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The Ebon Blade January 13th, 2009 4:40 PM

Should I post this?
 
I've written a scirpt for my school's film festival. It's all about how a friend of mine becomes completely obsessed with Pokemon and begins to think its real. (its a documentary) I was wondering if it would be appropriate to post the script in the fan fiction section or if I should just wait until we finish the movie.

JX Valentine January 13th, 2009 4:48 PM

The thing you'll want to be careful about is scripts. Generally, scripts are frowned upon unless they're particularly done well, and you may end up with your piece getting closed. I would suggest trying to turn it into prose work first, and if that doesn't work, send it through a beta who's familiar with script format to help you work things out (as in, make sure your writing is perfect and you have a handle on how to write stage directions and such).

Once that's done, post with caution.

The Ebon Blade January 13th, 2009 5:39 PM

lol sounds like scripts are dangerous. o well i guess i'll jst wait til i actually make the movie. it'll be better anyways

JX Valentine January 13th, 2009 6:23 PM

Well, only in the sense that people tend to look at scripts and expect low-quality "chat form" fics -- as in, fics in which the author's too lazy to so much as punctuate correctly, so he mistakes script writing as the "easy way out." So, if you're going to do a script, you really have to be sure to do it correctly and as flawlessly as you can in order to avoid being lumped in with the "I didn't really put effort into this" crowd at first glance.

The Ebon Blade January 13th, 2009 7:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Xanthine (Post 4278210)
Well, only in the sense that people tend to look at scripts and expect low-quality "chat form" fics -- as in, fics in which the author's too lazy to so much as punctuate correctly, so he mistakes script writing as the "easy way out." So, if you're going to do a script, you really have to be sure to do it correctly and as flawlessly as you can in order to avoid being lumped in with the "I didn't really put effort into this" crowd at first glance.

i assume you mean if the person writing the script isn't actually going to be making a moive out of it. because just writing a script and calling it a fic isn't really... you know... writing

icomeanon6 January 13th, 2009 7:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Ebon Blade (Post 4278420)
i assume you mean if the person writing the script isn't actually going to be making a moive out of it. because just writing a script and calling it a fic isn't really... you know... writing

Whether or not a movie would actually be made from it is irrelevant. What's really important is that the script be detailed and interesting enough to give the readers a very clear idea of what is going on. If a script has almost nothing but dialogue, it's not really a script. A good script that's suitable for posting in a forum like this one has to be very specific with how the actors should portray their parts.

An-chan January 14th, 2009 3:06 AM

Script fics are frowned upon because generally they look something like this:

Julie: Oh its lucario watchout grovyle!
Max: Lucario use aura sphere now
Julie: Watchout grovyle dodge and use solar beam
Max: Dodge the solar beam lucario noooooo
Lucario: Lucarioooooooo! (its in pain if youd idnt get it)


So, if your script doesn't look like this but instead has some description of the surroundings and feelings, has coherent plot and decent grammar and also follows the rules of writing a script, you should be somewhat fine. You see, the problem often is that most script fics seem to be very badly made and have nothing but the dialogue and some introduction. At least as far as I've seen, that is, so I might not be completely right about this.

In any case, what we're trying to say here is that if your script is done well and with thought and so on, it should be fully acceptable. If you're not sure, then I figure you might as well try to post it. If it gets mocked or locked, you'll know you did it wrong and can ask someone what was it that went wrong with it. Although, if you feel that it isn't written well enough, it might be best that you didn't post it. The final judgement in this case is up to you, really.

Good luck with it anyway.

JX Valentine January 14th, 2009 7:35 AM

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Originally Posted by The Ebon Blade (Post 4278420)
i assume you mean if the person writing the script isn't actually going to be making a moive out of it. because just writing a script and calling it a fic isn't really... you know... writing

Wait... what? O_o

Writing is writing. You put your hands to the keyboard or the pen to the paper and make pretty words, and it's still writing either way. Likewise, you don't have to make a movie in order to call it a script. Plays, for example. And even then, playwrights write in the first place in order to get their ideas down on paper. It doesn't necessarily have to be performed right after or even written with a specific cast and setting in mind. It just needs to be able to be performed because of understandable parts and stage directions.

Besides, even if you make a movie out of it, you can still royally screw up formatting. As in, you can have a script be exactly like An-chan's example, and it'd still get closed because that's not proper script format. (In a sense, it wouldn't be an actual script because half of it is missing.)

So, really, the media is moot (as icomeanon's already mentioned), even if you post the media with the script. It will still be a badly formatted chat-style fic unless you know what you're doing. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't, hence why a lot of "scripts" get closed.

The Ebon Blade January 14th, 2009 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Xanthine (Post 4279170)
Wait... what? O_o

Writing is writing. You put your hands to the keyboard or the pen to the paper and make pretty words, and it's still writing either way. Likewise, you don't have to make a movie in order to call it a script. Plays, for example. And even then, playwrights write in the first place in order to get their ideas down on paper. It doesn't necessarily have to be performed right after or even written with a specific cast and setting in mind. It just needs to be able to be performed because of understandable parts and stage directions.

Besides, even if you make a movie out of it, you can still royally screw up formatting. As in, you can have a script be exactly like An-chan's example, and it'd still get closed because that's not proper script format. (In a sense, it wouldn't be an actual script because half of it is missing.)

So, really, the media is moot (as icomeanon's already mentioned), even if you post the media with the script. It will still be a badly formatted chat-style fic unless you know what you're doing. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't, hence why a lot of "scripts" get closed.

lol i completely misuderstood what you were saying. It really isn't a big deal though. I was just going to post to it to see if it got a couple of laughs but now that I think of it, the film festival is at my school and A LOT of the jokes that go along with that (usually incorporating who is playing who in the script) will only be understood and funny at my school. For example: in the scipt there a particular person who plays Bruno. Now to anybody who doesn't go to my school it would be awkward because this guy doesn't look or act in anyway Bruno would but the fact that it is HIM who is playing would be funny to the other kids and teachers at my school.

However, I understand what you are saying and I defninitely shouldn't have said that is isn't writing because that's not actually what I meant. I meant more along the line that it's half assed writing. Which, quite frankly, my script is. It is sort of half assed. The reason I'm not worried about it is because... it's going to be a comedy and it's a film festival. So there really isn't a need for it to be a comprehensive, symbolism using, incredible script.


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