running Time: 4 Minutes
1 Setting: INT.
1 Crisis Timing: Near Beginning
3 3 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
5 Crowd
8 Time of Day: 2 to 6 AM - The dead hours
2 Conflict Between POV Character and Self
 
seed #651140

16 title: Live Now, Pay Later
66 Age of POV Character: 66
1 POV Character Gender Is: Male
7 Genre: Detective
3 Up to 60% of Screen Time in Dialog
2 Running Time 2 minutes
2 Setting: EXT.
3 Crisis Timing: Two Thirds In
1 1 Beat (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
1 1 Character
8 time of Day: 2-6 AM - The Dead Hours
1 Conflict Between POV Character and Other Character
 
Scenario Generator (Seed = 1306112)

22 Title: Temptation
28 Age of POV Character: 28
1 POV Character Gender Is Male
4 Genre: Horror
3 Up to 60% of Screen Time in Dialog.
4 Running Time: 4 Minutes
1 Setting: INT.
4 Crisis Timing: At End
3 3 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
1 1 Character
6 Time of Day: Night
1 Conflict Between POV Character and Other Character

Couple of things: I just re read the first page conditions and have an issue with one of the conditions. I WILL NOT consent to allowing an open licence on the material, unless its something that is authorised by this site. Seems wierd that this is in there. Mind you in the remote possibility I wrote something worthy and someone approached me to make it then I am sure something could be worked out (not talking about $$ here).

The other things is I imagine only few people here have the book referred to here: 3 3 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)

So unless an explanation of this can be posted this I guess we can ignore it?

EDIT: Just a question. Why are you pushing this book so hard? Is there a commercial gain for you in this? And yes I like to ask questions.
 
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ncje said:
Couple of things: I just re read the first page conditions and have an issue with one of the conditions. I WILL NOT consent to allowing an open licence on the material, unless its something that is authorised by this site. Seems wierd that this is in there. Mind you in the remote possibility I wrote something worthy and someone approached me to make it then I am sure something could be worked out (not talking about $$ here).
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It's not open license... it's a very limited license which only "pre-agrees" to let the the DVXuser members shoot (or adapt) the scene for their demo reels, provided they give you a copy and a credit.

More or less, this was my entire motivation for thinking of the contest in the first place... give the student directors some material to work with so they can focus on screen craft rather than writing, and to get some variety into their demo reels.

If Jarred feels this is unreasonable, then I can change it... but I think it's pretty win-win. I can't really see any downside.

I'd hate to lose you as a participant over this point :-(

ncje said:
The other things is I imagine only few people here have the book referred to here: 3 3 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)

So unless an explanation of this can be posted this I guess we can ignore it?

EDIT: Just a question. Why are you pushing this book so hard? Is there a commercial gain for you in this? And yes I like to ask questions.
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It's not so much that I'm PUSHING his book (other than I find it to be very indepth book that's well worth reading).... but the random excercise comes from his book, and I want to give him proper credit.

From an earlier clarification:
In his interpretation, a beat is "a dramatic point".

I don't fully get Rabiger's explanation, but I think what he's getting at is:
a character (or other element such as the environment) saying or doing something that impacts the advancement of the plot.

Think of a beat as a "micro plot point".

Now everyone else can correct my misunderstanding.
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Finally, you ran the wrong setup... your message number is: 652734
 
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Brandon Rice said:
NICE! Hey, I'm havin' a little difficulty understanding the setup for my scene.
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Let's see... yours is:

Title: Moment of Danger
Age of POV Character: 60
POV Character Gender Is Female
Genre: Film Noir
Up to 60% of Screen Time in Dialog.
Running Time: 3 Minutes
Setting: EXT.
Crisis Timing: At End
3 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
Crowd
Time of Day: Night
Conflict Between POV Character and Self


So you have a Film Noir, titled: "moment of danger", with a 60 year old female outside at night in a crowd. The scene runs ~3 minutes, with a traditonal dialog/action mix. There 3 dramatic (micro plot) points, and the crisis it at the end, resolving a conflict within herself.

I have a couple ideas I could offer, but that would kinda be cheating, no?
 
OK new one based on correct message number - NO DIALOGUE?? ouch wtf a 75 yo woman? double ouch. 4 beats... without dialogue? is that even possible? triple ouch.

Scenario Generator (Seed = 652734)

19 Title: Meant to Be
96 Age of POV Character: 75 or Over
2 POV Character Gender Is Female
7 Genre: Detective
1 Sound and Music, but No dialog.
3 Running Time: 3 Minutes
1 Setting: INT.
1 Crisis Timing: Near Beginning
4 4 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
4 4 Characters
4 Time of Day: Afternoon
1 Conflict Between POV Character and Other Character
 
Yeah, mine is an 86 year old woman, what's with all the geriatrics? I realize this is random and, on it's gut level, just for kicks but who's going to want a 75+ woman on their set? What if she croaks or something?
 
500lb Productions said:
Let's see... yours is:

Title: Moment of Danger
Age of POV Character: 60
POV Character Gender Is Female
Genre: Film Noir
Up to 60% of Screen Time in Dialog.
Running Time: 3 Minutes
Setting: EXT.
Crisis Timing: At End
3 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
Crowd
Time of Day: Night
Conflict Between POV Character and Self


So you have a Film Noir, titled: "moment of danger", with a 60 year old female outside at night in a crowd. The scene runs ~3 minutes, with a traditonal dialog/action mix. There 3 dramatic (micro plot) points, and the crisis it at the end, resolving a conflict within herself.

I have a couple ideas I could offer, but that would kinda be cheating, no?
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thanks for the explanation, I guess I shoulda just sort of looked at it harder... a 60 yr old woman... man.. that's hard to do, well, here goes!
 
Scenario Generator (Seed = 653419)
Title: Last Bus
POV Character Gender Is Female
Genre: Film Noir
Sound and Music, but No dialog.
Running Time: 2 Minutes
Setting: EXT.
Crisis Timing: Near Beginning
1 Beat (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
Crowd
Time of Day: Evening
Conflict Between POV Character and Other Character


What does it mean if the crisis timing is "near beginning"? Do I still resolve the conflict?
 
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R!ff R4ff said:
Who, what, where, how do we submit finished scripts? Did you decide that submission will be anonymous or not?
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Haven't quite figured that out yet. We need some form of voting system, but don't have a ready solution just yet.

Worst case, I'll post them to a web url, and voting can be done by email, but I'm working on a better solution.
 
seed 39/m (Let me see if I can get one written by Friday)


Scenario Generator (Seed = 654830)

Title: Interlude with a Stranger
Age of POV Character: (Authors Age)
POV Character Gender Is Male (Same As Author)
Genre: Tragedy
Sound and Music, but no more than 5 Lines of dialog.
Running Time: 1 Minutes
Setting: EXT.
Crisis Timing: One Third In
2 Beats (per Rabiger "Directing", PP 18-23)
4 Characters
Time of Day: Discontinuous Long Overall Time
Conflict Between POV Character and Other Character
 
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500lb Productions said:
Haven't quite figured that out yet. We need some form of voting system, but don't have a ready solution just yet.

Worst case, I'll post them to a web url, and voting can be done by email, but I'm working on a better solution.
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Perhap TheYankee (Jeremy) can give you some ideas, considering what he has done with the Photo contests.
 
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