I'm try to write a screenplay, help?
I've been trying to write a novel for two year, but I keep getting new ideas. I've gotten a new idea, but I can't picture it as a book but as a movie. I have no idea how to get started to try and make a script. Advice?
Need help writing a non-cliche 'slasher' horror story?
The appeal of "slashers" is that they are kind of clichè - the audience wants that, it adds to the entertainment value. Everyone knows there will be some thinly moral backstory to the super-killer, everyone knows only one or two people survive, and that the super-killer will need to be killed more than once and probably still not actually die off. What you need to do is create interesting characters, situations, and intricate deaths. It's really all about how the people get killed (with a minor but very important focus on a plausible solution to the super-killer). But your story will be clichè, there's no way around that. The "slasher" story is a clichè, you know? You should check out some splatterpunk for examples of embracing and exceeding some of these blatantly redundant themes.
How do you pitch a script to Netflix?
George pretty much fooled you guys with his answer; it would seem many of you don’t know how to read sarcasm lolTo pitch an script to Netflix, you will need an agent or an entertainment lawyer. You can do simple Google searches for both. Agents although are free, are very picky when it comes to accepting clients because they get paid when you get paid. Entertainment lawyers are not free and they’re services range from 500–2500 a month, but they can help you pitch your script, idea, movie, show to production companies, channels, distributors, investors, etc, etc, etc.Now to pitch to Netflix, you will need one of the two because Netflix doesn’t accept unsolicited material, and if you do submit to Netflix without an agent or lawyer, there’s an chance someone will take your idea and label it as their own which happens very often in the industry.Another option is you can approach an production studios that has deals made with Netflix. For example, I work for an production studios that has deals with Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Studios(trying to get deals with Sony and Microsoft) and we’re actually in the process of creating an original series with Netflix right now. However, you will need to know if that company is public or private and if they accept unsolicited material. The Weinstein Company is one of the biggest companies to have deals with Netflix, and they’re an independent company.Hope this helps. =D
Need a 30 second commercial script asap?
Why not go for something completely different and humorous? I was sent a link (from Canada to Australia) about "trunk monkey" television commercials. They are very funny - especially as I have no idea what the commercials are really trying to sell, cars, car parts maybe (Suburban Auto Group). Perhaps you have seen one of these short ads (several of them) but if not would highly suggest one of those. You could improvise on the theme a little. If you have not seen them check on the link below - Enjoy.
Help I have to create a play script for English, any ideas? (10 points)?
All good plays have some sort of conflict at the heart of them. One or more of the main characters needs something, and for some reason he or she can't get it immediately. The action of the play is the story of how they get what they want, or fail to get it. No good play is about somebody just sitting down and musing on life (although there are some good novels that are about exactly that); plays are about human passions and desires and hopes, and how these are enacted in real life and in human behaviour that we can see and understand. Think of something in your own life, or in the lives of people you know, where somebody tried to do something against the odds. Maybe they succeeded, maybe not. Write about that. Think of a character who wants something, think of a reason why he or she can't have it straight away, and then work out what he or she does in order to get it. Maybe the difficult process of trying to get it makes the thing itself seem not worth getting; this is the basic shape of many classic American plays, including Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' and Mamet's 'Glengarry Glen Ross'. In a lot of ways, it's the classic modern American story - what will you give up in order to get what you want? Good luck, and enjoy.