So I roughed out Act 3 a few days ago and now I'm launching into Act 4. Essentially I've got 25 pages to finish out the movie. 25 pages equals 25 minutes. Problem is, in my head I've only got about 10 minutes of story left!
Ai-yi-YI!
So now I've got to wrack my brain for alternatives, and figure out how similar movies have done it. I've managed to inject a single twist, but it's not very inventive. I'll have to let this stew for a day or two. I'd like to get Act 4 nailed before next week.
This writing stuff is HARD!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Act Three!
I got Act 3 roughed out - and I do mean ROUGHED out. Man, I gots a lot of ground to cover in my Act 3! A lot! I've got:
It felt good, and a little frenzied to get back to work at it tonight. It's amazing to me that I get so much done in about 30 minutes. Quality might be questionable, but on the other hand I've thought about this story so much over the past few months that I'm firing out scenes like a T-Shirt cannon.
Who ever thought that up? Seriously. Why did we need a T-Shirt cannon in our world?
Act 4 is coming up. I can hardly wait.
- Bad Guys Close In
- Whiff of Death
- Chase scenes
- Nerdy acolytes we just learned to like getting eaten
It felt good, and a little frenzied to get back to work at it tonight. It's amazing to me that I get so much done in about 30 minutes. Quality might be questionable, but on the other hand I've thought about this story so much over the past few months that I'm firing out scenes like a T-Shirt cannon.
Who ever thought that up? Seriously. Why did we need a T-Shirt cannon in our world?
Act 4 is coming up. I can hardly wait.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Missed Milestone
So, I didn't get the scenes done by month end, but it's not the end of the world.. The Litany of Excuses will not be recited, but let's say that I'm optimistic that I can crank out Acts 3 and 4 next week. I got Act 2 roughed out last week - including fixing a problem with it. I noticed that every scene was pretty much in the same general location and thought "booooooooo-RING!" So I threw a little something in there to break up the monotony and give a little foreshadowing for "The Bad Guys Close In."
I'm actually pretty happy with what I have so far, and I'm totally stoked to press on!
Oh, and after seeing the tragically awful Johnny Mnemonic recently I'm thinking Dina Meyer for Wells. I'm also seeing someone like James Marsden for Porter. I liked him in 27 Dresses - I thought he did a nice job with a scuzzy veneer on a good heart.
I'm actually pretty happy with what I have so far, and I'm totally stoked to press on!
Oh, and after seeing the tragically awful Johnny Mnemonic recently I'm thinking Dina Meyer for Wells. I'm also seeing someone like James Marsden for Porter. I liked him in 27 Dresses - I thought he did a nice job with a scuzzy veneer on a good heart.
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