We like to give screenwriters a lot of crap for writing shoddy scripts - especially sequel scripts - that we hate. We criticize their plots, their character choices, their dialogue...
So here's a challenge. Write an outline of 1-5 pages, including some indication of character motivation and bits of dialogue, for a film or film idea that you think you could do better than the film studios.
It can be as much or as little work as you want. It's a chance to stretch your writing and adaptation skills, but it's also a way to have fun that is maybe not quite as much work as a full blown fanfic.
Extra motivation? Send me your outline and I'll post it here on the blog! For my favorite one I'll even do a bit of concept art. ;) elenatintil [at] gmail [dot] com
Some Suggestions
Avengers
The 'official' movie is coming out next year. Do you have issues with the direction they're taking? Want a different line up? How would you do it?
Doctor Who
Write your own episode. Fit it into an existing season, or write your own one-off Christmas special.
Harry Potter
(Honestly I can't think of any good prompts here, but I'd be interested to see how someone else would structure one of the harder books like 5 or 7)
The Hobbit or Beren and Luthian
How would you do it? Would you make the Hobbit as one movie or two? How would you turn Beren and Luthian or any of the other Silmarillian tales into a film?
Narnia
Prince Caspian has gotten the most criticism... how would you write it? Or try your hand at one of the other books. (Silver Chair or The Horse and His Boy being my suggestions)
Pirates of the Caribbean
You know they'll always find room for more movies. So how would you do it? Do your own sequel to any one of the films, 1-4.
Star Trek
Write your own episode/movie based off the TV series (any version), or write ideas for a sequel to the newest movie.
Star Wars
You get a chance to write a story set between episodes 3 and 4. What would be the plot? Who would you focus on?
X-Men
Rewrite X3. Or work on a sequel to XMFC. Or write your ideas for X4. Or an origins movie based on the character you are most intrigued by.
2 comments:
I am, without a doubt, extremely enthralled by the idea of writing another script (I've written dozens for my own films)... But I'm not sure I'll be able to as my time is taken up by editing our latest film The Crusader's Tale... will this only be on Elenatintil or will this be somewhere else? If it is on Elenatintil, could I send in one of the scripts I've written before?
Well it's not a full script, it's an outline/treatment, which is considerably less work. Basically the point is to try out writing a sequel and trying out the different skill set involved in plotting that.
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