Writers here?
Okay, well obviously our dear friend Dave Scharf IS...how about anyone else here? I'm not specifically referring to writing about poker..even hobby writing etc.
I USED to write quite a bit...mostly for stage...in fact, at 18 I wrote a 40 minute 1 act comedy that was entered into the "Canadian One Act Play Festival" up against 17 other productions...some written by authors who had many years experience and previously published works...one was written by a University drama professor, yet the script by yours truly walked away with "Best Original Production 1995"
This inflated my ego for awhile...but for some reason, I stopped writing..then of course, reality/life kicked in and suddenly found myself without enough time in the day to write anything at all. I think the thought behind stopping my writing was "well, even if i finish a script, I don't have the resources to do anything about it"
I've had a story for a feature length screenplay rolling around in my head for well over a year now and only recently have I started to actually put it on paper. My goal is to finish this damn thing and see if I could actually get it produced (maybe with a little help from the national film board of Canada) soooo...with a lot of work and just as much luck and time, maybe I'll be posting here looking to cast y'all as extras in it
I USED to write quite a bit...mostly for stage...in fact, at 18 I wrote a 40 minute 1 act comedy that was entered into the "Canadian One Act Play Festival" up against 17 other productions...some written by authors who had many years experience and previously published works...one was written by a University drama professor, yet the script by yours truly walked away with "Best Original Production 1995"
This inflated my ego for awhile...but for some reason, I stopped writing..then of course, reality/life kicked in and suddenly found myself without enough time in the day to write anything at all. I think the thought behind stopping my writing was "well, even if i finish a script, I don't have the resources to do anything about it"
I've had a story for a feature length screenplay rolling around in my head for well over a year now and only recently have I started to actually put it on paper. My goal is to finish this damn thing and see if I could actually get it produced (maybe with a little help from the national film board of Canada) soooo...with a lot of work and just as much luck and time, maybe I'll be posting here looking to cast y'all as extras in it
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but i wanna try to write one or maybe get someone to write one for me
from my ideas LOL :spade: get it produced ...yet another independent film...
Intl film festival...Sundance...Hollywood...red carpet...Oscar :canada:
maybe someday...maybe:banghead:
EVIL
i can always use a few extra bucks :canada:
CO :spade:
Do you mean to say you have concepts/ideas for a story but just can't write them? I'd like to hear some of them
I used to write a lot as well... English in university, and a drama major... Now I just like to write about poker!
About your screenplay, if you can't get the money to do it on film, and would like to shoot it on video instead, let me know. I'd love to shoot something like that, and would likely be able to hook you up with some cheap(er) gear.
Regards,
all_aces
but this thread has gots me thinkin' maybe i should give it another go at it...then there's the major dollars needed to produce the sumbitch
and yet we're probably talkin' about a low budget film LOL
the major question i ask is, 'what do the peeps want to see?' :club:
a few of my fave movies are: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Heat
maybe a screenplay with all that plus some POKAH
that could be EVIL
but i cant write :banghead:
look fwd to your book all_aces
I could never write a book....too much description is needed to keep the reader interested...I find dialouge much easier to work with.
2:spade: 4
24 one-hour long episodes of actual live poker.
The following hands take place from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Events occur in real time.
Don't miss:
The series premier: 8:00pm-9:00pm, "Checks on Table 17!"
11:00pm-12:00am, "I haven't played a hand for at least an hour"
4:00am-5:00am, "Six cups of coffee"
5:00am-6:00am, "Where's the bathroom?"
10:00am-11:00am, "Arrival of the seniors"
4:00pm-5:00pm, "My Aces got cracked by 2:spade: 4
And...
The season finale: 7:00pm-8:00pm, "Sir, you can't sleep here."
Starring: Dave Scharf as Kiefer Sutherland, ScottyZ as Tobey Maguire, Vince Van Patten as "The Champ", and Matt Damon as Ben Affleck.
Written and directed by: sloth
Crew: all_aces and his cronies
[scary ticking sounds]
ScottyZ
12:00pm-1:00pm, "Deck change!"
and
6:00pm-7:00pm, "Can I see his cards?"
hork.
The most expensive aspects of making a film are typically:
* Cast (don't cast Jim Carrey and you should be okay.)
* Location: settings/sets (don't take your story from London to Sydney and you should be okay)
* Film stock. (shoot digital?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128442/business
ScottyZ
Matt Damon: 2 million
Ed Norton: 2 million
Johnny Chan cameo: 5.9 million
Everything else: $12