Archive for May, 2010

Movie idea for a great script writer.what do you think?

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sketch_mylife asked:


A movie idea for a script writer that can write a story that has suprises and twists and turns without giving away the secrets early on (kind of like the sixth sense sort of thing)…would love to see something like this. Story: A dectective with undiagnosed multiple personality disorders investigating a serial killer that turns out in the investigation to be actually one of his/her personalities, thus investigating him/herself unknowingly.

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Posted by ScriptWriter - May 31, 2010 at 1:36 pm

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i want to become a tv writer?

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Newman asked:


im 19 , ive done a publishing course at college which covered tv, radio, magazines and other forms of the media. writing for tv is the way i want to go could anyone give me some tips of how i can pursue my dream?

my writing skills are of a very high standard, and i have written articles, poetry/song lyrics and other things like press releases and my work is always very well received. i have started writing a script for a tv show and have so far completed episodes 1 and 2 of what would be a 6 show series. can anyone give me tips of how to either get my script made, or how to get a job as a writer for a show.

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Posted by ScriptWriter - May 30, 2010 at 9:59 pm

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How do I incorporate a personal story in a research paper?

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Jessica H asked:


I am writing a research paper about how pit bulls make good pets. I own one (5 years now- I adopted him from the pound). I want to add my story to my paper to cement the fact that some dogs and some pit bulls are good family pets. I do not know how to do this though.
If anyone can help me out or explain to me how to incorporate a story into a research paper I would be SO grateful.

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Where would I find statistics on movie/film preferences?

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chillinburn asked:


I am writing the marketing section of a business plan for a company that will offer online film distribution of violent/horror films (to over 18′s of course) and need to find some statistics on who a) likes watching these films b) the age/socio-economic status of these potential users and c) ideally how often they access these kinds of films online at the moment. Any ideas most welcome adn thanks in advance.

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Is the story line to my script too much like ‘Sony has a Dream’?

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|.☮♥ツ.| asked:


B.T.W. ‘Sony has a Dream’ is the show that was called ‘Welcome to Mollywood’ on Disney Channel.

Here’s the story line for the first season:

Mr.Shoners applies for a job in California and the family has to move from their cozzy house in Florida to San Diego, California. It’s the last week of school and Kenzie,Skip,and Chrissy get transferred to San Diego High School. Kenzie, a freshman has troubles with friends/boys. Chrissy, a junior fits in quickly with her acting/singing skills. And Skip, a sophmore fits in with the crowd because of his charm and looks. Kenzie is a champ in softball. While school’s been flying by the past week she meets another softball player named Samantha Collins. They both become friends really quickly. After school, they both hang out playing catch and hitting softballs. Max Baker, another freshman is the most popular guy in school and is the school’s baseball captain. His best friend Craig Collins, a freshman is Sammy’s brother and also plays for the baseball team. Alexis Smith is also a freshman and is the captain of the cheer squad. She’s been dating Max since the begining the year.

Here’s the story line for the first episode:

When school’s over for the year and summer vacation breaks out practically everyone in the school attends Camp Sport Star except for Chrissy who has the dream of acting, she attends TFT (Theatre For Teens). Counsler Mark coaches the boys baseball team for summer camp. Counsler Tiff coaches the cheer squad. Mr.Andrew is the head of the camp and he makes all the activites. For the past summers, there hasn’t been any girls who wanted to be on the softball team, so, they took it out of the activity list. When Sammy and Kenzie get to camp they are shocked that there’s no softball for girls. They do everything in their power to get it back. By the end of the first episode Mr.Mark brings it back. Max starts to fall for Kenzie. Chrissy gets a lead in the play at her camp called “Secrets of a Teen”. Skip finds a girl friend named Ellie.
Is it too much like it?
Anything I can take out?

If this helps, here’s some of the script I’ve written so far:

Mrs.Shoner:(knocks on Chrissy’s door) Chrissy, going out to dinner coming?
Chrissy: Yeah, Mom. (puts down her guitar and notebook)(walks out and downstairs).
Mrs.Shoner:(knocks on Skip’s door) Come on Skip, going out to dinner
Skip:(puts down his baseball signed by A-Rod) Sure, Mom. (walks out)
Mrs.Shoner:(knocks on Kenzie’s door) Kenz?
Kenzie:(at the park practicing pitching for softball)(making every strike)
Mrs.Shoner:(walks downstairs) Alright gang, pick the resturaunt.
Skip: Pizza Stop!
Chrissy: China Star!
Skip+Chrissy:No!
Skip+Chrissy:We’re going to my resturaunt! (both folds arms and turns their back to each other) Hmmph.
Mr.Shoner: People, let’s see what Kenzie wants.
Mrs.Shoner: Kenzie’s not here.
Skip:As usual. I think she’s like at the park.
Chrissy: No Skip, she’s at the mall.
Skip:Kenzie’s not like that Chrissy.
Mrs.Shoner: Mike, you go to the park with Skip and Chrissy and I will go to the mall to search for her.
Kenzie:(as they’re talking downstairs she climbs through her window)(sits down on her bed)
Mrs.Shoner: I’m going to go close Kenzie’s door. (walks upstairs) McKenzie Claire Shoner!
Kenzie:Yes mom?
Mrs.Shoner:Where have you been?
Kenzie:In here?
Mrs.Shoner: Oh, I see. Well, we’re going out to dinner. Where do you want to go?
Kenzie:China Star!
Skip:(from downstairs) Nooooooooooo! Kenzie! You always agree with Chrissy!!!!
Kenzie: Mom, where does Skip wanna go? (raises eyebrows)
Mrs.Shoner: Pizza stop.
Kenzie:No Skip!!
Skip:Mom I’m going to Pizza Stop! I have my car. (walks out and closes the front door).
Mrs.Shoner:They grow up so fast. (walks out of Kenzie’s room)
Kenzie:Softie.(walks out and closes her door)
AFTER A SECOND
Kenzie:(opens it again and grabs her softball mit).

Thanks in advance and sorry for it being so long:)

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Posted by ScriptWriter - May 29, 2010 at 6:47 pm

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What kind of cameras do they use while filming movies?

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Kristen Stewart asked:


I’m talking about the kind of cameras they use to film like Twilight, Transformers, Kit Kittredge, those kind of famous movies. If you know the name of them, please tell me. And if you know where I can buy one, please tell me. Thanks!

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Posted by ScriptWriter -  at 4:21 pm

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Transferring Super 8 Movie Film to digital?

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rann_georgia asked:


I have transfer box where the projector shines in a lens on one side and the other side has a small screen where a camcorder records the image.

I’m getting a good, sharp image on the screen but the camcorder recording flickers like a camcorder recording a TV program.

What can I do to stop the flicker? It’s not doing it on the screen only on the camcorder recording. And, what’s the best setting to render the most accurate color for these old Kodachrome movies? Thanks.

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Posted by ScriptWriter -  at 3:52 pm

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What do you think of THIS excerpt?

♥Tete♥ asked:


Okay, so i’m an inspiring author, and some people don’t really like my other excerpt that talked about vampires, but whatever some people DO like vampires like me. books are supposed to express yourself, if you don’t like it, oh well. Anyway, here’s a non-vampire book that I’m writing called “Stardom”. It’s about a girl named Kaylee Sampson who is picked to be the main character, Jaiden Ash, in the world sensation new movie, “Farah”, that is supposedly better than the Dark Knight.. . and did i mention cursed? Everyone wants to see the movie because it was a supposedly cursed script, and finally a director dares to shoot it sends everyone anxious to see what happens. Since a movie like that is so outrageous to everyone, only the top celebrities are starring in it too. Like Nate Damon, (their world’s hottest teen celebrity), Yasmine Stark (another), and Logan Simper (another :D ). But it seems like everything that happens to Kaylee on screen happens to her in real life. Some positive . . . some not. What’s the secret to this movie? And what happens to the girl who plays the lead role? Okay, so the book has a chapter for the story, and another about “Farah” which was once written a novel. Here’s the excerpt for the novel “Farah”:
Jaiden’s pleads and screaming were nothing but desperate muffles of survival. Jaiden’s eyes were wild, trying to search out the fiend who had amazing strength and pulled her into the shadows of a disgusting smelling boy’s bathroom. But she wasn’t able to see her captor because the captor was behind her, pressing her against himself in a place Jaiden was too scared to name, and holding her with arms crossing across her body like an X. “Shhhh,” he said calmly, talking dangerously close into her ear. “I think screaming is the wrong thing to do right now.”
Jaiden instantly stopped whimpering and screaming, but her chest was still heaving up and down with worry for her life. Her captor was touching her in places that were really uncomfortable. She couldn’t help but squeeze her eyes closed, desperately wishing that all of this was just a nightmare she hadn’t yet woken up from.
“What do you want from me?” she muffled out. “Why can’t you just let me go?” She wasn’t sure if her captor could hear her within the leather of her captor’s leather glove placed upon her mouth, but she tried her hardest to be heard, praying that he had.
“Now, you listen,” the captor’s raspy voice said calmly into her ear. “You are in a situation right now . . . that you are definitely not going to get out of until I get what I want.” He paused and gently kissed Jaiden’s cheek, and shakily said “You’re gonna be my sex slave, understand?”
The school bell rung. Hearing this, Jaiden started balling hard, her tears gently surfacing onto her captor’s leather glove. Now no one would ever find her. But sex slave? What kind of school has rapists traveling around, snatching teen girls into the darkness of a boy’s bathroom and threatening her to become his sex slave? The only thing Jaiden can think was to get, away from him.
She retaliated from this, and jerked her elbow deep into the ribs of her captor.
The captor, who was amazingly startled out of life, leaped back away from her. With one blow of Jaiden’s 2 inch heel against his chest, he banged hard against the bathroom door, causing himself to loose balance, fall on his butt, and get his mask smacked off. He was leaned up against the bathroom door, and Jaiden can clearly see who the captor was now.
It was Christian West. . . her best friend.
{HERE’S THE EXCERPT FOR “STARDOM”}:
Friday, September 3rd;8:30pm- Crying myself to sleep
Ha-ha. Look who’s going to be un-rested in the morning now, Yasmine Stark? Yasmine’s been banging outside of this hotel door for hours. Since I stole her own personal key to the hotel purposely before I stormed from the beach to make sure she couldn’t get in.
“Really, Kaylee?”, Yasmine exclaimed. “Are you serious? Just let me in. We really need to talk.”
La-la-la-la-la. Good sleep is what I’m going to be getting, while Yasmine sleeps in the hallway. Because she’s not getting in this hotel room. Well at least not from me. Unless one of our security guards: Gerald, Tommy, Nathan, Rashad, Luther, or Edmond unlocks it for her.
“Yasmine! Go away!” I screamed full of rage. “As you can see I’m not letting you in here!”
I heard heavy footsteps, then keys dangling. Oh no. She’s going to get in. I just knew it. No celebrity can be stuck outside a room for long with tons of security watching her every move. The door creaked open. “Thanks, Nathan”, she thanked.
“Anytime”, Nathan’s gruff voice responded. The door closed, and Yasmine burst into my room and switched on the light.
“Damn it, Kaylee”, Yasmine screamed, snatching the hotel key I stole from her away from my nightstand. “What the hell is your problem? If you liked Nate, why the fuck didn’t you tell me?”
I pulled away my covers, and stared up sleepily at her. I knew I probably loo
Oh, and to let everyone know, this isn’t a REAL excerpt. It’s just an interesting part from places in my book. For both the Farah novel and the real book Stardom.

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How do you write a kick *** script for a cross examintion? (mocktrial)–?

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Miss Lady asked:


okay i am the lawyer and i wanted to know if anyone had any general tips as to writing a good cross and getting the witness to look bad or unrealiable?

-he is a shooting range owner who knew the alleged murderer.

-but he has been convicted of shoplifting (can i use that in the case)

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Posted by ScriptWriter -  at 9:01 am

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i want Write php script like yahoo answers , what is important in this script ?

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narges asked:


i want write a php script like yahoo answers and want know what is more important in this system and tips for write this script .
sorry for my english , i will write script in my local language , and a want use (php/mysql) for write this project

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